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Mastering the Basics of Microsoft Excel
- Define ‘Microsoft Excel’ and ‘spreadsheets’
- Describe how to print an Excel document
- Explain nested ‘IF’ functions Read More

Data Analytics - Mining and Analysis of Big Data
- Define association rule mining
- Explain mining frequent patterns and rules
- List when association rules can be applied Read More

Microsoft Access Masterclass
- Explain how to navigate a table and edit records
- Summarize how to create tables
- Define reports and queries
- Explain how reports, controls and queries are... Read More

SAS Programming
- Outline the steps to obtain and register the WPS softwar...
- Describe the process to import various types of text fil...
- Recognize the difference between the data step and the p...
- Explain the process to create and organize da... Read More

Basics of Data Analysis with Excel
- Analyze The basic principles of Microsoft Excel
- Describe the viewing, entering and copying of data in Ex...
- Identify the basic formulas used in Excel Read More

Introduction to Business Intelligence
- Define ‘business intelligence’ and summarise its key fun...
- Identify the key advantages of using business intelligen...
- Describe the role of and benefits of using re... Read More

R Programming for Data Science
- Describe Data Science and Big Data
- Explain the Data Science process and tools
- Recognize the main environment and files of RStudio
- Distinguish between different data types in R Read More

Data Analytics - Introduction to Machine Learning
- Define the difference between supervised learning, unsup...
- Explain what linear regression is
- Describe when regularization can be used Read More

How to Use Microsoft Excel Power Pivot
- Compute complex calculations using DAX functions and exp...
- Describe the fundamental features of Power Pivot and its...
- Discuss best practices to Optimise Power Pivo... Read More

Introduction to R Programming
- Explain how R is used in the data science industry and w...
- Describe how to get a RStudio setup on students' devices...
- Discuss the basic calculations and data types used in R ...
- Analyse the creation, selection and modificat... Read More

Data Science Fundamentals - Essential Tools & Concepts
- Define ‘data science’ and lay out its essential componen...
- Compare data science and ‘Business Intelligence’ (BI)
- Recognize various real-world applications of ... Read More

Leveraging AI in Predictive Analytics, Automation, and Data Management
- Describe the core principles and techniques of predictiv...
- Create predictive models to forecast outcomes
- List the key elements of building predictive ... Read More

Data Science - Working with Data
- Describe the flow of data in an Azure ML experiment
- Compare R and Python
- Determine which programming language suits you better: R...
- Install both R and Python in your Azure ML en... Read More

Introduction to Data Science
- Describe what data science is used for
- List the stages in the data science process
- Explain what machine learning is and the parts that make...
- Discuss the use of regression and the differe... Read More

Data Science Masterclass for Beginners
- Define data science
- Identify the three primary analyses in data mining that ...
- Differentiate between machine learning and de... Read More

Explainable AI Explained
- Apply XAI techniques to explain the predictions of AI mo...
- Arrange data in a way that is easy to understand and int...
- Change the features of data to improve the accuracy of A...
- Classify data into different classes Read More
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