DataCamp offers interactive R, Python, Sheets, SQL and shell courses on topics in data science, statistics and machine learning. You can learn from a team of expert teachers in the comfort of your browser with video lessons and fun coding challenges and projects.
DataCamp in this course
As a student in this course, you will receive a six month subscription to DataCamp’s ‘premium’ materials. We will use DataCamp to reinforce your learning and assess your development. Throughout the semester, various chapters/courses will be assigned via DataCamp. You must complete the assigned chapters by the due dates designated in your DataCamp ‘classroom’.
Additional recommended DataCamp courses
The courses listed below are optional (if not assigned in your classroom) but you may find them useful to further your own developemnt (or even to work on your final project in this or other courses).
See all the available courses in DataCamp here..
Foundational Skills
Data Wrangling
Modeling
Spatial Analyses and Networks
- Working with Geospatial Data in R (uses the older
sppackage instead ofsf) - Spatial Analysis in R with sf and raster
- Spatial Statistics in R
- Network Science in R - A Tidy Approach
- Interactive Maps with leaflet in R
DataCamp Certification
DataCamp is a respected source of online courses in data science topics. After you complete a DataCamp “course”", you can download certificates or post certified skills to your LinkedIn page. You could also potentially add the courses you complete to your CV.