Data Science: Data-Driven Decision Making

Data is valuable when it can be used to make decisions or take action in real life.

This microcredential will teach you how to program in R. You'll be able to tidy up harvesting data, wrangle data, and apply statistical models to simulate complex functions.

By using the principles of cognitive perception, and the grammar of graphic graphics, you will be able to create effective data visualisations that support decision-making.

The essential ethical and legal issues surrounding data collection and management will be addressed.

You will learn the skills necessary to be a data scientist, or to use the knowledge that you have to improve your existing organisation.

Data science and analytics are expected to grow seven-fold in the coming years, reaching $103 billion by 2023.

This microcredential meets all the requirements of the Common Microcredential Framework.

Learner Testimonials

Matt McInnes (Managing Director Lynxx Asia Pacific. This course has the perfect mix of data science, mathematics, and deep context. Although it was difficult, I believe it was appropriate. It was a great experience that will be a huge help to data scientists and those looking to start a career in this field.

Mena Ning Wang (Data Scientist Partners Wealth Group)
I highly recommend this course to anyone with a solid understanding of statistics or who is interested in becoming data scientists. This course covers many topics in data science and includes lots of interesting datasets. It also provides detailed instructions for R programming practice. If you want to dig deeper into a particular topic, there are many resources available.

Industry Insight

Hadley Wickham (Chief Scientist RStudio).
Students must be able to navigate the data ocean. There are jellyfish, sharks, and rip tides. But we cannot be paralysed by all of the possible dangers. Our students will swim with us or without us. All we can do is help them to be as safe as possible. Monash's Data Science course: Data-Driven Decision Making teaches you how to swim with data.