S201: Data Analytics

Ages 13 – 18

Data Analytics Course by Coding Lab

What is Data Analytics?
Learn critical concepts in Data Science, Coding and build a strong quantitative foundation for any high-value, analytical job of tomorrow’s economy
Apply Analytics to Social Media
Use Python to extract and analyse data from a live Twitter feed, and gain insights into the online sentiments of famous Twitter users
Making Sense of Data
Learn to utilize computational tools to turn raw data into insights and from insight into smart decisions

Be ready for Big Data

Big data is now the buzzword. The advent of the Internet and availability of cheap data storage has caused an explosion of data. Governments and Corporations are constantly looking into transforming data into information, and finally into decisions. Having the skills to develop algorithms to process, analyse and manipulate data is now highly valued.

In this course, students will first be introduced to the fundamentals of database design. Students will learn about relational database models and apply design principles to create databases applicable to real life situations. Students will combine SQLite, a popular database engine module in Python, with other Python modules they have learnt to perform data processing and analytics. This skill has a multitude of applications, across areas such as Finance, Bioinformatics, Supply Chain and Marketing.

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Outline

Analytics and Statistics
Introduction to Statistics
What M&Ms can teach you about Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Inference Statistics
Application of Statistics
Simple Linear Regression

Pandas
Introduction to Pandas
Pandas DataFrame
Reading JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML and XML Data

Matplotlib and Plotly
Graphing with Matplotlib and Plotly
Visualisation with Matplotlib

SciPy
Introduction to SciPy
Statistical testing with Scipy
Linear Regression

Playing with Real World Data
Data Dot Gov
Kaggle
News Sites and Wikipedia

Final Project
Create your own analytics project to analyse areas you really care about, be it sports, finance or games

Class Format

10 x 2 Hours
10 sessions, 2 hours per session
Weekly
$890 ( $961.20 w/GST)
5 x 4 Hours
5 sessions, 4 hours per session
5 Days Intensive
$940 ( $1015.20 w/GST)

For Students

Ages 13 to 18
Completed S100P
or
Passed placement test

Course Structure

All materials and equipment provided
Maximum 1:10 Instructor-Student ratio
20 hours duration

Locations & Schedules

Bukit Timah

9 King Albert Park (KAP Mall) #02-21, 598332

Parkway Parade

80 Marine Parade Road #10-06, 449269

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Testimonials


Surya, student of coding lab, feature picture

Coding Lab Student Feature: Surya, 14, Raffles Institution

Surya Nayar, 14, is no ordinary student. At his young age, he can count Python and C++ programming skills under his belt. This savvy student wrote his own stock rating algorithm after attending a Masterclass on Data Analytics with us.



Coding Lab Featured Student: Sarah, 18

Coding Lab Student Feature: Sarah Go, 18, Scholarship Recipient (USA)

Meet Sarah, our talented young coder. She’s gotten an honourable mention at the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), volunteered with the community, and clinched a prestigious scholarship to study Computer Engineering in the USA.



Ian in class

Coding Lab Student Feature: Ian, 14, Hwa Chong Institution

Introducing Silver Plus, a facebook for the elderly created by our very own Ian, 14. The idea which was conceived and designed entirely by Ian, was to enable our elderly to engage with each other, make new friends, and even play games across their mobile phones.


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