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University of London

Foundations of Data Science: K-Means Clustering in Python

Organisations all around the world are using data to predict behaviours and extract valuable real-world insights to inform decisions. Managing and analysing big data has become an essential part of modern finance, retail, marketing, social science, development and research, medicine and government. This MOOC, designed by an academic team from Goldsmiths, University of London, will quickly introduce you to the core concepts of Data Science to prepare you for intermediate and advanced Data Science courses. It focuses on the basic mathematics, statistics and programming skills that are necessary for typical data analysis tasks. You will consider these fundamental concepts on an example data clustering task, and you will use this example to learn basic programming skills that are necessary for mastering Data Science techniques. During the course, you will be asked to do a series of mathematical and programming exercises and a small data clustering project for a given dataset.

Status: Pandas (Python Package)
Status: Probability & Statistics
BeginnerCourse29 hours

Featured reviews

MM

5.0Reviewed Jun 29, 2020

Very interesting course! The lecturers explain concepts thoroughly which makes the concepts easy to understand even for people without much knowledge in Data Science

SS

5.0Reviewed Jun 30, 2020

A well presented and interesting course. It would have been good to have some more complex examples with the thinking behind them - the exploratory bit/intelligent bit of the process.

AB

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2019

This course is at right level for a beginner (python and analytics) while going into details around K means clustering

AM

5.0Reviewed Feb 13, 2025

The content is beginner-friendly and gives students the tools they need to begin understanding how to use Python for Data Science.

NS

5.0Reviewed May 17, 2020

This course gives us a good balance between theory and practice. I wish there was an intermediate or advanced level to continue.

GK

5.0Reviewed Sep 1, 2021

T​his course has great potential for future Data Scientists and it gives a breif explination of what we are dealing in the companies by giving us real life problems and making us solve those problems.

Y

5.0Reviewed Jul 27, 2021

Very informative course. You can learn how to cluster and clisfy data and how to write down report on the given statistical analysis.

HN

5.0Reviewed Jul 21, 2021

Week 3 is a bit difficult for those who don't have a strong maths background. More explanation on the mathematics notations can be helpful.

ON

5.0Reviewed Apr 23, 2023

This course gave me a good glimpse into the world of data science. the teaching, exercises and project were a great way to learn.

SW

5.0Reviewed Jul 17, 2023

Great course for beginners. I really enjoyed the data science projects and I wish we had few more of the projects to use the knowlege gained.

AH

5.0Reviewed Jun 4, 2020

I love this course as it gives me the foundations of learning the Python coding program and relevant statistical methods that used for data analysis. It's really interesting course to attend to.

PS

5.0Reviewed Jun 25, 2021

A Great course which successfully marries both the mathematical/statistical foundations for K-Means and also its implementation in Python.

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