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Data Science: R Basics
4.4273 ratingsBuild a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.
Overview
This is the second course in a two-semester sequence on astrophysics. Topics include galactic dynamics, groups and clusters on galaxies, phenomenological cosmology, Newtonian cosmology, Roberston-Walker models, and galaxy formation.
Skills you'll practise
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- The real MIT course: lecture notes, problem sets and exams, often with solutions.
- Free, with no sign-up or deadlines.
- Taught by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the strongest names in its field.
- Completely free.
- Self-paced: start any time.
Disadvantages
- No certificate, no grading and no forum: you need to be self-driven.
- Many courses are recordings of past semesters and some have notes only, no videos.
- No certificate.
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Free to learn
- Free: All the materials are free to use, with no sign-up. MIT OpenCourseWare gives no certificate.
Taught by
- Prof. Paul Schechter
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