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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
The Chandra Astrophysics Institute (CAI), a Chandra X-ray Observatory–sponsored program run by the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, was intended for students from the Boston area from a wide range of academic backgrounds with a limited opportunity to directly experience authentic science.
The CAI was a year-long program to train for and take part in authentic astronomy projects. Participants built employable research, technology, and collaboration skills and the background knowledge necessary to understand how research science is done. Investigations of different astronomical systems were undertaken during a five-week summer session at MIT. Participants, mentored by MIT researchers and educators, then applied these skills to undertake research projects in x-ray astronomy based on observations made with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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.
Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.
Free to learn
- Free: All the materials are free to use, with no sign-up. MIT OpenCourseWare gives no certificate.
Taught by
- Mark Hartman, Principal Instructor
- Peter Ashton, Assistant Instructor
- Shakib Ahmed, CAI Intern
- Simba Kol, CAI Intern
- Dr. Irene Porro
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