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Doing Data Science with Python 2

4.4(309)
Beginner 6.4 hours English Professional Certificate

About this course

This course walks through a complete data science project lifecycle: setting up a working environment (Anaconda, Jupyter, Git), extracting data from databases/APIs/web scraping, exploring and processing data (statistics, missing values, outliers, feature engineering), and building, evaluating, and deploying predictive models — closing with model persistence and exposing the trained model as a Flask API endpoint.

The honest take: at 309 reviews and 4.4 stars, this is a solidly reviewed, beginner-level course whose real differentiator is going all the way to deployment (a Flask API) rather than stopping at model training — useful for learners who want to see the full path from raw data to a usable endpoint, not just notebook-based model fitting.

What you'll learn

Set up a complete Python data science working environment (Anaconda, Jupyter, Git)
Extract data from databases, APIs, and web scraping
Explore and process data, handling missing values, outliers, and feature engineering
Build and evaluate predictive models using Scikit-Learn
Optimize model hyperparameters and persist trained models
Deploy a trained model as a Flask API endpoint

This course includes

6.4h
On-demand video
Yes
Mobile access
English
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Instructor

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Abhishek Kumar
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Abhishek Kumar holds a Master's degree from UC Berkeley, is a Google Developers Expert in machine learning, and has authored 12 courses on Pluralsight.

Requirements

  • Basic Python familiarity is helpful but the course covers setup from scratch

Who this course is for

  • Beginners wanting a complete, end-to-end data science project walkthrough
  • Learners who want to see deployment, not just model training

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Frequently asked questions

Yes — it closes by exposing the trained model as a Flask API endpoint, going beyond just training and evaluating models.
Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, Pickle, and Flask, applied within a structured project framework.
Yes — it's listed at Beginner level and covers environment setup (Anaconda, Jupyter, Git) from scratch.
Yes — last updated June 2024.
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