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Sergio Barrak Project Manager| RiskAIXpert Vantaa, Finland
Hi everyone!

I'm interested in studying data science applied for project management (if such thing exists). I saw some masters that take 2 years and I'm wondering if there are shorter courses that I could take that are applied for a specific field. I don't want to become a D. scientist but use some of the analytical tools in our field.

Does anyone know if there are crash courses or bootcamps available? If you attended these courses, could recommend a school?

Thanks!
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Sergio Barrak
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
Sergio,
I would be very skeptical of any crash course in data science. You might gain some knowledge of how various off-the-shelf tools work, but having taken a couple masters level courses in the subject, understanding what those tools are doing mathematically, and whether you should trust the outputs is a very complicated subject. In one numerical analysis course that was essentially how to fit equations to describe large datasets, 2/3 of the masters students dropped out.

It is an extremely valuable skillset to have in the job market, but a deeper understanding than pushing buttons is very involved, and why so few have that skillset.
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May 02, 2019 4:51 AM
Sergio Barrak
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Thanks for the comment Keith. I agree it is a very complicated subject and I don’t like to take shortcuts and I was wondering if there is something that could be tailored for project management.

Regards,
Sergio Barrak
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Sergio Barrak Project Manager| RiskAIXpert Vantaa, Finland
Apr 28, 2019 1:15 PM
Replying to Keith Novak
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Sergio,
I would be very skeptical of any crash course in data science. You might gain some knowledge of how various off-the-shelf tools work, but having taken a couple masters level courses in the subject, understanding what those tools are doing mathematically, and whether you should trust the outputs is a very complicated subject. In one numerical analysis course that was essentially how to fit equations to describe large datasets, 2/3 of the masters students dropped out.

It is an extremely valuable skillset to have in the job market, but a deeper understanding than pushing buttons is very involved, and why so few have that skillset.
Thanks for the comment Keith. I agree it is a very complicated subject and I don’t like to take shortcuts and I was wondering if there is something that could be tailored for project management.

Regards,
Sergio Barrak
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Sergio H. Raspo Self employed| self-employed San Guillermo, Argentina
Hi,
Try chromebook data science it is all about data science project.
https://jhudatascience.org/chromebookdatascience/
It is beginner levels.
See you

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