So they used to say that knowledge is
power, but nowadays data is power and the
knowledge to be able to analyse
that data is true power.
Everything you touch on a, on a day-to-day
basis was built or informed in some way by
data.
We're sort of in a unique position in
history where we get to sort of ride the
wave of interest and
watch the field develop.
Data scientists have four key pillars of
skills: mathematics or numerical analysis;
statistics or data science and machine
learning, as it's colloquially referred
to; some programming skills; and
then some domain-specific skills.
So this course would allow you to add
to those first three pillars of skill,
regardless of what your background is.
Businesses have moved away from making
gut-feel decisions or highballing things.
Almost everything nowadays is empirical,
because they know the most important cog
in the machine is still the analyst.
You want to be the guy that understands
the machinery and how to analyse data.
Join us for this Data Science With Python
online short course from the University of
Cape Town.
