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Explore data, design experiments and communicate defensible model-based insights.

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11.5–23.0 months, approximately

Foundation → advanced · 500–1000 focused hours of overlapping study and project practice. Job-readiness development is ongoing.

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  1. Data programmingNot detected

    Python

    Python is a general-purpose programming language.

    60–120 focused hours · roughly 6.0–12.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Build a CSV reporting command-line tool.

    View learning guide →
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    NumPy

    NumPy provides efficient numerical arrays.

    20–40 focused hours · roughly 2.0–4.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: Python

    Milestone: Implement vectorized dataset summaries.

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    Pandas

    Pandas manipulates tabular data in Python.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: Python

    Milestone: Clean a messy sales dataset with an audit report.

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    SQL

    SQL queries and manages relational data.

    25–60 focused hours · roughly 2.5–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Answer ten business questions against a sample database.

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    Statistics

    Statistics helps reason about data and uncertainty.

    60–120 focused hours · roughly 6.0–12.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Compare two groups and explain uncertainty and confounders.

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    Data Visualization

    Visualization communicates data with charts.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Create an accessible dashboard with three explained charts.

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    Experimentation

    Experimentation tests decisions with controlled comparisons.

    40–80 focused hours · roughly 4.0–8.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Statistics · SQL

    Milestone: Design an A/B experiment and state its assumptions.

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    Machine Learning

    ML learns patterns from examples rather than fixed rules.

    100–200 focused hours · roughly 10.0–20.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Python · NumPy · Statistics

    Milestone: Compare a baseline and classifier on held-out data.

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    Scikit-learn

    Scikit-learn provides standard ML algorithms and evaluation tools.

    30–60 focused hours · roughly 3.0–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Machine Learning · Pandas

    Milestone: Build a cross-validated tabular classification pipeline.

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    Model Evaluation

    Model evaluation checks performance and failure modes.

    30–60 focused hours · roughly 3.0–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Machine Learning

    Milestone: Write an error-analysis report with limitations.

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    Feature Engineering

    Feature engineering prepares useful model inputs.

    30–60 focused hours · roughly 3.0–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Pandas · Machine Learning

    Milestone: Compare features using cross-validation and document leakage checks.

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    Communication

    Communication shares information clearly and responsibly.

    15–35 focused hours · roughly 1.5–3.5 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Present a dashboard recommendation and its limitations.

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    REST API

    An API exposes data and operations through defined requests.

    20–45 focused hours · roughly 2.0–4.5 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Design an inventory CRUD API with failure cases.

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    Docker

    Docker packages applications into containers.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: Linux

    Milestone: Containerize a small API with a persistent database.

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    Model Serving

    Model serving exposes trained models for prediction.

    40–80 focused hours · roughly 4.0–8.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: Machine Learning · REST API · Docker

    Milestone: Serve a model with input validation and latency tests.

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Build evidence through projects

Beginner

Exploration report

Analyze a public dataset with uncertainty and quality checks.

Skills practiced: Pandas · Statistics

Intermediate

Experiment proposal

State a hypothesis, confounders and an analysis plan.

Skills practiced: Experimentation · SQL

Advanced

Decision-support model

Evaluate a pipeline, document errors and demonstrate inference.

Skills practiced: Scikit-learn · Model Evaluation · Model Serving

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