Roadmap to Mastering Data Science
Phase 1: Founda ons
1. Mathema cs
Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors.
Calculus: Deriva ves, Integrals, Op miza on techniques.
Sta s cs and Probability:
o Descrip ve Sta s cs: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance.
o Probability Distribu ons: Normal, Binomial, Poisson.
o Hypothesis Tes ng: p-value, t-tests, chi-square tests.
2. Programming Skills
Python:
o Libraries: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn.
o Basics: Data types, loops, condi onals, func ons.
SQL:
o Basics: SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, WHERE.
o Advanced: Window func ons, Subqueries, CTEs.
Version Control:
o Git basics: Cloning, Branching, Merging.
3. Tools and Pla orms
Jupyter Notebooks
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs): VS Code, PyCharm
Cloud Pla orms: Google Colab, AWS, Azure
Phase 2: Data Handling and Preprocessing
1. Data Collec on
Web scraping: Beau fulSoup, Scrapy.
APIs: REST API usage, JSON handling.
Data from databases using SQL.
2. Data Cleaning
Handling missing values.
Removing duplicates.
Dealing with outliers.
Feature engineering and scaling.
3. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Data visualiza on techniques.
Iden fying pa erns and correla ons.
Summary sta s cs.
Phase 3: Core Data Science Concepts
1. Machine Learning (ML)
Supervised Learning:
o Regression: Linear, Polynomial, Ridge, Lasso.
o Classifica on: Logis c Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forests, SVM.
Unsupervised Learning:
o Clustering: K-means, Hierarchical, DBSCAN.
o Dimensionality Reduc on: PCA, t-SNE.
Evalua on Metrics:
o Regression: RMSE, MAE.
o Classifica on: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC-AUC.
2. Deep Learning (Op onal)
Basics of Neural Networks.
Frameworks: TensorFlow, PyTorch.
Architectures: CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers.
3. Natural Language Processing (Op onal)
Text preprocessing: Tokeniza on, Lemma za on, Stopword removal.
Libraries: NLTK, SpaCy, Hugging Face.
Phase 4: Prac cal Applica on
1. Real-world Projects
Build end-to-end projects such as:
o Customer churn predic on.
o Sales forecas ng.
o Sen ment analysis.
o Image classifica on.
2. Kaggle Compe ons
Par cipate in Kaggle challenges to apply and test your skills.
3. Deployment
Model deployment techniques: Flask, FastAPI.
Deployment pla orms: Heroku, AWS, Azure.
Phase 5: Advanced Topics and Specializa on
Big Data:
o Tools: Hadoop, Spark.
o Working with large datasets.
MLOps:
o CI/CD pipelines for ML.
o Tools: MLflow, Kubeflow.
Specializa ons:
o Computer Vision
o Reinforcement Learning
Phase 6: Con nuous Learning
Stay updated with the latest trends in data science.
Read research papers and a end conferences.
Engage in networking and discussions within the data science community.
Note: Prac ce regularly and document your learning journey through blogs, GitHub
repositories, or online por olios.