Data Science Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction to Data Science
- What is Data Science?
- Data Science vs. Data Analytics vs. Machine Learning
- Lifecycle of a Data Science Project
- Roles in Data Science (Data Scientist, Analyst, Engineer, etc.)
- Tools and Technologies Overview
- Real-world Applications
Chapter 2: Mathematics and Statistics
- Linear Algebra Basics (Vectors, Matrices, Eigenvalues)
- Calculus (Derivatives, Gradients)
- Probability Theory (Distributions, Bayes' Theorem)
- Descriptive Statistics (Mean, Median, Mode, Variance)
- Inferential Statistics (Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals)
- Correlation vs. Causation
Chapter 3: Programming for Data Science (Python and R)
- Python/R Basics (Syntax, Data Types, Control Flow)
- Libraries: NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, seaborn (Python) / tidyverse, ggplot2 (R)
- Functions, Loops, List Comprehensions
- Jupyter Notebooks / RStudio Usage
- Data Structures: Arrays, Lists, Dictionaries, DataFrames
- Writing Clean and Efficient Code
Chapter 4: Data Wrangling and Cleaning
- Importing Data (CSV, Excel, SQL, APIs)
- Handling Missing Values
- Data Type Conversion
- Outlier Detection and Removal
- Encoding Categorical Variables
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- Normalization and Standardization
Chapter 5: Data Visualization
- Importance of Visualization in Data Science
- Univariate and Bivariate Charts (Histograms, Boxplots, Scatterplots)
- Time Series Plots
- Advanced Visuals: Heatmaps, Pairplots, Interactive Dashboards
- Tools: Matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly, Tableau, Power BI
Chapter 6: Machine Learning Basics
- What is Machine Learning?
- Types of Learning: Supervised, Unsupervised, Reinforcement
- Bias-Variance Tradeoff
- Train-Test Split and Cross-Validation
- Feature Engineering and Selection
- Model Complexity and Overfitting
Chapter 7: Supervised Learning
- Linear Regression and Logistic Regression
- Decision Trees and Random Forests
- Support Vector Machines (SVM)
- k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN)
- Gradient Boosting (XGBoost, LightGBM)
- Evaluation Metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC-AUC
Chapter 8: Unsupervised Learning
- Clustering: K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical
- Dimensionality Reduction: PCA, t-SNE
- Association Rule Mining (Apriori, FP-Growth)
- Anomaly Detection
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- Use Cases: Market Segmentation, Recommendation Engines
Chapter 9: Deep Learning
- Introduction to Neural Networks
- Activation Functions (ReLU, Sigmoid, Tanh)
- Backpropagation and Gradient Descent
- Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)
- Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and LSTM
- Frameworks: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch
Chapter 10: Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Text Preprocessing (Tokenization, Stop Words, Lemmatization)
- Bag of Words, TF-IDF
- Word Embeddings: Word2Vec, GloVe
- Text Classification and Sentiment Analysis
- Named Entity Recognition (NER)
- Transformers and BERT
Chapter 11: Time Series Analysis
- Components of Time Series (Trend, Seasonality, Noise)
- Time Series Decomposition
- Forecasting Methods: ARIMA, SARIMA, Prophet
- Moving Averages and Smoothing
- Stationarity and Differencing
- Evaluation Metrics for Time Series (MAE, RMSE)
Chapter 12: Big Data and Distributed Computing
- Introduction to Big Data and 3Vs (Volume, Variety, Velocity)
- Hadoop Ecosystem
- Apache Spark for Distributed Data Processing
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- NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Data Lakes and Data Warehouses
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
Chapter 13: Model Evaluation and Deployment
- Model Evaluation Techniques
- Hyperparameter Tuning (Grid Search, Random Search)
- Model Interpretability (SHAP, LIME)
- Saving and Loading Models (pickle, joblib)
- REST APIs for Model Deployment (Flask, FastAPI)
- CI/CD for Data Science Projects
Chapter 14: Real-world Projects and Case Studies
- EDA and Predictive Modeling on Public Datasets
- End-to-End Machine Learning Projects
- Kaggle Competitions Walkthrough
- Case Studies in Finance, Healthcare, Marketing, etc.
- Team Projects and Code Collaboration
- Building and Maintaining a Portfolio
Chapter 15: Career Path and Next Steps in Data Science
- Resume and LinkedIn for Data Scientists
- Technical Interview Preparation
- Certifications and Courses (Coursera, edX, etc.)
- Contributing to Open Source Projects
- Networking and Participating in Hackathons
- Lifelong Learning and Research Trends
