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Data Science Tutorial

Learn data science from raw data to real business decisions, step by step, in simple words. Every idea is shown with animations, real Python and SQL, and a real coffee chain dataset.

📚 101 lessons▶ 3:09:32+ of video💻 128 code examples🖼 107 screenshots
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What you will learn

  • Pandas, cleaning data and exploring it properly
  • Statistics: sampling, confidence and p-values
  • A/B testing, power, peeking, Bayesian tests and bandits
  • SQL, window functions and DuckDB
  • Cause and effect: regression and natural experiments
  • Forecasting, simulation and decisions under uncertainty
  • Charts, storytelling and dashboards
  • Six case studies, a capstone and interview preparation

Course contents

Every lesson has its own page with the explanation, code you can copy, the real output, screenshots from the video, and a link that jumps straight to that moment in the video.

3. Cleaning and Exploring

  1. Messy Real Data13:43
  2. Repeatable Cleaning15:21
  3. Seeing Distributions16:42
  4. Relationships17:43

6. SQL and Customers

  1. SQL Essentials31:38
  2. Window Functions33:14
  3. Customer Analytics35:18

8. Forecasting and Charts

  1. Forecasting Sales42:15
  2. Charts That Persuade44:56

10. Advanced Data Wrangling

  1. Reshaping Tables51:16
  2. Text Columns53:39
  3. Big Files55:11

11. Time and Journeys

  1. Rolling Windows58:03
  2. Catching Anomalies59:34
  3. Funnels1:01:09
  4. Retention Curves1:02:45

13. Advanced Causal Thinking

  1. Learning While Earning1:10:38
  2. Fair Comparisons1:12:08
  3. Regression Discontinuity1:13:43
  4. Uplift Modelling1:15:13

14. Forecasting in Practice

  1. Backtesting Forecasts1:16:53
  2. Forecasting Many Series1:18:31
  3. From Forecast to Decision1:19:54

15. Randomness in Business

  1. Modelling Arrivals1:21:21
  2. How Many Baristas?1:23:27
  3. How Long Do Customers Stay?1:25:31

16. Deciding Under Uncertainty

  1. Monte Carlo Simulation1:27:22
  2. What Matters Most?1:29:14
  3. Payback Time1:30:18

17. Trustworthy Measurement

  1. Fixing a Biased Survey1:31:47
  2. Broken Experiments1:33:22
  3. Testing Your Tests1:34:31

18. Hidden Selection

  1. Selection Bias1:36:10
  2. Survivorship Bias1:37:41
  3. Instrumental Variables1:38:49

19. Before and After

  1. Synthetic Control1:40:27
  2. Interrupted Time Series1:41:59
  3. Handling Outliers1:43:06

20. Modern Analyst Tools

  1. Why Data Goes Missing1:44:39
  2. Reducing Columns1:46:17
  3. Your AI Analyst1:47:23

21. More Sharp Tools

  1. The Bootstrap1:49:46
  2. Testing Many Things at Once1:52:30
  3. Customer Segments1:55:00
  4. The 80/20 Rule1:57:35

22. Reliable Analysis

  1. Data Checks2:00:06
  2. Automated Reports2:01:33
  3. Reproducible Analysis2:02:52

23. Metrics and Responsibility

  1. Choosing Metrics2:04:44
  2. Privacy2:06:42
  3. Fairness2:08:21
  4. Working with Stakeholders2:09:55

24. Better Charts and Your Career

  1. Interactive Charts2:11:42
  2. Small Multiples2:13:00
  3. Heatmaps2:13:59
  4. Harder SQL Questions2:14:59
  5. Product Case Questions2:16:23
  6. Your Portfolio2:17:41

25. Case Study: The Summer Panic

  1. Case Study: The Summer Panic2:18:56

26. Case Study: Staffing

  1. Case Study: Staffing the Cafes2:22:47

27. Case Study: The Redesign

  1. Case Study: Ship the Redesign?2:25:50

28. Case Studies: Menu and Customers

  1. Case Study: Simplifying the Menu2:28:46
  2. Case Study: Who to Keep2:31:14
  3. Case Study: The Annual Review2:33:38

29. Review: Core Skills

  1. Review: Data Skills2:35:36
  2. Review: Experiments2:39:00
  3. Review: Causes and Decisions2:42:33

30. Myths and Hard Questions

  1. Data Science Myths2:46:17
  2. Explaining Hard Ideas2:48:17
  3. Hard Interview Questions2:50:16

31. Capstone: The Big Question

  1. Capstone: The Big Question2:52:09
  2. Capstone: The Recommendation2:54:20

32. Quizzes and Careers

  1. Quiz: Foundations2:56:16
  2. Quiz: Statistics3:01:37
  3. Interview Questions3:07:03
  4. Your Cheat Sheet3:08:39
  5. Your Roadmap3:09:32