EMC - Firebrand's training for EMC's Data Science Associate (EMCDSA)

Overview

On this Firebrand course, you'll get the knowledge and skills you need to participate in your businesses big data and analytics projects.

In just five days, you'll get practical foundation-level training, including an introduction to big data analytics technology and tools. Firebrand's unique Lab | Lecture | Review approach means you'll get hands on experience of how these methods are applied to real world business challenges by a practicing data scientist.

The course takes an "Open", technology-neutral approach. This includes a final lab which addresses a big data analytics challenge by applying the concepts taught in the course in the context of the Data Analytics Lifecycle.

Firebrand's training for EMC's Data Science Associate certification will teach you how to use advanced analytic methods and big data analytics tools like MapReduce and Hadoop. After completing this course, you'll have the skills to:

• Become an immediate contributor on a data science team
• Assist re-framing a business challenge as an analytics challenge
• Deploy a structured lifecycle approach to data analytics problems
• Apply appropriate analytic techniques and tools to analyse big data
• Tell a compelling story with the data to drive business action
• Use open source tools such as R, Hadoop, and Postgres
• Prepare for EMC Proven™ Professional Data Scientist certification

You will also have knowledge of the following areas:

• Deploying the Data Analytics Lifecycle to address big data analytics projects
• Reframing a business challenge as an analytics challenge
• Applying appropriate analytic techniques and tools to analyse big data, create statistical models, and identify insights that can lead to actionable results
• Selecting appropriate data visualisations to clearly communicate analytic insights to business sponsors and analytic audiences
• Use tools such as: R and RStudio, MapReduce/Hadoop, in-database analytics, Window and MADlib functions

This course is ideal for anyone who wants to build an understanding of Data Science, including managers of business intelligence teams, data and database professionals and current business/data analysts.

Firebrand's course will prepare you for for the Proven™ Professional Data Scientist Associate (EMCDSA) Certification Exam - which you'll take during the course. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee.