Jigsaw Academy aims to meet the growing demand for

talent in the field of analytics by providing industry-relevant

training and education to develop business-ready
professionals


Data Scientist Course: Analytics Techniques
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Overview of Analytics
What is analytics?
Types of problems in analytics
Case studies of application of analytics in
business
When analytics does not work
Analytics vs. data warehousing, OLAP,
Statistics
Widely used analytic software
Companies using analytics
Day in the life of a business analyst
Career path in analytics
Qualities of a business analyst

BigData Analytics
What is BigData?
Applications
Sample cases
Structured vs. Unstructured Data
Hadoop Ecosystem
MapReduce Concepts
BigData Tools
Companies using BigData
Caree path in Data Science
Focus on Applications
Case study Twitter Analysis

Analytic Methodology
Problem definition
Data selection
Data exploration
Data partition
Data cleansing
Data transformation
Modeling
Validation
Deployment
Assessment
Re-start


Module: Introduction to Analytics
& BigData Overview

Models and Algorithms
Modeling Terminology
Linear Regression
Logistics Regression
Decision Trees
MARS
Rule Induction
K-nearest
Neural Network
Genetic Algorithm

Problem Definition
Basics of problem definition
Case study - Car Insurance
Case study - Credit Cards
Case study - Telecom

Analytic Tools
Overview of Analytic Tools
GUI based and Programming based
Excel
SAS
R
Others

Data Scientist Course: Analytics Techniques
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Data Preparation
Why data prep
Outlier treatment
Missing values treatment
Telecom case study
Categorical variables
Dummy variables
Derived variables
Lag variables
Interaction variables
Variable transformation
Quadratic variables
Date, time variables
Sampling and partitioning
Case study - Auto manufacturer
Regression
Basics of Regression
Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Interpretation of modeling results
Violation of regression assumptions
Insurance Case study

Decision Trees
What are decision trees?
Examples of trees
Terminology in decision trees
Data preparation for trees
How to create a tree?
Measure of effectiveness
Gini
Chi-square
Information gain
Reduction in variance
Others
Application of algorithms
Case study - Fraud detection
Case study - Car Insurance pricing
Use of decision trees
Pros and cons
What makes a good tree?
When to use Decision trees?
Widely used software for Decision
trees


Clustering
What is clustering
Types of clustering
K-means clustering
Measures of homogeneity
Data prep
Hierarchical clustering
Cluster evaluation
Cluster profiling
When to use
Important considerations
Clustering in SAS - case study on
store clustering

Pitfalls to avoid while Modeling
Misleading patterns
Biased population
Data at wrong level
Already known insights
Un-actionable insights
Data Scientist Course: Tools Training
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Introduction to R
What is R?
Origins of R
Current Status
R Ecosystem
Commercial products
How R can help in Business Analytics,
Data Mining , Data Visualization
R Installation
Windows
Linux
Using VMware for virtual partition
CRAN and Packages
R Interfaces
Command line
Graphical User Interfaces
IDE
Web Interfaces
Advantages and Disadvantages of
using R
Data Input
Data Import
Spreadsheet Like Data
Statistical File Formats
Databases
Internet Data
Data from Packages
Using GUI for Data Import
Data Manipulation
Transposing Dataset
Conditional selection of rows,
columns, variables
Using Reshape
Merging Datasets
Data Exploration
Types of Data in R
Summarizing data in R
Using GUI for Data Exploration
Graphs in R
Module: R
Data Visualization
Introduction to ggplot2
Plotting using R data frames
Graphics on large data
Visualizing Statistical Outputs

Regression modeling using R
Logistic Regression
Linear Regression
Creating a model and Scoring a
model
Understanding Model Output
(Coefficients, Fit, Residuals, R square,
P Value)

Decision Tress & Clustering in R
Hierarchical Clustering
K Means Clustering
Decision trees using rpart package

How to export data?
Exporting Graphs
Saving code and output
Exporting using GUI
Working with Big Data
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Big Data Overview
What is Big Data?
Generators
Drivers
Characteristics
Structured vs. Unstructured Data
Challenges

Big Data Analytics
Comparison with traditional
Analytics
Tools and Technologies
Applications
Sample Case Studies
Project Life Cycle

Hadoop
RDBMS Limitations
No-SQL Databases
History of Hadoop
Why Hadoop
Hadoop Ecosystem
Big Data Applications
Installation Modes
Working with Hadoop

MapReduce
What is MapReduce?
Map Process
Reduce Process
Anatomy of Map Reduce
program

Hadoop Components
HDFS Overview
HDFS Architecture
HBASE Overview
HIVE
FLUME
Module: Big Data Module
RHadoop for Big Data
R & Hadoop Overview
Why Rhadoop?
Advantages
Installation
Configuration
Sample Use Cases

Final Case Study
Case Study: Twitter Analytics
using HIVE and FLUME
Data Scientist Course: Statistics
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Statistics
Introduction to statistics
Summary statistics
Mean
Median
Mode
Variance
Random Variables
Probability
Probability distribution
Binomial
Poisson
Normal

Module: Statistics

Hypothesis testing
Intuition
Standard approaches
T-test
One sample
Two Sample

Chi-square test
Variance
Association
Multiple Sample Tests
ANOVA
Chi Square
Non parametric testing