We can’t find any other way to express our excitement. We said that 2015 is going to be a year when Analytics Vidhya will become the place to learn analytics and data science. We launched our discussion forums 2 weeks back and there are awesome discussions already happening there. Check them out here to see what you are missing.
Today, we launch another milestone in data science learning – the learning paths. The aim of creating these learning paths is to take out the confusion from learning process.
We live in a world of information overload. We come across people daily who are following too many things and chasing too many directions in their attempt to learn data science. It is hard to blame them, when there is so much content to absorb. These people start doing a MOOC – 2 videos down the line, they switch on to a blog, then a notebook and end up reaching nowhere.
These learning paths will provide crystal clear direction to your learning so that you can focus on learning the subject rather than worrying about what to learn. If you are a complete beginner on a topic, you couldn’t have asked for a better roadmap – you will find the entire learning journey mapped in front of you. If you are some one who has already spent some time learning – you can pick up the journey from where you are and the remaining journey should be faster, clearer and more focused!
The first learning path which we are launching is on Python for data Science. The learning path starts from why you should learn Python and goes on to provide the resource you need to become a Python machine learning expert! The Python learning path consists of 8 steps:
If you are completely new to Python, you should just follow the steps as mentioned in the path. On the other hand, one of my friends has already learnt the basics of the language – he can directly pick things from step 3 onwards. If you already know Python and want to pick up machine learning, start from step 5 or 6.
We are super excited about launching learning paths. We think that these should help our readers immensely. So check out the learning path and let us know how you plan to use them. There will be more learning paths, we will add in coming days. If you have any suggestions on this awesome initiative, please feel free to reach out to me and shout in the comments below.
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Dear Kunal, Thank you for clearing the fog out of the way. One can now see where he is driving without headlights on. One thing to ask: can you clear the path using R the same way as Python? thank you.
Tesfaye, Stay tuned, the one on R is on its way along with a few others! Regards, Kunal
Hi Kunal, I am also learning Data Science with Python.
All the best. Hope this path would be useful
Hi Kunal, Great Idea. Very useful. Congratulations on the launch and best wishes !
Good initiative.I started following your blog and find that the contents are in easy to understand language with examples and applications
Hi, Thanks for the blog. They are really helpful and fun to read. My question is, I am a beginner and have tried kaggle for practicing, but frankly speaking its quite difficult for beginners like me to get hands on kaggle. Can you suggest some resources (or dataset or any other source) from where I can practice data science and learn how and where to apply an algorithm or any worked out examples.
Divyum, Kaggle is difficult, if you want to start competing today. But, if you approach it step by step, start by following Knowledge competitions. Once you get comfortable with it, then you should start competing on some competitions. Take help from various communities and you will be good. Regards, Kunal
Thanks Kunal for sharing this great idea. Really this will help me to update with different tool and language.
Dear Kunal Small and a short question . i am part owner of a SEO firm . We wish to add Analytics to our services . i have 20 years of exp in manufacturing and solar power etc . i am an Engineer . DO u think itwould be good to start from Google analytics and then progress to Web Analytics ,Sicne we are getting lot of work for Google and Data Analysis . Our compnay is based in Delhoi and Bangalore . Cannot find a good trainign academy here which does classroom courses . Any suggestions? Could we talk over phone ? my nos is +919810090449
how do you audit the machine learning course at edX?