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Home / Data Science / Data Science From the Ground Up

Data Science From the Ground Up

Begin with what data scientists actually do, learn to recognise the kinds of data you will meet, follow the workflow from question to answer, then get your hands dirty cleaning a messy dataset. Cleaning comes last because it is only obvious once you know what the analysis needs.

40 min to complete
Beginner level
4 Parts

CodePLU Goal

Upgrading Human Mental Models

Learn how to think in Workflows

The Job of Turning Data Into Decisions
Beginner 10 min Part 1

What Is Data Science?

Data science is not just charts and not just coding. Learn what it really is by seeing how it differs from the two jobs sitting either side of it — and why it always ends in a decision.

Structured, Semi-Structured, and Unstructured
Beginner 10 min Part 2

What Are the Types of Data?

Some data arrives in tidy rows, some arrives with labels but no table, and some arrives as photos and voice notes. Learn to tell the three types apart and what each one costs you to use.

Start With a Question, End With an Answer
Beginner 10 min Part 3

What Are the Steps of the Data Analysis Workflow?

Most beginners start with data and hope a chart shows something. Professionals start with a question. Walk the five steps of a real analysis, from the question to the answer someone acts on.

The Four Messes Every Dataset Has
Beginner 10 min Part 4

How Do You Clean Messy Data Before Analysing It?

Real data arrives broken: duplicates, blanks, mismatched formats, and impossible values. Learn what each mess does to your answer and the fix that clears it.

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