Courses for College Students
If you are currently studying in university or going to join as workforce, you are expected to have some skills of 21st century- the Data Driven Thinking and Digital Skills. A person having these skills wouldn’t only have higher chances or getting employment but perform well in their academic or professional arena.
Level - Beginner to Intermediate
Open for Enrolment
We are running multiple batches of the course as per registrations
Getting Started with Data Analysis on MS Excel with Basic Statistics
10 Webinars I Fee: 599 INR (Including GST)
Inferencing valuable information from data has become a valuable skill in today’s workplace. Whether it is business sectors such as retail, healthcare, or telecom, or evidence-based policymaking in the social sector, decisions are taken based on data-driven information, transforming data sets into useful information and producing actionable recommendations in the given context requires knowledge of the analysis process and tools. Irrespective of specific domains, the basic toolset and skills for data analysis remain the same.
This learning programme is designed in such a way that participant can explore techniques of quantitative data analysis using Microsoft Excel. This introductory course enables the participants to make sense of data analytics using spreadsheets and derive valuable insights from available information.
In this series of webinars, we will learn to:
- Use spreadsheets for data management and analysis
- Identify relevant data for your research problem
- Become familiar with basic statistical concepts
- Apply quantitative methods to answer real-world questions in business and social sector
- Design and Conduct survey research
- Comprehend and analyses quantitative data
Topics Covered
Overview of Spreadsheet
Basic Use of Spreadsheets, Useful Functions, Data Entry in Spreadsheet, MS Excel and Google Spreadsheet
Transforming Data into Relevant Information
The Idea and process of data analysis, framing research question
Types of Data
Primary & Secondary Data, Qualitative & Quantitative Data, Structured & Unstructured Data
Data Collection Methods
Collecting Primary Data, Variables, Official Statistics & Open Data Sets
Descriptive Statistics and its use in Real World
Measures of Central Tendency, Charting,
Inferential Statistics
Sampling, Hypothesis Testing
Who Should Attend
Students of any stream or budding professionals, interested in exploring area of statistical data analysis and drawing inferences from data.
Essential Digital Skills for College Students
10 Webinars I Fee: 599 INR (Including GST)
The technological advancements in today’s society have changed the way students acquire knowledge and use it in academic or work space. Whether you belong to business studies, social sciences or mathematics, nowadays one has to be digitally proficient in order to be successful in any career field today. It can be small tasks like using different techniques of search to acquire valuable information from the internet or verifying something you saw on social media. The ever increasing information on the internet has opened the way to do online research and developing platforms like a blog or a personal website to communicate your ideas to the world. Technology-enabled learning has become an integral part of college life today.
This course will help you to acquire such digital skills and use them in the form of hands-on activities and group projects.
In this series of webinars, we will learn to:
- Understand basics of research methodology
- Acquire skills for online research
- Verify and use information available on Web
- Use and analyse open data
- Learn various uses of MS Office and Google tools for academic purposes
- Start own Blog or personal website
- Build effective presence on Social Media
Topics Covered
Conducting Online Research
Research Process and Methodology, Sources on Internet, Literature Review/ Citation, Searching on Internet, Sources on Internet, Using Wikipedia
Fact Checking and Information Verification
Verifying credibility and source of information available on internet
Using Microsoft Office and Google Tools
Writing Tools (MS Word and Google Docs), Spreadsheets (MS Excel and Google Sheets), Presentation (MS Powerpoint and Google Slides)
Writing and Publishing on Web
Creating Blog/Website using Medium/WordPress, Using Social Media (LinkedIn and Twitter) for academic and professional purposes, Social media tools for information tracking
Online Resources for Self Learning
Magazine, Books, Journals, Newspapers, Archives, Library
Who Should Attend
Students of any stream or budding professionals, interested in learning new skills required for the digital era.
Live Webinars
Discussion with Peer Group
Projects and Hands-on Activities
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