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Using Python for Research

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Course Length

12 weeks

2-4 hours per week

Featuring faculty from:

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Certificate Price:

$ 249

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Enroll as Individual

Certificate Price:

$ 249

Enroll on edX

Join Harvard University faculty to take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

This course bridges the gap between introductory and advanced courses in Python. While there are many excellent introductory Python courses available, most typically do not go deep enough for you to apply your Python skills to research projects. In this course, after first reviewing the basics of Python 3, we learn about tools commonly used in research settings. This version of the course includes a new module on statistical learning.

Using a combination of a guided introduction and more independent in-depth exploration, you will get to practice your new Python skills with various case studies chosen for their scientific breadth and their coverage of different Python features.

The course will be delivered via edX and connect learners around the world.

PrerequisitesSome previous Python programming experience (in any version of Python)

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Your Instructor

Jukka-Pekka

Jukka-Pekka "JP" Onnela is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also the director of the school's Health Data Science master's degree program. His research focuses on statistical network science and digital phenotyping methods. JP did postdoctoral training at Harvard and Oxford, and received his doctorate at the Helsinki University of Technology. In 2013, he was awarded an NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

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Ways to take this course

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A Verified Certificate costs $249 and provides unlimited access to full course materials, activities, tests, and forums. At the end of the course, learners who earn a passing grade can receive a certificate.

⁠Alternatively, learners can Audit the course for free and have access to select course material, activities, tests, and forums. Please note that this track does not offer a certificate for learners who earn a passing grade.

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