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Python for Data Science Project

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IntermediateCourse

This mini-course is intended for you to demonstrate foundational Python skills for working with data.

Language

  • English

Topic

  • Python

Skills You Will Learn

  • Data Analysis, Data Science, Python (Programming Language)

Offered By

  • IBMSkillsNetwork

Estimated Effort

  • 1 wk/4-5 hrs

Platform

  • edX

Last Update

  • December 8, 2025
About this Course
  • Demonstrate your Python skills for solving Data Science challenges.
  • Scrape data from web pages using the Beautiful Soup library.
  • Extract and display data using Python libraries such as Pandas, Numpy and yfinance.
  • Create a dashboard that shows key performance indicators from a specific data set.

Course Syllabus

Module 1 - Intro to Web Scraping (optional)
  • Intro to Web Scraping
  • HTML for Web Scraping
  • Web Scraping
  • Hands-on Lab: Intro to Web Scraping Using BeautifulSoup 
Module 2 - Final Project: Analyzing Stock Performance and Building a Dashboard 
  • Project Overview
  • Stock Shares
  • Hands-on Lab: Extracting Stock Data Using a Python Library
  • Quiz: Extracting Stock Data Using a Python Library
  • Extracting Stock Data Using Web Scraping
  • Quiz: Extracting Stock Data Using Web Scraping
  • Tesla and GameStop Analytical Dashboard
  • Hands-on Lab: Create IBM Cloud account and Watson Studio instance
  • Jupyter Notebook to Complete Your final Project
  •  Add notebook to Watson Studio
  • Analyzing Historical Stock/Revenue Data and Building a Dashboard
  • Hands-on Lab: Share your notebook from Watson Studio
Peer assignment