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      Coursera Project Network

      ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research

      Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Market Research, Business Research, Employee Surveys, Market Analysis, Customer Insights, Prompt Engineering, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Persona Development, Generative AI, Content Marketing

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      78 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Google

      Google Data Analytics Capstone: Complete a Case Study

      Skills you'll gain: Analytical Skills, Data Analysis, Spreadsheet Software, Data Storytelling, Interviewing Skills, Data Presentation, LinkedIn, Dashboard, Business Analysis, Presentations, Portfolio Management, Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Communication

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      19K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      University of Virginia

      Digital Product Management

      Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, User Story, Product Management, Agile Software Development, Continuous Delivery, New Product Development, Agile Methodology, Product Lifecycle Management, Scrum (Software Development), Product Development, Agile Product Development, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Product Improvement, Software Development Methodologies, Product Roadmaps, User Experience Design, A/B Testing, Analytics, Design Thinking

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      9.6K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      DeepLearning.AI

      Sequence Models

      Skills you'll gain: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Modeling, Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Applied Machine Learning, Text Mining

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      31K reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Stanford University

      AI in Healthcare

      Skills you'll gain: Healthcare Ethics, Clinical Data Management, Clinical Research, Health Systems, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Unstructured Data, Feature Engineering, Data Mining, Medical Records, Health Informatics, Data Ethics, Health Care Administration, Health Care, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Application Deployment, Machine Learning, Regulatory Compliance, Artificial Intelligence

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      2.2K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      U

      University of California, Irvine

      Project Management & Other Tools for Career Development

      Skills you'll gain: Negotiation, Business Writing, Stakeholder Engagement, Creative Problem-Solving, Stakeholder Management, Problem Solving, Business Correspondence, Report Writing, Creativity, Scope Management, Project Scoping, Project Risk Management, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Project Planning, Change Control, Project Management, Relationship Building, Risk Management, Conflict Management, Communication

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      37K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: New
      New
      Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Google

      Google Prompting Essentials

      Skills you'll gain: Data Visualization, Prompt Engineering, Data Presentation, Graphing, ChatGPT, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, AI Personalization, Spreadsheet Software, Concision, Artificial Intelligence, Ideation, Report Writing, Business Correspondence, Complex Problem Solving, Document Management, Solution Design, Critical Thinking, Human Centered Design, Machine Learning

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      1.7K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Google

      Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

      Skills you'll gain: Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Administration, Network Architecture, TCP/IP, Hardening, Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Cloud Security, Computer Networking, Network Protocols, Network Model

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      Google Cloud

      Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer

      Skills you'll gain: Data Pipelines, Google Cloud Platform, Dataflow, Data Maintenance, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Real Time Data, Data Visualization, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Big Data, Data Infrastructure, Tensorflow, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Management, Data Integration, Apache Spark, Data Architecture

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      19K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Preview
      Preview
      U

      University of Michigan

      The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know

      Skills you'll gain: Relationship Building, Growth Mindedness, Goal Setting, Personal Development, Self-Motivation, Conscientiousness, Resilience, Lifelong Learning, Tenacity, Planning, Social Skills, Self-Awareness

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      2.8K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      University of Michigan

      Using Python to Access Web Data

      Skills you'll gain: JSON, Web Scraping, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Web Services, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Data Access, Network Protocols, Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Python Programming, Software Installation

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      44K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      University of Pennsylvania

      Foundations of Positive Psychology

      Skills you'll gain: Resilience, Optimism, Positivity, Goal Setting, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development, Personal Attributes, Psychological Evaluations, Empathy, Positive Behavior Support, Research Methodologies, Growth Mindedness, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Self-Awareness, Surveys, Research Design, Data Collection, Persistence, Empowerment

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      8.3K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular social science research courses

    • ChatGPT for Beginners: Using AI for Market Research: Coursera Project Network
    • Google Data Analytics Capstone: Complete a Case Study: Google
    • Digital Product Management: University of Virginia
    • Sequence Models: DeepLearning.AI
    • AI in Healthcare: Stanford University
    • Project Management & Other Tools for Career Development: University of California, Irvine
    • Google Prompting Essentials: Google
    • Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security: Google
    • Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer: Google Cloud
    • The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know: University of Michigan

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