Complete Data Science & Analytics Learning Roadmap
Phase 1: Brush Up Python & Problem Solving (Weeks 1-2)
Goals:
- Get comfortable writing Python functions and solving problems
- Learn NumPy and Pandas for numerical and data operations
Topics:
- Loops, Lists, Functions, Dictionaries, String handling
- NumPy arrays, indexing, operations
- Pandas DataFrame, filtering, merging, handling missing data
Practice:
- HackerRank 10 Days of Python
- Solve 3 problems/day from LeetCode Easy
- Try NumPy and Pandas exercises from W3Resource
Phase 2: Data Visualization & EDA (Weeks 3-4)
Goals:
- Learn to visualize and extract meaning from data
- Build your first exploratory data analysis (EDA) projects
Tools:
- Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly (optional)
Projects:
- COVID-19 Data Analysis
- IPL / Football / Election Data Visualization
- Weather data heatmap & trendline using Seaborn
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Phase 3: Statistics + Probability + Hypothesis Testing (Weeks 5-6)
Focus:
- Descriptive statistics
- Probability distributions
- Central Limit Theorem
- T-tests, Chi-square, ANOVA
Tools:
- Python (Pandas + SciPy) or R
Projects:
- A/B Testing on Website Click Data
- Student Marks Analysis
Phase 4: Machine Learning with Scikit-learn (Weeks 7-8)
Concepts:
- Supervised: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, KNN
- Unsupervised: K-Means, Hierarchical, PCA
Workflow:
1. Import data
2. Clean it
3. Train-test split
4. Model training & evaluation
5. Tune model
Projects:
- Salary Prediction
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- Credit Card Fraud Detection
- Customer Segmentation
Phase 5: Deep Learning with TensorFlow + MATLAB + R (Weeks 9-11)
Tools:
- TensorFlow + Keras: Neural Networks, CNN, DNN
- MATLAB: For matrix and algorithm simulation
- R: For statistical modeling, visualizations
Projects:
- Image Classification using CNN
- Handwritten Digit Recognizer (MNIST)
- Time-Series Forecasting (using R or Python)
Phase 6: Final Projects + Deployment (Weeks 12-14)
Projects:
- Build a Data Science Portfolio Website
Include:
- EDA + Visualization
- Machine Learning Model
- Model Deployment using:
- Streamlit / Flask
- Host on Render / Heroku
- Share on GitHub with README
Extra Tips for Success
Complete Data Science & Analytics Learning Roadmap
- Learn Git & GitHub: Push every project to GitHub with proper README
- Daily Routine:
- Code 1 hour
- Solve 1 problem
- Watch 1 tutorial/video
- Apply 1 concept