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Learning Path

Get started with data science

Explore the basics of data science, and build a foundation to get you started.

By IBM Developer Staff
Learningpath
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Archive date: 2026-09-28

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Overview

Data science is a field comprised of processes, methods, systems, and algorithms to extract knowledge from structured and unstructured data.

Skill level

Beginner

Estimated time to complete

Approximately 2 hours.

Learning objectives

With this learning path:

  • Learn about data preprocessing
  • Learn about pandas and how to use it to work with structured data
  • Learn about geospatial data and its types, then learn how to work with geospatial data using Python