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###### NB: Homepage [here](http://datasciencemasters.org), Community version [HERE](https://github.com/datasciencemasters/go/)
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***
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The Curriculum for learning Data Science, Open Source and at your fingertips.
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## The Open-Source Curriculum for learning Data Science
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## The Internet is Your Oyster
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###The Internet is Your Oyster
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I didn't want to wait. I wanted to work on things I care about **now**. Why sleep through grad school lectures tomorrow when you can hack on interesting questions today?
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*See [My Curriculum](http://bit.ly/corthelldata)*
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With Coursera, ebooks, stackoverflow, and github -- all free and open -- how can you afford not to take advantage of an open source education?
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## The Motivation
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###The Motivation
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We need more Data Scientists.
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> ...by 2018 the United States will experience a shortage of 190,000 skilled data scientists, and 1.5 million managers and analysts capable of reaping actionable insights from the big data deluge.
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-- [McKinsey Report Highlights the Impending Data Scientist Shortage](http://blog.gopivotal.com/news-2/mckinsey-report-highlights-the-impending-data-scientist-shortage) 23 July 2013
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## An Academic Shortfall
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> There are little to no Data Scientists with 5 years experience, because the job simply did not exist.
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-- David Hardtke [How To Hire A Data Scientist](http://blog.bright.com/2012/11/13/how-to-hire-a-data-scientist/) 13 Nov 2012
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### An Academic Shortfall
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Classic academic conduits aren't providing Data Scientists -- this talent gap will be closed differently.
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-- James Kobielus, [Closing the Talent Gap](http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/data-scientist-closing-talent-gap) 17 Jan 2013
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##The Open Source Curriculum
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### Ready?
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**[Start Here](http://datasciencemasters.org)**.
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***
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## The Open Source Data Science Curriculum
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Start here.
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***Intro to Data Science**[UW / Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/course/datasci)
* NLP with Python [O'Reilly / Book](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596516499.do)
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***Analysis**
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* Python for Data Analysis [O'Reilly / Book](http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-7040302-11260198?url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.oreilly.com%2Fproduct%2F0636920023784.do&cjsku=0636920023784)
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* Big Data Analysis with Twitter [UC Berkeley / Lectures](http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i290-abdt-s12/)
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* Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis / [Stanford / Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/course/networksonline)
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* Information Visualization ["Envisioning Information" Tufte / Book](http://www.amazon.com/Envisioning-Information-Edward-R-Tufte/dp/0961392118/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1376709039&sr=8-8&keywords=information+design)
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***Python** (Learning)
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* New To Python: [Learn Python the Hard Way](http://learnpythonthehardway.org/), [Google's Python Class](http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/)
* Labeled data structures objects, statistical functions, etc [pandas](https://github.com/pydata/pandas) (See: Python for Data Analysis)
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* Python wrapper for the Twitter API [twython](https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/twython)
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* Tools for Data Mining & Analysis [scikit-learn](http://scikit-learn.org/stable/)
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* Network Modeling & Viz [networkx](http://networkx.github.io/)
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* Natural Language Toolkit [NLTK](http://nltk.org/)
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### Capstone Project
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*[Toy Data Ideas](http://www.quora.com/Programming-Challenges-1/What-are-some-good-toy-problems-in-data-science)
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* Capstone Analysis of Your Own Design; [Quora](http://www.quora.com/Programming-Challenges-1/What-are-some-good-toy-problems-in-data-science)'s Idea Compendium
* Great PopSci Read: [The Signal and The Noise](http://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Predictions-Fail-but-ebook/dp/B007V65R54/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1376699450) Nate Silver
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* Zipfian Academy's [List of Resources](http://blog.zipfianacademy.com/post/46864003608/a-practical-intro-to-data-science)
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*[A Software Engineer's Guide to Getting Started w Data Science](http://www.rcasts.com/2012/12/software-engineers-guide-to-getting.html)
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* Data Scientist Interviews [Metamarkets](http://metamarkets.com/category/data-science/)
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## Contribute
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Please Share and Contribute -- **it's Open Source**!
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Please Share and Contribute Your Ideas -- **it's Open Source!**
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Here's [my transcript](https://github.com/datasciencemasters/go/wiki/%5BTranscript%5D-Clare-Corthell); Please **showcase your own** on the [wiki](https://github.com/datasciencemasters/go/wiki/_pages)!
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Follow me on Twitter [@clarecorthell](http://twitter.com/clarecorthell)
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[Follow me on Twitter @clarecorthell](http://twitter.com/clarecorthell)
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