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CourseIntroduction to Big Data with PySpark
See how big data is used across different industries and learn how to work with big data using PySpark!
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This course is an introduction to the underlying concepts behind big data with a practical and hands-on approach with PySpark. Big data is everywhere, and touches data science, data engineering, and machine learning. It is becoming central to marketing, strategy, and research. This course covers the applications and implications of big data on finance, social media, health, and medicine. PySpark makes it easy to start analyzing big data, making the potential of big data accessible to anyone who knows Python.
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