� Ultimate Data Science Roadmap for Beginners
� 1� Learn Python for Data Science
� Why? Python is the most used language in Data Science.
� What to Learn?
� Python Basics → Variables, Loops, Functions, List Comprehensions
� Data Structures → Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Sets
� Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) → Classes, Inheritance
� File Handling → Reading & Writing Files
� Error Handling → Try-Except
� 2� Master Data Analysis with Pandas & NumPy
� What to Learn?
� NumPy → Arrays, Indexing, Broadcasting, Mathematical Operations
� Pandas → DataFrames, Series, Filtering, Merging, Grouping
� Data Cleaning → Handling Nulls, Duplicates, String Operations
� How to Practice?
� Kaggle Datasets: Clean & analyze real-world datasets
� Mini-Projects:
- Analyze COVID-19 data
- Find best-selling products using an E-commerce Dataset
- Analyze Netflix Movies Dataset
� 3� Data Visualization (Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly)
� Why? Visualizing patterns in data is key for insights & presentations.
� What to Learn?
� Matplotlib → Line Charts, Bar Charts, Histograms
� Seaborn → Boxplots, Heatmaps, Pairplots
� Plotly → Interactive Visualizations
� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Create a Sales Dashboard
- Visualize a Stock Market Dataset
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� 4� Statistics & Probability for Data Science
� Why? Understanding data distributions & relationships is crucial.
� What to Learn?
� Descriptive Stats → Mean, Median, Mode, Variance, Skewness
� Inferential Stats → Hypothesis Testing (T-Test, Chi-Square)
� Probability → Bayes Theorem, Probability Distributions (Normal, Binomial)
� Correlation & Causation
� How to Practice?
� Solve problems on StatQuest
� Mini-Projects:
- A/B Testing for Website Conversion Rates
- Analyze Election Polling Data
� 5� SQL for Data Science
� Why? Every company needs SQL for data extraction & manipulation.
� What to Learn?
� Basic SQL → SELECT, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY
� Joins → INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN
� Window Functions → RANK, DENSE_RANK, PARTITION BY
� Subqueries & Common Table Expressions (CTEs)
� How to Practice?
� Solve SQL Challenges on Leetcode SQL
� Mini-Projects:
- Analyze an E-commerce Orders Database
- Write SQL queries for Customer Churn Analysis
� 6� Machine Learning (Scikit-Learn)
� Why? ML helps in predictions, pattern recognition & AI development.
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� What to Learn?
� Supervised Learning:
- Regression (Linear, Logistic)
- Classification (Decision Trees, SVM, Random Forest, XGBoost)
� Unsupervised Learning:
- Clustering (K-Means, DBSCAN, Hierarchical)
- Dimensionality Reduction (PCA, t-SNE)
� Model Evaluation → Precision, Recall, F1-Score
� How to Practice?
� Kaggle Competitions (Titanic, House Prices)
� Mini-Projects:
- Predict House Prices using Linear Regression
- Build a Spam Email Classifier
- Create a Movie Recommendation System
� 7� Deep Learning (TensorFlow & PyTorch)
� Why? Used in image recognition, NLP, and advanced AI applications.
� What to Learn?
� Neural Networks → Feedforward, Backpropagation, Activation Functions
� CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) → Image Classification
� RNNs (Recurrent Neural Networks) → Time Series Forecasting
� Transformers (BERT, GPT) → NLP Applications
� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Build an Image Classifier for Cats vs Dogs
- Train an AI Chatbot using RNNs
- Create a Stock Price Prediction Model
� 8� Generative AI (GenAI)
� Why? AI that can create images, text & music.
� What to Learn?
� Introduction to Generative AI
� Large Language Models (LLMs) → OpenAI GPT, LLaMA, Claude
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� Diffusion Models → Stable Diffusion, DALL-E
� Fine-Tuning & Prompt Engineering
� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Fine-tune GPT-4 on Custom Data
- Generate AI Art with Stable Diffusion
- Build a Text-to-Image AI Model
� 9� End-to-End ML Projects
� Why? Show real-world applications on your resume.
� Project Ideas(Just suggestions or options):
� Customer Churn Prediction (SQL + ML)
� AI Resume Screening Tool (NLP + LLMs)
� Credit Card Fraud Detection (Anomaly Detection)
� AI-Powered Chatbot for Customer Support
� � Deployment & MLOps (4 Weeks)
� Why? Data Science without deployment = useless.
� What to Learn?
� Model Deployment → Flask, FastAPI
� CI/CD Pipelines → Docker, Kubernetes
� Model Monitoring → Prometheus, Grafana
� How to Practice?
� Mini-Projects:
- Deploy an ML Model as an API
- Build a MLOps Pipeline with CI/CD
