Data Science and Agronomy

The farther I get in my major, the more I realize how important a good foundation of data science knowledge is. In lab work and in courses I’ve been taking, I am needing to work with large amounts of data that cannot be easily managed by hand. This has required the ability to work with applications such as Excel and R, as well as the ability to analyze the data and interpret results from statistical tests. Luckily, there are many data science and statistics courses at Purdue that teach these foundational skills. In addition, Purdue offers a Data Science Certificate that focuses on the application of data science in the field of agriculture. This is a great opportunity as the need to handle and work with data is becoming increasingly relevant in agronomy!