15 Best Data Collection Courses on edX
We compared 15 Data Collection courses currently listed on edX, priced from $25.00 to $537.30. 10 come from a named university or institution, including SDA Bocconi School of Management, Pepperdine University and Rice University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $25.00 – $537.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "data collection" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $25.00 to $537.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Data Analysis for Business: Foundations
Offered by SDA Bocconi School of Management
Every day business managers have to make decisions. In this course you will learn procedures and methods that can help make better decisions, based on descriptive statistics and data analysis. Using Statistics you can fo...
$199.00listed price -
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Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
Offered by Pepperdine University
The Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis equips students with essential skills in behavioral assessment and intervention. You'll explore various techniques used to improve behavior, and how these can be applied...
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Elements of Data Science
Offered by Rice University
Elements of Data Science is designed to give you a solid foundation in the fundamental concepts and techniques used in this rapidly evolving field. You will explore key areas such as data collection, analysis, and visual...
$408.00listed price -
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Essentials
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Essentials is designed to introduce you to the key principles and tools used in the field of GIS. You'll explore how to collect, analyze, and visualize geographical dat...
$510.30listed price -
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Unmanned Aerial Systems
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
This course on Unmanned Aerial Systems explores the fundamental concepts, technologies, and applications behind drones. Participants will gain insight into how these systems are designed and operated, along with an under...
$448.20listed price -
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Foundations of Environmental Science: Measuring and monitoring our planet
Offered by Chalmers University of Technology
This course explores the critical aspects of environmental science, focusing on how we measure and monitor our planet's systems. You'll delve into methodologies used to assess environmental conditions and learn about the...
$268.20listed price -
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Market Research, Consumer Insights, and Competitor Analysis
Offered by University of Cape Town
This course explores the techniques and methodologies essential for conducting market research, gaining consumer insights, and performing competitor analysis. You'll learn how to effectively gather and analyze data to in...
$537.30listed price -
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Behavioral Neuroscience: Analyzing Anxiety and Depression
Offered by University of Alaska Fairbanks
In this online course, learn how to collect scientific data using behavioral tests that measure anxiety and depression in laboratory mice, and interpret and discuss the results in the context of anxiety and depression in...
$189.00listed price -
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Python Data Structures
Offered by The University of Michigan
The second course in Python for Everybody explores variables that contain collections of data like string, lists, dictionaries, and tuples. Learning how to store and represent and manipulate data collections while a prog...
$59.00listed price -
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Financial Soundness Indicators
Offered by The International Monetary Fund
The Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) were developed by the IMF, together with the international community, with the aim of supporting analysis and assessing strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems and the...
$25.00listed price -
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Quantitative Research Methods
Offered by American Psychological Association
Principles of research design important for obtaining reliable, valid results in psychological research are introduced, including practices for definition and measurement of variables, sampling of individuals from popula...
$129.00listed price -
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Research Methods in Psychology
Offered by American Psychological Association
This course focuses on the research methods used in psychology, offering students a solid foundation in how to design and conduct psychological research. It covers various approaches to data collection and analysis, emph...
$348.30listed price -
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Introductory Statistics : Sample Survey and Instruments for Statistical Inference
Offered by Seoul National University
The purpose of this course is to introduce basic concepts of sample surveys and to teach statistical inference process using real-life examples.
$54.00listed price -
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IoT System Design: Software and Hardware Integration
Offered by Waseda University
Start developing your own Internet of Things (IoT) system with this exploration of the interaction between software and hardware.
$129.00listed price -
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Computational Thinking and Big Data
Offered by Adelaide University
Learn the core concepts of computational thinking and how to collect, clean and consolidate large-scale datasets.
$249.00listed price
Best Data Collection Courses on edX compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 14 priced courses on this page run from $25.00 to $537.30, with the middle of the range around $249.00 — a spread of $512.30. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including SDA Bocconi School of Management, Pepperdine University and Rice University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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