WSQ - Python Text Mining and Analytics: Transforming Text into Insights

Topic 1: Overview of Text Mining and Text Analytics

• Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Applications of Text Analytics and Text Mining for Business Intelligence
• Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM)

Topic 2: Text Cleaning and Pre-processing

• Install Python NLTK Package
• Read In Text Corpus
• Remove Punctuation and Stop Words
• Pre-process Text using Tokenization, Stemming, Lemmatization
• Vectorize Text using Term Frequency (TF) Vectorization, N-gram and Inverse-Document Frequency (TF-IDF)

Topic 3: Text Analytics

• Part of Speech (POS) Tagging
• Name Entity Recognition (NER)
• Text Link Analysis and Feature Engineering

Topic 4: Sentimental Analysis

• Overview of Machine Learning
• Install Python Scikit Learn Package
• Build a Machine Learning Model for Sentimental Analysis
• Model Evaluation

Topic 5: Text Summarization

• Summarize Sentiment Analysis
• Visualize Text Summarization

Final Assessment

• Written Assessment - Short Answer Questions (WA-SAQ)
• Practical Performance (PP)

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Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

Download and Install the following software

• Python
• Visual Studio Code
• Anacoda

Sign up free Google Colab account

Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops

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Funding Eligility Criteria

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The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).

For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)

Steps to Apply UTAP

• Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.

Note

• SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
• All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
• An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
• UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
• UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.

Appeal Process

1. The candidate has the right to disagree with the assessment decision made by the assessor.
2. When giving feedback to the candidate, the assessor must check with the candidate if he agrees with the assessment outcome.
3. If the candidate agrees with the assessment outcome, the assessor & the candidate must sign the Assessment Summary Record.
4. If the candidate disagrees with the assessment outcome, he/she should not sign in the Assessment Summary Record.
5. If the candidate intends to appeal the decision, he/she should first discuss the matter with the assessor/assessment manager.
6. If the candidate is still not satisfied with the decision, the candidate must notify the assessor of the decision to appeal. The assessor will reflect the candidate’s intention in the Feedback Section of the Assessment Summary Record.
7. The assessor will notify the assessor manager about the candidate’s intention to lodge an appeal.
8. The candidate must lodge the appeal within 7 days, giving reasons for appeal 
9. The assessor can help the candidate with writing and lodging the appeal.
10. he assessment manager will collect information from the candidate & assessor and give a final decision.
11. A record of the appeal and any subsequent actions and findings will be made.
12. An Assessment Appeal Panel will be formed to review and give a decision.
13. The outcome of the appeal will be made known to the candidate within 2 weeks from the date the appeal was lodged.
14. The decision of the Assessment Appeal Panel is final and no further appeal will be entertained.
15. Please click the link below to fill up the Candidates Appeal Form.

• Data Scientist
• Natural Language Processing Engineer
• Text Mining Specialist
• Machine Learning Engineer (focused on text data)
• Content Analyst
• Big Data Analyst
• Sentiment Analysis Specialist
• Information Retrieval Engineer
• Computational Linguist
• Data Journalist (with coding skills)
• SEO Specialist (using text analytics for insights)
• Digital Marketing Analyst
• Knowledge Engineer
• Chatbot Developer
• Content Recommendation System Developer.

Dr Alvin Ang: Dr Alvin Ang is a ACTA certified trainer. Alvin Ang did his Ph.D., Masters and Bachelors from NTU, Singapore. Previously he was a Principal Consultant (Data Science) as well as an Assistant Professor. He was also 8 years SUSS adjunct lecturer. His focus and interest is in the area of real world data science. Though an operational researcher by study, his passion for practical applications outweigh his academic background. He owns a startup externally

Terence Ee: Terence Ee is a ACTA certified trainr that has delivered IT training in Singapore and Myanmar. He has also facilitated faith formation courses for Christians in Singapore and Myanmar. As a trainer, his mission is to co-create insightful and actionable learning experiences with his learners.His current areas of focus include project management, information security management, quality management and office productivity applications.

Terence has more than 25 years of corporate IT experience. He has held senior management roles in the public and private sectors. He holds a Master of Science in Technology Management, a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences, a Diploma in Family Education, and the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA). Part of his spare time goes towards tutoring his children in their studies (while learning a thing or two along the way). He is also imparting to them the essential skills for thriving in a digital world.

Quah Chee Yong: Quah Chee Yong is a ACTA trainer. Chee Yong is an experienced professional who has held various Technical, Operations and Commercial positions across several industries A firm believer that AI can create a better world, he has equipped himself with the Knowledge and Skills in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Cloud Deployment He has a deep passion for training & facilitating and is currently a Singapore WSQ certified Adult Educator. He particularly enjoys the interactive engagements with his fellow trainers and learners.

Solomon Soh Zhe Hong: Solomon is ACTA certified and has trained and coached over 100 professionals in the area of data science, python programming and coding. Solomon is a Certified AI Engineer Associate by AI Singapore and holds certifications in Alibaba Cloud Architect and Alteryx respectively. Solomon interests include Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing and Time-Series analysis.