Data Science Apprenticeship by Vincent Granville.
The status of this program is as follows:
Stage 1 (Available now): DIY (do-it-yourself) for self-learners: material is available for free throughout DSC, including data sets and projects to work on. No registration required,get started here.
Stage 2 (April 2014): Participants will purchase my Wiley book (DSC members get a discount) as well as our data science cheat sheet to get jump started.
Stage 3: Projects will be evaluated for a fee, and a certification delivered.
Be aware that the book from Wiley appears to be a collection of blog posts.
Nothing against blogging, 😉 , but re-cycled blog posts don’t have a good narrative flow. And usually aren’t comprehensive examinations of an entire area.
There is no projected date for Stage 3 but I’m watching for updates.