To learn Data science on your own is easy only if you follow a planned path. I have followed this path to learn data science and it could differ with each individual.
- Learn Mathematics concepts like Linear algebra, Probability, etc. and Descriptive and Inferential statistics.
- Learn programming languages like Python or R programming
- Understand Machine learning algorithms like Linear regression, Decision trees, Logistic regression, Random Forest, etc.
- Learn Deep learning concepts like Convolutional neural networks, Recurrent neural networks, etc.
- Learn about database technologies and data management languages like SQL, NoSQL.
- Learn any one Data Visualization tools like Tableau, QlikView.
This Data Science course by intellipaat covers all the topics I have mentioned here so I would suggest you to take this course.
You can watch this video to know how to learn Data science on your own: