Hands on Lab: Statistics for Data Science

Exercise 1: Create an IBM Cloud Account

Scenario

To access the resources and services that the IBM Cloud provides, you need an IBM Cloud account.

If you already have an IBM Cloud account, you can skip Tasks 1 and 2 and proceed with Task 3: Login to you IBM Cloud account.

Task 1: Sign up for IBM Cloud

1. Go to: https://cloud.ibm.com/registration to create a free account on IBM Cloud.

Note: If you already have an IBM Cloud account, Login by going to https://cloud.ibm.com/login and skip ahead to Exercise 2.

2. Enter your company Email address and a strong Password and then click the Next button.

3. An email is sent to the address that you signed up with to confirm your email address. Check your email and copy and paste Verification code. Then click Next.

4. Once your email is successfully verified, enter your First name, Last name, and Country and click Next.

5. After your personal information is accepted Click on Create account button.

Exercise 2: Create an instance of Watson Studio service

Scenario

Watson Studio, which is available as a service on IBM Cloud, and a component of the IBM Cloud Pak for Data, allows you to build and collaborate on AI and Data Science projects. In this exercise, you will add an instance of the Watson Studio service to your IBM Cloud account.

Task 1: Add Watson Studio as a resource

1. In the IBM Cloud Catalog go to the Watson Studio listing - cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/watson-studio

2. On the Watson Studio page, select the region closest to you, verify that the Lite plan is selected, and then click Create.

3. Once the Watson Studio instance is successfully created, click on Get Started.

Author(s)

Polong Lin

Rav Ahuja

Contributor(s)

Rose Malcolm, Shubham, Aije Egwaikhide

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