Tracy Richardson completed an online non-credit course called "The Data Scientist's Toolbox" offered through Coursera and authorized by Johns Hopkins University. The course was taught by Jeff Leek, Roger Peng, and Brian Caffo from the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Coursera verified Tracy Richardson's identity and participation in the course, as noted on her course certificate dated April 14, 2016.