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Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Data Scientist’s Toolbox by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

In this course you will get an introduction to the main tools and ideas in the data scientist's toolbox. The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. There are two components to this course. The first is a conceptual introduction to the ideas behind turning data into actionable knowledge. The second is a practical introduction to the tools that will be used in the program like version control, markdown, git, GitHub, R, and RStudio....
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Foundational tools

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Introductory course

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Top reviews

NB

Jun 2, 2017

Nice Course. Basics are very well taught in this course.Thank you JHU and Coursera for this course. I have decided to donate 10% of my first salary to coursera once I am complete this and get intern.

DG

Jun 12, 2017

Pretty easy, and never felt like it was a struggle to find the information that was needed. Basically a setup course for out things you'll need for the likes of R Programming and Data Science work.

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By Olivier D

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Oct 29, 2016

Just an introduction, not so great.

By Carlos G M

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Apr 28, 2017

Puede ser más dinámico y práctico.

By Pravin M

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Mar 8, 2017

Should have been in more details.

By Jose S G

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Jun 21, 2023

It should be an optional course.

By Abdelfattah M

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Jul 21, 2021

It's good, but could be shorter.

By Catherine V

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May 11, 2017

I am struggling to pass my quiz.

By Manav G

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Apr 3, 2020

Content for the course is less

By Papa Y O

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Mar 9, 2020

It was cool, but surface level

By Ellen H

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Dec 12, 2018

Already had experience with R.

By Manoj B

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Jan 19, 2016

Getting started with the tools

By Om U

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Oct 20, 2020

the course got very confusing

By Jani R

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Sep 2, 2019

This course was far too easy.

By Oren T

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Aug 10, 2019

Human Interaction is missing.

By Pragati

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Mar 2, 2016

Students be more interactive.

By Mansi J

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Jul 26, 2020

peer grading is a bad system

By Mónica A D G

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Jun 1, 2020

I hate the automated videos.

By Ryan H

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Jun 5, 2017

Easy but not terribly useful

By Vijayalakshmi S

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Apr 12, 2016

The sound volume is very low

By Shanmuga P

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Dec 18, 2017

Good at the Beginning level

By Mayank G

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Jun 12, 2017

Good and truly basic start.

By Marco A B

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Mar 26, 2016

short but good introduction

By Christopher C

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Nov 9, 2022

Submitted comments earlier

By Sarah D

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Sep 27, 2020

Good as a basic over view.

By Frank P

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Mar 13, 2017

Very basic introduction...

By DINABANDHU B

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Dec 5, 2016

A very good for beginners.