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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Data Science Math Skills by Duke University

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About the Course

Data science courses contain math—no avoiding that! This course is designed to teach learners the basic math you will need in order to be successful in almost any data science math course and was created for learners who have basic math skills but may not have taken algebra or pre-calculus. Data Science Math Skills introduces the core math that data science is built upon, with no extra complexity, introducing unfamiliar ideas and math symbols one-at-a-time. Learners who complete this course will master the vocabulary, notation, concepts, and algebra rules that all data scientists must know before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include: ~Set theory, including Venn diagrams ~Properties of the real number line ~Interval notation and algebra with inequalities ~Uses for summation and Sigma notation ~Math on the Cartesian (x,y) plane, slope and distance formulas ~Graphing and describing functions and their inverses on the x-y plane, ~The concept of instantaneous rate of change and tangent lines to a curve ~Exponents, logarithms, and the natural log function. ~Probability theory, including Bayes’ theorem. While this course is intended as a general introduction to the math skills needed for data science, it can be considered a prerequisite for learners interested in the course, "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel," which is part of the Excel to MySQL Data Science Specialization. Learners who master Data Science Math Skills will be fully prepared for success with the more advanced math concepts introduced in "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel." Good luck and we hope you enjoy the course!...

Top reviews

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Apr 16, 2020

Hi it is very helpful to me. Concept is properly explained. I enjoyed learning process. Expect some more courses on data science as well as on python which involves real time application.Thanks a lot.

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Jul 22, 2017

This is neat little course to revise math fundamentals. I generally find learning probability a little tricky. This course helped me a lot in better understanding Bayes Theorem. Thank you professors.

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By Cristian V

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Aug 29, 2022

strong beginning, weak ending.

By THOTAKURA B

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Aug 24, 2020

It is not that much effective.

By Binoy K

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Jul 5, 2020

T%his course is purely basic.

By Sai

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Jun 19, 2020

good course but expected more

By Aydar A

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Aug 28, 2017

too superficial to be usefull

By Prasad K

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Jan 11, 2019

1st 2 weeks were very basic.

By Vijay G

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Jul 12, 2020

Great mathematical analysis

By Snigdha G

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Oct 12, 2020

Can I get a Certificate?

By Hugh J

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Sep 27, 2020

Needs more statistics

By Elvin G

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Oct 19, 2018

It is too low level

By Korkrid A

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Apr 27, 2018

Good for beginners.

By Vikas G

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Jun 16, 2020

Fantastic teaching

By PARDESHI R H

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May 17, 2020

Very useful course

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Feb 15, 2024

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Feb 12, 2024

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By Shanmuga P

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Feb 23, 2018

Good!!

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Dec 14, 2024

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By MUTHU A P S

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Jun 7, 2020

good

By Umida A

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Jan 24, 2025

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By Johnny

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Aug 23, 2021

Actually the lessons from first three weeks are really basic (junior to senior high level), and sometimes I can't find any strong relationship with data science. And the fourth week is about probability theorem including the marginal/joint probability and bayesian theory without introducing other fundamental concepts, which could make the student quite confused sometimes.

There are several typos by the first teacher, which most are all corrected but quite disturbing. And the handwriting of the second professor is sometimes sloppy. I'd rather check the "video companion" before taking the class. BTW, they are really good and concise to summarize the concept and understand what the professors are talking about.

About the quiz/exam, most are good with explanations. But a lot of question require electronic calculator. Some question do not provide basic value of number like log(2) or which is quite annoying.

It's not good as imagine, but it does not take much time to finish.

By Jose M M L

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May 16, 2022

Weeks 1 - 3 can be understood with relative ease depending on your math skills. Week 4, however, is quite tough because both the instructional videos and the notes are difficult, if not impossible, to understand. I had to resort to resources both within and outside of coursera to understand Week 4, specifically YouTube, Khan Academy, free math tutorial videos from my public library, and a separate course on Coursera. I spoke to customer service, but they were unable to give me some sort of credit, or free month, or anything.

Coursera, if you're listening, please do a better job at quality control. Just because a professor is from a top university does not mean he can teach well.

By Carolin S

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Jul 21, 2020

This class fails to give a single explanation as to how the math skills will apply to data science. The first three weeks are a nice basic explanation of some of the math that will be needed. If you haven't done coding before or have some background in coding, you will have no idea where this class is going to be applied. The fourth week is the worst explanation of probability you can imagine -- opaque derivations and almost no explanations. I do not recommend this class as it fails to address the "why" of the title -- how does math apply to data science.

By Dennis F

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May 15, 2021

i passed all quizzes and exams at 100% most of them in one try.

presentations were a bit sloppy, and often i found i understood the concepts, but not how they were presented.

I did learn things from the course, but the experience could have been a lot better

especially week 4 was problematic, the bayesian probability and inverse probability was hard to understand from the videos or the notes alone, or in combination.

notes for one of the video had only notes for about the first half of the video, so no notes for the rest.

By Mike S

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Mar 18, 2021

The content is OK; the execution isn't quite ready. Most is fairly basic, but is necessary and potentially a good review. But the course comes across like a first draft. Mistakes in videos are not re-recorded, but called out with a disclaimer. I believe there are two errors in answers to practices and quizzes, but it's possibly my own mistake on one. I noticed one instance where the correct answer is in a different font than incorrect answers. Overall, OK content but not very polished. It could use a second revision.