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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

VC

May 16, 2020

Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills! Thanks a lot! At the time of the study some of the quizzes content were not rendering correctly on mobile devices (both iPad and Android)

VS

Sep 22, 2020

This course syllabus is great. It starts wonderfully. Week 1 to 4 is taught by Paul Bendich, and Daniel Egger the instruction is awesome. Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills!

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By One T

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Apr 10, 2020

Some of the things I learned were very challenging and I will be reviewing but this was overall a very informative course.

By Harry M

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Dec 29, 2018

Thanks a lot! It's a huge important course, really... Thanks. Because I want to become a data scientist, so thanks, again.

By Jigme N

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Oct 26, 2022

A great refresher for someone who's getting back to foundational math and statistics for data science after a long time.

By Alvaro I

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Aug 12, 2020

It's a good course if you want to refresh certain concepts about math that are also related to the field of Data Science.

By Tyler D

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Jul 23, 2020

Informative and quick, not a big math fan but it wasn't overly painful. Definitely helped my understanding of Logarithms.

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May 19, 2024

It's a great course for those who are interested to amplify its knowledge. This starts from basics to advanced concepts.

By Deevi N 2

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Nov 1, 2022

It is very useful , it explained from the basics and tests were also very good and implementational skills were improved

By Shahriar H F

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Jul 17, 2020

This course was fairly easy but the questions from probability were a bit tricky but doable. Overall it's a great course

By Candela G F

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Sep 22, 2020

Los subtítulos en español llega un momento en el que desaparecen. Las explicaciones son muy claras y se hace muy ameno.

By Sudipto P

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Jul 3, 2020

Very interesting and helpful course.. very knowledgeable experience ...I recommend everyone please enroll this course..

By Egor X

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Nov 23, 2022

That course was amazing! It was easy to understand and at the same time, it had tough assignments. But not impossible.

By Arido R

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Dec 30, 2020

thanks for the great course especially on the Bayes Theorem that i think need more examples or more practice sessions.

By Vishal K

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Oct 27, 2020

Excellent Course for beginners. Would explore higher level courses now. Thanks for developing such an awesome content.

By adarsh K m

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Apr 21, 2020

i would love to rate this course 5 stars as it has lead me to enhance my data augumentation and understanding skills.

By Tuấn P V

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Mar 30, 2017

very good knowledge for someone who want to call back prob theory in uni or get an introduction in mathematics problem

By Mr.K.Kumar

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May 1, 2020

It is a wonderful courses. This course is very useful to my job. Thank you very much for given wonderful opportunity.

By Haithem M

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Apr 15, 2020

Thanks to the professors, thanks to everyone responsible for the existence of Coursera, this course is simply great !

By Ezequiel C

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Jun 26, 2022

Great introductory course about basic math skills. I hope I can apply quickly this knowledge in real life situations

By Noman M

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Sep 1, 2020

this course really helped me revise some basic concepts and also corrected some confusions about some basic concepts

By MD. T R

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May 1, 2020

The course is very much student friendly. It helped me to improve my math basics for preparing towards Data science.

By Wasinee T

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Apr 17, 2020

Thank you for giving free course. I learn a lot of things from this course and struggle with the last quiz so much😂

By Kelsey S

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Feb 24, 2019

I loved the tag team between the two professors. I would love to learn more math and data science from both of them!

By Harsha S

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Sep 16, 2020

Very Informative course, which gives the foundation knowledge of Mathematics required in the field of Data Science.

By Brian S

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Aug 19, 2024

This course is a great course for people who want to fresh up some essential math skills. Definetly can recommend!

By Joy G

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Nov 12, 2018

This course from course era has given me new opportunity to explore and has given me confidence in data science ,