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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 Ayush S

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Apr 9, 2020

Good course to learn the basics but the explanation of Probability part should have been better

By Bob S

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Sep 14, 2019

A pretty good course, though the second half wasn't explained as intuitively as the first half.

By Luke E

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Jul 5, 2017

Really great for the algebra. Statistics was harder and needed more reading around the subject

By Veethika G

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Apr 17, 2020

It's very good and if you're beginning your career in data science, this course, it's for you.

By Mireya C O P

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Jul 26, 2020

Un buen curso para las bases. Lastima la baja de calidad del contenido para la ultima semana.

By MOHAMMED B

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Jun 12, 2020

c'est très intéressant.

Merci infiniment coursera pour la qualité du cours que vous présentez.

By Arihant J

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Jun 5, 2020

Good Course. Can be Extended with more lessons and a little more depth in the topics chosen..

By Md S B S

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May 6, 2017

it is a good course for beginner.Most of the lectures are informative and easy to understand.

By Marc P

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Mar 9, 2019

Good intro or refresher, but needs more concrete examples in the probability theory section.

By Sanu M

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Sep 3, 2017

Very helpful course for those who want to pursue their career in Data science and Analytics.

By Sheik S

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Jul 27, 2021

This course is very much useful to those are very know to data science and machine learning

By looner

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Aug 18, 2020

thank you for teaching me and coursera has a good material and i like the way how hey teach

By Yafeng S

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Jan 8, 2019

A very basic introduction of math. You can use this course to recap the relative knowledges

By Omer O

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Mar 6, 2018

The course is short. It had better if you design a Data Science Math Skills specialization.

By Danielle M

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Mar 3, 2018

Pretty basic stuff, but a good refresher. I wish the course spent more time on probability!

By Hari T

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May 18, 2021

The contents are great. I will advise anyone who is looking to brush up their math skills.

By David L O R

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Aug 1, 2025

This is a good course to introduce you to the basic math skills you need in data science.

By vedasree r

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Jul 10, 2020

Highly basic math course with a subtle introduction to probability and many other topics.

By Merlin L G

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Apr 19, 2020

I enjoyed doing the maths...Thank you for the free course especially during lockdown days

By Lorenzo D

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Mar 8, 2020

I liked theI liked the course and it was useful, the last part I found some difficulties.

By Beatriz G G

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Aug 4, 2025

Very useful to refresh those maths topics that are useful to understand the data science

By Rafael D D

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Mar 14, 2021

The Daniel's part was a bit difficult. May need more lessons and other basic knowledges.

By Omoafeh p

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Jun 19, 2020

It was very insightful. although i had difficulties understanding the courses in week 4.

By Dedi N

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May 23, 2020

i would like to see more practicality on day-do-day application, but overall good course

By Srihari P

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Apr 23, 2020

i learned a great deal about probability distribution which i didnt know in particular.