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University of London

Foundations of Data Science: K-Means Clustering in Python

Organisations all around the world are using data to predict behaviours and extract valuable real-world insights to inform decisions. Managing and analysing big data has become an essential part of modern finance, retail, marketing, social science, development and research, medicine and government. This MOOC, designed by an academic team from Goldsmiths, University of London, will quickly introduce you to the core concepts of Data Science to prepare you for intermediate and advanced Data Science courses. It focuses on the basic mathematics, statistics and programming skills that are necessary for typical data analysis tasks. You will consider these fundamental concepts on an example data clustering task, and you will use this example to learn basic programming skills that are necessary for mastering Data Science techniques. During the course, you will be asked to do a series of mathematical and programming exercises and a small data clustering project for a given dataset.

Status: Data Manipulation
Status: Descriptive Statistics
BeginnerCourse29 hours

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SS

4.0Reviewed Apr 30, 2020

It is a very detailed and well planned course. However, there could have been a few lectures at the end on training set, testing set etc.

MM

5.0Reviewed Jun 28, 2020

Very interesting course! The lecturers explain concepts thoroughly which makes the concepts easy to understand even for people without much knowledge in Data Science

SS

5.0Reviewed Jun 29, 2020

A well presented and interesting course. It would have been good to have some more complex examples with the thinking behind them - the exploratory bit/intelligent bit of the process.

AM

5.0Reviewed Feb 12, 2025

The content is beginner-friendly and gives students the tools they need to begin understanding how to use Python for Data Science.

NS

5.0Reviewed May 16, 2020

This course gives us a good balance between theory and practice. I wish there was an intermediate or advanced level to continue.

TF

5.0Reviewed Jul 11, 2022

I learnt alot, a very good foundation course. It made me have more interest in learning more in Data Science particularly using Python language

Y

5.0Reviewed Jul 26, 2021

Very informative course. You can learn how to cluster and clisfy data and how to write down report on the given statistical analysis.

ON

5.0Reviewed Apr 22, 2023

This course gave me a good glimpse into the world of data science. the teaching, exercises and project were a great way to learn.

HN

5.0Reviewed Jul 20, 2021

Week 3 is a bit difficult for those who don't have a strong maths background. More explanation on the mathematics notations can be helpful.

MP

5.0Reviewed Sep 12, 2020

It was a well-taught course. I felt that during the final project-making, students were not spoon-fed, instead, pushed us to become more creative.

BE

5.0Reviewed Jul 3, 2020

Highly recommended to anyone who wants to delve into data science. The instruuctors, the universities and Coursera team are well dedicated and the course is of high quality.

PS

5.0Reviewed Jun 24, 2021

A Great course which successfully marries both the mathematical/statistical foundations for K-Means and also its implementation in Python.

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