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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

AQ

Jul 11, 2025

unfortunately, the certificate was not generated, which was disappointing. Although the course content was informative and well-structured. I hope this issue is resolved for future learners.

BB

Nov 25, 2022

Good course. The probability portion is very challenging. Dr. Eggers is a tremendous instructor, but I did not feel adequately prepared for the some of the practical application in the quizzes.

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By Luis A L

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Feb 7, 2021

Excellent mentors. All course is awesome.

By Soumik R

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May 24, 2020

very good teaching ,i love this course ☺❣

By Esa S

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May 20, 2020

I learned mathematical data and analysis

By Edgar C

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Apr 28, 2020

This was a great review for the material.

By Daniel J

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Feb 16, 2020

Good, basic course. Moved fairly quickly.

By Peng L

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Dec 4, 2019

Simple and elegant, great for beginners.

By Kasidis S

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Jan 4, 2019

Learned a lot from this course, thanks :)

By Yiru G

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Jun 10, 2017

the first three part is a little too easy

By Nijat K

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Jul 12, 2024

Pretty good basic mathematical concepts.

By Bankole D

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Nov 1, 2020

This course has been really great so far

By abdessamad b

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Oct 21, 2020

an awsome course like other duke courses

By Rahul R

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Sep 14, 2020

A great course for learning math skills.

By dosanz p

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Aug 14, 2020

A very good course for Highschool kids .

By Seyed M M J

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Jul 5, 2020

a good course for data science beginners

By Jamna V

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Jul 3, 2020

Hi I am JAMNA VISHWAKARMA I am so happy.

By RADHA K S

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Jun 21, 2020

Complete refreshing on fundamental maths

By Brian N

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May 22, 2020

Very good introduction or for refresher.

By sandeep m

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Dec 15, 2019

They are good for revisiting the basics.

By Abdulrazak I

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May 1, 2019

It was a nice course and well documented

By Lesly

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Aug 14, 2017

Great course to refresh your Math Basics

By Shivraj G

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Aug 10, 2025

Nice cource for data science math skill

By MUSLIMBEK S I O

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Jan 9, 2025

this course help me increase my horison

By Aydin F

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Feb 6, 2023

This course is very good for beginners.

By K.Gopalakrishnan

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May 1, 2022

Thank you Sir! Gopalakrishnan Kumar!!!

By Javad I

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Oct 7, 2020

SUPER.I hope it will give me advantages