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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 Do B D

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May 30, 2017

The contents were ok, but the videos were a bit boring

By Casimiro G

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Jan 21, 2023

The week 4 is too weak and needs much better material

By Rafael B

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Feb 24, 2018

Lost if it is a basic or a intermediate level course.

By Nathaniel L

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Dec 27, 2017

The materials could be more advanced for data science

By Marco A

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May 1, 2020

This require more practical refernce to data science

By Muhammad Z I N

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Jun 5, 2020

The probability part explanation is very confusing.

By Ashish B

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Jun 30, 2020

Instructor was not so good but questions are tough

By Bola T

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Jun 2, 2017

last week is not good at all i didn't get it all

By Piyush G

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Sep 13, 2018

Probability concepts could be more descriptive.

By Abhijay R

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Oct 23, 2021

The last topic was explained for shorter time

By Pavel S

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Mar 31, 2020

I think some basic statistics should be added

By Asma S

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Sep 8, 2021

Week 3 and Week 4 needs to be more in depth

By SHOURYA Y

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Mar 9, 2021

The videos were a bit tough to understand.

By LATIFF E

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Jan 23, 2021

The teaching does not feel very intuitive.

By Ruben L

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Jun 19, 2020

La parte de probabilidad no esta muy clara

By Shekh R

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Sep 18, 2020

Give right information about the subject

By Dixit K

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Apr 29, 2020

It is good for refreshing your concepts

By Colin X

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Jul 14, 2020

Last part, part 4 needs improvement.

By ahmed s

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Nov 29, 2019

the lectures of last week r very bad

By Cristian V

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Aug 29, 2022

strong beginning, weak ending.

By THOTAKURA B

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Aug 25, 2020

It is not that much effective.

By Binoy K

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Jul 6, 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.