AM
4.0Reviewed Jan 29, 2021
It would have been better if more foundations of Spark framework had been provided
Data Analysis Using Pyspark
One of the important topics that every data analyst should be familiar with is the distributed data processing technologies. As a data analyst, you should be able to apply different queries to your dataset to extract useful information out of it. but what if your data is so big that working with it on your local machine is not easy to be done. That is when the distributed data processing and Spark Technology will become handy. So in this project, we are going to work with pyspark module in python and we are going to use google colab environment in order to apply some queries to the dataset we have related to lastfm website which is an online music service where users can listen to different songs. This dataset is containing two csv files listening.csv and genre.csv. Also, we will learn how we can visualize our query results using matplotlib.
Status: Python Programming
Status: Data Management
IntermediateGuided Project2 hours
Featured reviews
VB
5.0Reviewed Dec 10, 2021
quick start for a newbie with most basic information covered here, worth it.
SC
5.0Reviewed Jan 7, 2022
This project is really good. Gives you a hands-on experience on PySpark. I was able to write complex queries on my own after a while in this project. Very useful.
DM
5.0Reviewed Nov 14, 2020
Best guided project for an introduction to the PySpark
AA
4.0Reviewed Jan 22, 2022
Quick and good course on pyspark for someone who is familiar with Pandas. Although some more depth can be added to the course by giving short brief on Spark and how it works.
AB
5.0Reviewed Feb 4, 2025
Great introductory course in PySpark. Instructor gives time for you to formulate your response. Focuses on practice via repetition to help you build a strong grasp of basic syntax and functions.
AS
5.0Reviewed Aug 4, 2020
all is great except the idea of struct function it is a little bit confusing .however all awesome hand-on practice please do more coursers
SA
4.0Reviewed Aug 20, 2020
Ok, but needs a longer explanation of the functions that are used and its range of possibilites.
SA
4.0Reviewed Jul 2, 2023
Overall good course to kick start. More basics could be covered.
DE
5.0Reviewed Nov 1, 2020
This course has help equip me with a lot of experience on data analysis and i really love it. Thank you Ahmad Varasteh.A big thanks to Coursera for creating such a wonderful opportunity.
AK
5.0Reviewed Oct 31, 2023
Great Course, appropriate to begin the journey with Pysparks