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About the Course

As data collection has increased exponentially, so has the need for people skilled at using and interacting with data; to be able to think critically, and provide insights to make better decisions and optimize their businesses. This is a data scientist, “part mathematician, part computer scientist, and part trend spotter” (SAS Institute, Inc.). According to Glassdoor, being a data scientist is the best job in America; with a median base salary of $110,000 and thousands of job openings at a time. The skills necessary to be a good data scientist include being able to retrieve and work with data, and to do that you need to be well versed in SQL, the standard language for communicating with database systems. This course is designed to give you a primer in the fundamentals of SQL and working with data so that you can begin analyzing it for data science purposes. You will begin to ask the right questions and come up with good answers to deliver valuable insights for your organization. This course starts with the basics and assumes you do not have any knowledge or skills in SQL. It will build on that foundation and gradually have you write both simple and complex queries to help you select data from tables. You'll start to work with different types of data like strings and numbers and discuss methods to filter and pare down your results. You will create new tables and be able to move data into them. You will learn common operators and how to combine the data. You will use case statements and concepts like data governance and profiling. You will discuss topics on data, and practice using real-world programming assignments. You will interpret the structure, meaning, and relationships in source data and use SQL as a professional to shape your data for targeted analysis purposes. Although we do not have any specific prerequisites or software requirements to take this course, a simple text editor is recommended for the final project. So what are you waiting for? This is your first step in landing a job in the best occupation in the US and soon the world!...

Top reviews

SM

Mar 15, 2020

Good course for beginners.- classes are fine- quizzes evaluate quite well your understanding I think- the final assessment contains plenty of VERY ambiguous questions and I think it should be reworked

MV

Jul 19, 2020

Please Included examples while the instructor is teaching in the video lectures. The instructor is very talented in teaching but due to lack of examples in the video it downgrades the overall course.

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By Abdullah F

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May 2, 2018

Just teaches SQL. Nothing is taught about how its used for data science

By Alex R

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Apr 15, 2022

It's ok, not at the level of an actual university course though sadly.

By Simone D

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Oct 7, 2019

The course material seemed prepared in a rush, with several mistakes.

By Greg L

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Nov 24, 2017

Quizzes poorly and ambiguously worded, database carelessly extracted

By David A

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Oct 7, 2019

It could be harder with some excersice that make the student search

By Daniel E

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Jan 4, 2020

Good content but the questions are badly worded and need updating.

By Melissa V

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Apr 28, 2018

Need to take a more in-depth class to fully understand this class.

By Omar H

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Jun 11, 2024

Hands-on practical video of SQL queries would have been helpful

By Matt E

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Apr 1, 2018

You can learn this stuff on your own. You don't need a course.

By Priyanshu V

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Jul 31, 2020

Some topic is not cover like constraints alter modify default

By Tim S

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Jul 8, 2020

Quite easy. The peer-reviewed assignment is also very easy.

By liqi x

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Dec 24, 2019

not enough teaching examples, could be tough for beginner

By Ashish D B

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Jun 29, 2021

Explanations could be improved with the help of examples

By Tanmay C

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Jun 25, 2020

Very fast and high level for a person who knows nothing

By Saulo G d M S

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Jul 27, 2020

A really good course, but the forum isn't that great.

By Karan K

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Oct 19, 2021

Important topics like window functions are missing.

By SAKET M

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Feb 24, 2021

Could be more better. You could have taught more SQL

By Zaur T

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Feb 11, 2022

Would like to see some exercises between new topics

By Phillipe S S R

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Jan 3, 2018

Quiz and graded materials not available for free.

By Michiel v d V

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Nov 3, 2022

Good course could of with more example material

By Hunter G

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Mar 11, 2023

The peer review part is BS and time consuming.

By Hari G

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Dec 11, 2019

Too much theory and very little or no practice

By Benji W

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Apr 7, 2023

Good information, but delivery was not great

By Muhammad A K

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Nov 30, 2022

Vary basic course on SQL and Data Science.

By Shahzaib R

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Jun 30, 2024

not well explained, thank god i have GPT