This course requires active participation and feedback from the instructors in order for the group project to be successfully completed. Since we didn't get any information from the instructors, I was unable to complete the project and had to drop the course.

It seems like the course instructors are done, they don't respond and they just recycle prior course work. Zero stars if I could. By far the worst course I took in the specialization.

I am very disappointed that I cannot continue the course. Now it's already week 6 but I haven't been checked my work of week 4. I am offered to extend the course, which means that I will not receive my certificate for another 3 months more and will have to wait for the next start of the course. This is unacceptable, the course is paid every month, I am happy to study and do all the work on time, but they are not checked! I ask you to understand this situation and give me the opportunity to complete this course and get a Certificate, and not wait for the next course, which will end only in mid-January. I started work in September!

Decent way of putting into practice all the learned concepts throughout the specialization - however, this course may benefit from having more guidance in some parts or even leading us to develop our own research (instead of following a pre-designed one).

I would like to see here some of the most related videos from the other modules. For example, in the 4th and 5th milestones, using R was a little tricky because I forgot most of the commands and had to go back to learn. Inferential statistics videos could help also on milestone 5 and 6.

Hand on exercise and useful for apprentice researcher to understand in social science research.

Through the course study, I gain a lot!

Very cool, hands-on course :)

Through the study of social science methods and statistics, I learned how to design experiments and how to analyze data, and I gained a lot.I think it will be helpful for my future science research.

It is a great course, perhaps adjusting the linearity of the final project with the entire course could help, as well as better guaranteeing peer reviews. But it is a demanding course and of great technical-academic quality.

Unnecessary module of the specialization

I recently completed the “Methods and Statistics in Social Science – Final Research Project” course in the Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences specialization, taught by Dr. Annemarie Z. Scholten, and it was an incredibly rewarding experience. This capstone brought together everything I learned throughout the specialization and pushed me to apply those concepts in a structured, meaningful way. Dr. Scholten’s guidance was clear, supportive, and academically rigorous. Her explanations of methodological choices, statistical interpretation, and best practices for research design helped me strengthen both my analytical thinking and practical skills. What I appreciated most was how thoughtfully the course was organized—each step of the final project was broken down into manageable components, yet we were given enough independence to shape our own research direction. The feedback mechanisms and peer-review structure also helped me refine my work and understand diverse approaches to social science research. Overall, this course is a perfect culmination of the specialization. It challenged me, motivated me, and genuinely improved my ability to conduct research in the social sciences. I’m very grateful for Dr. Scholten’s teaching and would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in developing strong methodological and statistical research skills.

I love this coursera because I have learned very much acknowledge from it.

very good The process of systematic research

well designed course

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its good