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Learner Reviews & Feedback for R Programming by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

In this course you will learn how to program in R and how to use R for effective data analysis. You will learn how to install and configure software necessary for a statistical programming environment and describe generic programming language concepts as they are implemented in a high-level statistical language. The course covers practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and organizing and commenting R code. Topics in statistical data analysis will provide working examples....

Top reviews

AB

Sep 6, 2017

Great course for people who work with data a lot. This course actually helps in looking at data in its basic forms, helps understand transformations better, and gives ideas about playing with it.

RR

Feb 20, 2017

I am pleasantly surprised with the quality of this course. For a beginner, the Swirl exercises are incredibly helpful and I was able to build confidence in working with R because of them. Thank you!

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By Jared P

Apr 10, 2016

Never used R until I took this course. This was a good course to start with and helped me dive into the world of R.

By Philip T

Feb 22, 2016

Very clear instructions and with great assignments to make you thoroughly understand the materials through practice.

By Andrew M

May 3, 2020

Excellent interactive coding activities with Swirl , programming assignments and a good introductory overview of R.

By Ismail M

Oct 6, 2019

This is a very Good Course to Learn R Programming for Data Science and The Swirl Library in R Helps a lot to Learn.

By Robin k (

Jun 27, 2019

This program is helpful for the person who is not able to learn to code but still interesting for learning program.

By Anil M

Jun 25, 2018

Great Course to read and learn something new . Look forward to read and enroll in more advance R course in coursera

By Michael B

Apr 27, 2023

Was not easy but learn a lot in only two months about R programming. Thank you very much for the course.

Excellent.

By Pawel M

Mar 21, 2021

Nice and straightforward introduction to R. Great videos, good practice coding examples, and engaging assignments.

By Muhammad A

Feb 24, 2021

Very Good! lexical scoping assignment should be changed or explained in detail because that was hard to understand

By Felipe B

May 23, 2019

Excellent, very didactic and approachable I practice on my computer with R at the same time as I watch the videos.

By Pooia L

Aug 15, 2018

This is a great course provided you read the book, do all the assignments and really consider quality time for it.

By Roberto D

Jun 20, 2017

Basic atomic types, functions and scoping covered. Prompts interest in creating you own packages for distribution.

By Shuo Y

Sep 22, 2016

really good course, but i really prefer more demos in the course, instead of simply presenting codes in the board.

By Sabarish N

Aug 30, 2016

I am learning a lot through the assignments! make it more difficult next time so that people start exploring a lot

By Matthew R

Feb 29, 2016

Great introduction for people with very limited programming experience. Appropriately challenging and interesting.

By Ashwin S

Apr 7, 2019

Very well organized course that starts from basics and continues to help us explore the nuances of R programming.

By carlos l s

Jan 10, 2018

It's a really good course if you want to learn R, but you'll need to have some previous Knowledge in programming.

By A.R.K. R

Dec 6, 2021

Nicely done course. One of the best I have done in recent times. Thank you for creating such an awesome course.

By Dinura S

Aug 28, 2021

I have learned many things, not only about data analysis, but also about basic coding strategies too. Thank You.

By Aperador M M

Jan 31, 2021

Permite aprender herramientas fundamentales, así como afianzar la práctica por medio de los quices y las tareas

By Luiz E B J

Aug 29, 2019

É um curso muito legal e que permite entender como funciona o R para os primeiros passos de análise. Recomendo.

By Qaiser A

Feb 21, 2019

This course is very much capable enough to enable an individual to grasp the concepts of R programming language!

By Harland H

Mar 15, 2018

The first project was too advanced for a beginner, but after chugging away at these projects you catch on quick.

By Wei W

Sep 11, 2017

One of the most challenging courses, yet extremely rewarding after completion. Learned a lot to apply in real w

By Max R

Sep 3, 2017

The final assignment is very difficult for someone who is brand new to programming, but otherwise a great course