Learner Reviews & Feedback for What is Data Science? by IBM

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About the Course

Do you want to know why data science has been labeled the sexiest profession of the 21st century? After taking this course, you will be able to answer this question, understand what data science is and what data scientists do, and learn about career paths in the field. The art of uncovering insights and trends in data has been around since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians used census data to increase efficiency in tax collection and accurately predicted the Nile River's flooding every year. Since then, people have continued to use data to derive insights and predict outcomes. Recently, they have carved out a unique and distinct field for the work they do. This field is data science. In today's world, we use Data Science to find patterns in data and make meaningful, data-driven conclusions and predictions. This course is for everyone and teaches concepts like how data scientists use machine learning and deep learning and how companies apply data science in business. You will meet several data scientists, who will share their insights and experiences in data science. By taking this introductory course, you will begin your journey into this thriving field....

Top reviews

Jan 15, 2022

I throughly enjoyed the course and the fact that everything was explained thoroughly. I always enjoyed Dr. White's personal experience with Data Science as well as other Data Scientists point of view.

Feb 8, 2023

I love how beginner-friendly this course is. I did not have to panic about not following any lecture since I am new to this field. I know this is the first course but I'm loving it already. <<33

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By Vemula M

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May 18, 2020

Very useful course and can be easily related to real life examples. Professors are highly experienced.

By satyam a

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May 2, 2020

This course will completely define what is data science with various definitions from various experts.

By Sachin S

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Apr 29, 2020

Excellent content put together to explain Data Science and role of a Data Scientist in a clear manner.

By Hemapriya K B

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Apr 24, 2020

It's very useful to know about data science. Now I got an idea about data science and data scientists.

By Joshua S

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Apr 13, 2020

A bit basic, but a decent high level overview of the field, which is the intended point of the course.

By Rayon D

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Mar 28, 2020

Excellent way of learning DataScience. Learning a lot. This learning will definitely help in my career

By Yifan D

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Mar 1, 2020

Easy and approachable for new starters like me, not stressing, I am looking forward to more in detail.

By Ramanathan V

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Feb 12, 2020

Great course! Excellent starting point and provides crisp introduction into the field of data science.

By chett d

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Jan 26, 2020

Really informative and allows you to wrap your head around what Data Science is and what its uses are.

By Symeon L

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Dec 14, 2019

A really intresting intoduction that gives a general idea about what someone can do with Data Science!

By S N S

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Nov 12, 2019

It was very exciting to learn my first course in coursera, im looking foward to continue more courses.

By Ajay k

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Jun 12, 2019

This course is exactly guiding a person what kind of skill a person should have to be a data sceintist

By Rezoan B S

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Mar 6, 2019

Brilliant course to start learning Data Science. Very basic and interesting. looking for next courses.

By Igor L

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Feb 4, 2019

Excellent videos. In my opinion, the introduction of what is data science were easy and fast to learn.

By Raphaël L

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Sep 17, 2018

It's a clear start to better understand what is data science and what you need to be a data scientist.

By Mohamed H I

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Jul 11, 2018

Very nice introductory course for data science. Based on interviewing SMEs and PDFs to read. I like it

By Godswill E O

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Apr 1, 2025

An excellent and peaceful way to begin my journey as a data scientist. The course was very rewarding.

By Katherine P

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Mar 22, 2025

Great overview. Especially the optional last module 4 is valuable if you want to tie it all together!

By Vidal C

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Oct 8, 2024

Una excelente experiencia de aprendizaje, una manera muy efectiva de enseñanza, gracias COURSERA _IBM

By Manuel G

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Aug 29, 2024

Module 4 has many sections with bugs but the rest of the course it is quite interesting and I learnt.

By Bala S K

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Feb 18, 2024

Thoroughly enjoyed the course, Examples and case studies were on point, Lectures were more intriguing

By Cristian G

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Oct 19, 2023

Excelente curso para aprender sobre la ciencia de datos y los científicos de datos y sus aplicaciones

By 郭博詳

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Oct 4, 2023

Highly recommended and having solid content for newbies to catch up the general idea of data science!

By Hamza A

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Jul 26, 2023

This course is Introduction of Data Science those who are willing to pursue Data Science must do this