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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Data Science Math Skills by Duke University

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About the Course

Data science courses contain math—no avoiding that! This course is designed to teach learners the basic math you will need in order to be successful in almost any data science math course and was created for learners who have basic math skills but may not have taken algebra or pre-calculus. Data Science Math Skills introduces the core math that data science is built upon, with no extra complexity, introducing unfamiliar ideas and math symbols one-at-a-time. Learners who complete this course will master the vocabulary, notation, concepts, and algebra rules that all data scientists must know before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include: ~Set theory, including Venn diagrams ~Properties of the real number line ~Interval notation and algebra with inequalities ~Uses for summation and Sigma notation ~Math on the Cartesian (x,y) plane, slope and distance formulas ~Graphing and describing functions and their inverses on the x-y plane, ~The concept of instantaneous rate of change and tangent lines to a curve ~Exponents, logarithms, and the natural log function. ~Probability theory, including Bayes’ theorem. While this course is intended as a general introduction to the math skills needed for data science, it can be considered a prerequisite for learners interested in the course, "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel," which is part of the Excel to MySQL Data Science Specialization. Learners who master Data Science Math Skills will be fully prepared for success with the more advanced math concepts introduced in "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel." Good luck and we hope you enjoy the course!...

Top reviews

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Jan 11, 2019

Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills! Thanks a lot! At the time of the study some of the quizzes content were not rendering correctly on mobile devices (both iPad and Android)

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Sep 22, 2020

This course syllabus is great. It starts wonderfully. Week 1 to 4 is taught by Paul Bendich, and Daniel Egger the instruction is awesome. Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills!

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By Sheik S

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Jul 27, 2021

This course is very much useful to those are very know to data science and machine learning

By URK18EE026 J A

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Aug 18, 2020

thank you for teaching me and coursera has a good material and i like the way how hey teach

By Yafeng S

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Jan 8, 2019

A very basic introduction of math. You can use this course to recap the relative knowledges

By Omer O

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Mar 6, 2018

The course is short. It had better if you design a Data Science Math Skills specialization.

By Danielle M

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Mar 3, 2018

Pretty basic stuff, but a good refresher. I wish the course spent more time on probability!

By Hari T

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May 18, 2021

The contents are great. I will advise anyone who is looking to brush up their math skills.

By vedasree r

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Jul 10, 2020

Highly basic math course with a subtle introduction to probability and many other topics.

By Merlin L G

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Apr 19, 2020

I enjoyed doing the maths...Thank you for the free course especially during lockdown days

By Lorenzo D

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Mar 8, 2020

I liked theI liked the course and it was useful, the last part I found some difficulties.

By Rafael D D

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Mar 14, 2021

The Daniel's part was a bit difficult. May need more lessons and other basic knowledges.

By Omoafeh p

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Jun 19, 2020

It was very insightful. although i had difficulties understanding the courses in week 4.

By Dedi N

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May 23, 2020

i would like to see more practicality on day-do-day application, but overall good course

By Srihari P

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Apr 23, 2020

i learned a great deal about probability distribution which i didnt know in particular.

By Brenda D

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Sep 14, 2022

the last week was difficult. I had to used some external materils during my studies.

By Shraddha P

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Aug 17, 2021

I wished there was a more in- depth attempt at helping us solve the complicated sums.

By Jan P P

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Nov 15, 2020

Great stuff, I just wish there were less corrections especially in the earlier parts.

By Saumya K S

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Apr 8, 2020

Good starter course for beginners. Several basic concepts could have been elaborated.

By rodriguez m

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Dec 29, 2023

Ce cours a été très important pour car cela m'a rappeler beaucoup déjà oublié. Merci

By Daniel A C D A

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Jul 8, 2022

I think that the probability unit can be improved. After that it was a great course

By HeShen

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Apr 22, 2020

Exercises were really targeted and helped me consolidate the knowledge I've learned.

By Sandy H S H

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Sep 25, 2018

Great course for beginner. But this course need some improvement at week 4 material!

By Sara F V

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May 26, 2020

A great course to remember old subjects and be familiar with the basics of algebra.

By Tanmay S K

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Jun 25, 2020

accha tha course par kuch samjha hi nahi , jo samjha wo to pahile se hi aata tha!!

By RASHMITHA S

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Jun 18, 2020

Great insights on how to go about solving the problems with different techniques.

By Adrian N

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Jun 15, 2020

Overall, a good review of mathematics skills ranging from calculus to probability.