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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

MR

May 11, 2020

Really interesting course. The interactive coding sessions with swirl are especially useful. Would be great, if you provided sample solutions for the programming assignments, in particular for week 4.

JM

Aug 11, 2019

Very challenging, but good course. I've been programming in R for over a year, but there were still some things for me to pick up in this class. Assignments were a challenge, but satisfying to tackle.

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By anar

May 13, 2020

It contains educative videos and quizzes, which help to start R programming. One defect: programming assignments are harder than the videos. Often it requires to know additional things to complete these assignments.

By Andy L

Nov 19, 2018

The assessments didn't really follow from the course material, or at least not in the correct order all the time. Could be better coordinated between what is taught in advance of programming assignments or quizzes.

By Abraham A

Feb 12, 2017

This is a very good place to start if you want a career in data science. I really learnt a lot and currently using it my data analysis projects. I would recommend this course to any one who likes to work with data.

By Yuxuan Z

Jul 30, 2016

I think there is something not so important but occupys a large part of this class. Maybe you can rebalance the priority of this the contents in this class and replenish some introductions of more useful functions.

By Babacar G

Apr 5, 2016

The course is so hard for whom who don't have a Statistical background. The number of submissions are too numerous for professionnals who have only the weekend to do tem all. The course's projects must be reviewed.

By John V H

Nov 2, 2019

The course was great. It really pushed students to learn R with real world assignments, and the lectures made sense. The only draw back was the level of the assignments were greater than the lectures and lessons.

By Paul L

Nov 7, 2016

I'm really learning R with this course but it's a pity in the last quiz of week 4 the code asked to type in in the last 3 questions didn't work. However it was easy to work out what the question was trying to ask.

By Anjali T

Nov 6, 2016

A little difficult and fast but you do get to learn a lot. The plus point is that Coursera provides ample of time to get through with this course which really worked for me since and I'm working and studying both.

By Elena F

Jun 10, 2018

A useful course dedicated to R programming. It's bit tough for those who have little programming experience, so including more practice sections would help a lot to bridge the gaps between assignments and theory!

By Said E M

Mar 7, 2018

Good intro into R and the respective toolchain. Maybe a bit steep for newbies to programming. Also some excursion into the math might have been nice. For non-english natives the terms are sometimes not known yet.

By Jade N

Dec 12, 2016

This R course is quite overwhelming for those who start learning R. R course from Duke university will walk through from step by step. From that, this would be wonderful to learn R from John Hopkins university.

By Álvaro S F

Sep 5, 2020

I would like to have more practical exercises aimed at easily fulfilling the final assignment project, since sometimes I have found myself with problems to know which functions to use in order to properly code.

By Emilia B A

Jul 10, 2020

It was very interesting and helpful. But, while the lessons where meant for beginners (such as myself), the programming assignments where for people with previous programming experience and not people like me.

By Francis P

Dec 29, 2019

I want to give this course a '5' but I believe it could be more in-depth and could introduce the idea of making packages as a "fifth week" topic. Otherwise, great! I feel well grounded in R and ready for more!

By M C

Jul 8, 2018

The course was quite useful. The assignments were challenging. The fee, however, could be charged for individual courses rather than for the entire specialization as it would give more freedom to the learners.

By Richard M

Jun 25, 2016

Very good introduction to R Programming. It would be especially good if at the end of the course there were some model answers, though I appreciate the problem of answers transgressing into the public domain!

By Anselmo A

Jun 17, 2020

Good course to start working with data analysis with R.

In my opinion, Peer assignments doe not work properly for this type of course.

I got a Zero from a peer who definitely hadn't any idea what she was doing.

By Peter V

Oct 9, 2016

An order of magnitude more difficult than the intro course. Unexpectedly tricky at times ( esp. if you're primarily versed in programming & not stats ) but more all the more worth it for the difficulty spike.

By Rishabh s

Aug 26, 2020

Great content,but for a beginner like me,I think the course should have more and more code assignment starting from short and easy to the final assessment.On solving the coding assessment,I felt intimidated.

By LUZ H R E

Sep 14, 2020

He aprendido bastante sobre un tema que era desconocido para mi, no ha sido fácil precisamente por lo anterior; sin embargo, las tareas de Programación no son tan claras en las especificaciones que se dan.

By Satyam T

Aug 22, 2020

I completed this course with blood and sweat. Programming Assignments will make you doubt yourself. Basic knowledge of programming is recommended. Although course is heavy, its quite informational as well.

By Leandro G d A

Feb 5, 2021

O curso é interessante, principalmente os exercícios. Porém, o que é dado no curso é muito simples perto da dificuldade das provas. É necessário MUITO estudo extra para que seja possível terminar o curso.

By Kevin F

Feb 25, 2021

A decent course overall with a VERY steep learning curve (even more so for those who don't touch R on a regular and intense basis), but if you are looking to expand your R skills, this course is for you.

By Federico J D F

Nov 26, 2020

Class is very interesting and eye-opening. I have to agree that it was very difficult for me to get all the working programming done correctly. I had a hard and frustrating time. I enjoyed it, thought.

By Oliver G

Mar 27, 2019

Great course, very well structured. Just one thing: for an absolute newbie in programming, it is extremely challenging. Some more guidance, practical exercises, step-by-step explanation would be great.