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About the Course

As data collection has increased exponentially, so has the need for people skilled at using and interacting with data; to be able to think critically, and provide insights to make better decisions and optimize their businesses. This is a data scientist, “part mathematician, part computer scientist, and part trend spotter” (SAS Institute, Inc.). According to Glassdoor, being a data scientist is the best job in America; with a median base salary of $110,000 and thousands of job openings at a time. The skills necessary to be a good data scientist include being able to retrieve and work with data, and to do that you need to be well versed in SQL, the standard language for communicating with database systems. This course is designed to give you a primer in the fundamentals of SQL and working with data so that you can begin analyzing it for data science purposes. You will begin to ask the right questions and come up with good answers to deliver valuable insights for your organization. This course starts with the basics and assumes you do not have any knowledge or skills in SQL. It will build on that foundation and gradually have you write both simple and complex queries to help you select data from tables. You'll start to work with different types of data like strings and numbers and discuss methods to filter and pare down your results. You will create new tables and be able to move data into them. You will learn common operators and how to combine the data. You will use case statements and concepts like data governance and profiling. You will discuss topics on data, and practice using real-world programming assignments. You will interpret the structure, meaning, and relationships in source data and use SQL as a professional to shape your data for targeted analysis purposes. Although we do not have any specific prerequisites or software requirements to take this course, a simple text editor is recommended for the final project. So what are you waiting for? This is your first step in landing a job in the best occupation in the US and soon the world!...

Top reviews

GC

Dec 29, 2022

Great course! A solid way to introduce a learner to programming in SQL!! Sadie is an amazing online instructor! Thank you to Sadie and UC Davis for offering this course through the Coursera platform!!

JG

Aug 22, 2021

I thought this course was great! Great introduction to Relational Databases and SQLite. Highly reccomend for anyone new to SQL, Databases, or someone looking to get started with a data science career.

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By Luis E C N

Jan 26, 2021

Curso muito bom, para melhorar só precisaria apresentar mais exemplos práticos antes das atividades

By Le Q T

Aug 2, 2020

An intensive, challenging but very useful course for beginner level to build up essential technique

By Philipp H

Jan 10, 2019

Ich konnte sehr viel Lernen, und das gelernt anhand von nachher kommen den Übungen direkt anwenden.

By Negin A

Apr 3, 2022

if you gives us more practices it wii be better but thank you for this opportunity it was great

By Felipe S

Aug 29, 2020

Excellent, but needs more material to practice coding. It's hard to practice if you're new to this

By Arash S

Apr 12, 2020

Course need more example and practice and also try to make it more fun. It is a little bit boring!

By Rose F

Nov 12, 2019

Concepts are clearly explained. But video tutorials might not be good enough for practicing coding

By Punit S

Sep 27, 2018

Does the job of teaching SQL skills, that can be always topped up with other courses and exercise.

By Natalie J

Mar 29, 2022

This course delivered what it promised! I wish there was some more direct instructor involvment.

By Pragadeeswaran S

Sep 1, 2020

A nice course.. I liked very much, go with it if you are having interest in data science and SQL

By Kaashyap C

Jul 22, 2020

Few more things on Data Science would've been good. Overall the course experience was very good.

By UDBHAV T

Apr 26, 2020

Course was indeed very good but certain topics will require more explanation with more examples.

By Paul V

May 7, 2018

Great class. Felt a little lost at first, but feel like I got a great basic understanding of SQL

By Tyler Z

Jun 23, 2021

Instructions not enough for practicing and especially the last part of data analysis/profiling.

By aishwarya a

Feb 18, 2021

It is very good course to upgrade your resume and the concepts are explained so well. Thank you

By Basel A

Sep 8, 2019

A quick and thorough introduction to SQLite. Straightforward content and useful coding quizzes.

By Junfan C

Apr 4, 2022

The toolbox and database is hard to operate in the final test, which really makes me confused.

By Yuzhe X

Jan 29, 2022

I hope we could use more popular SQL tools. Like MYSQL. the Syntax of SQL lite is quite weird

By Sergio A

Jul 4, 2020

i liked it, it had simple explanations that helped to understand the proposed topics thank you

By Brad C

Jan 9, 2018

Course content and lectures were great but the peer-reviewed final was poorly written and conc

By Indira Y

Nov 15, 2022

The final assignment (the last part) is much more complicated than the content of the course.

By Andrea F

Nov 24, 2021

This was was very easy to follow. Definitely a good beginners course to learning SQL Basics.

By Raja M T Z

Sep 10, 2021

I found it very good for beginners how ever it would still need to have more number exercises

By kummari J s

Jul 16, 2021

Its beginner friendly course and good for the people who choose data science as career option

By Andrew P

Dec 1, 2020

Difficult to concentrate at times when the lecturer struggles to speak. Overall good content.