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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 ...
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Top reviews

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Apr 16, 2020

Hi it is very helpful to me. Concept is properly explained. I enjoyed learning process. Expect some more courses on data science as well as on python which involves real time application.Thanks a lot.

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Jul 22, 2017

This is neat little course to revise math fundamentals. I generally find learning probability a little tricky. This course helped me a lot in better understanding Bayes Theorem. Thank you professors.

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By Brian P

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Jun 22, 2022

I really enjoyed the course, but I really would have appreciated more example problems and their solutions, particularly in the probability section.

By T x

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Jun 12, 2020

I would like to see more useful tools like Excel, real world examples, practice exercise. Weeks 1-3 were great, Week 4 module needs some real work.

By Roger V

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Jun 18, 2020

I expected more from the course, like better presentation (slides or something like that) and the first 3 weeks are much more basic than I expected

By Yonax L

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Jun 2, 2020

Quizzes are way more difficult and different than what was taught in the lecture videos and readings. (This apply the most to the last week module)

By Francisco G

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Sep 28, 2020

Explanations for last two modules are somewhat confusing. I had to consult other materials and read discussion forums in order to understand.

By Robert M

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Aug 17, 2020

This is a review course. If you're learning these concepts for the first time it will be difficult as the pace and depth are not on point.

By Juan T

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Aug 17, 2021

Extremely basic at start and then ramp up too fast. Videos of the 3rd and 4th week were poorly descriptive and add little or no concepts

By Stephanie M

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Jul 5, 2020

Modules 1-3 were great. But the 4th module on probability was not only very difficult but I finished the course still not understanding.

By H2. A

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Feb 7, 2019

The material covered was very useful for a beginner/intermediate course, however, the style of the presenters was not always very clear.

By Nafiseh G

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Aug 8, 2022

The first 2 weeks tought organized and simple but weeks 3 and 4 are getting harder and he passed through complicated concepts so fast.

By Maximilian T

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Dec 16, 2021

pretty ok - don't know if thats the math you need for data science... The last part about probabilities was quite interesting for me.

By Darren K

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Jul 31, 2024

The course was great until logarithms and probability, which were taught quickly and in a confusing manner with poor module notes.

By Cayce H

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May 16, 2023

The first 3 sections were very well done, but the last one felt very disjointed and a lot of things were not explained clearly

By Michael O

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Apr 22, 2021

First two weeks are excellent but the last two are difficult to follow with little assistance to make it easier to understand.

By Leon L

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Dec 12, 2017

it's the foundation for data science, but these contents are too simple. I think it's not enough for a good data analyst.

By Shah F

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Jul 5, 2020

Statistics and probability part is a bit difficult to grasp.

Anything that can be done to make it easier would be great.

By phung s

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Mar 16, 2021

Probability and Function sections are too hard to understand

Exercise is sometimes so confused and seems wrong answers

By Martino V

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May 29, 2017

a good selection of topics, but way too formula based rather than understanding based, especially in the second half.

By Felix H

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Mar 30, 2020

Some of the quiz questions have mathematical errors (e.g. inside of a log cannot be negative) or are quite unclear.

By Hunain K

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Sep 8, 2021

I THINK MATHS PROBLEMS SHOULD BE MORE . THERE WERE LESS PRACTISE PROBLEMS . HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET TO KNOW THIS.

By Dipyaman G

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Jul 23, 2021

The final course on Probability can definitely be reworked upon. Otherwise, the entire module was pretty good.

By Manish G

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Sep 26, 2019

The last module could have been done better. More examples to be included for explaining probability problems.

By Leen J

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Aug 15, 2020

the first two weeks were brilliant, but I had a really hard time comprehending the 3rd and 4th week material.

By Paola G

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Aug 15, 2020

Thee explanation of week 4 was not comprehensive and the quizzes were too complicated for what was covered.

By Ammar E M

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Apr 14, 2020

I notice that the quizzes questions not reflect 100% to what we got already !, However, the course great