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Learner Reviews & Feedback for SQL for Data Science by University of California, Davis

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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 Cesar S

Oct 15, 2020

This course is very difficult the instructors do not give you any real example and, in each Coding Quizz you have to struggle in your own to approve.

They should check the content and add more real exercises.

By John H

Apr 4, 2023

This is a nice introduction to SQL

But, it had almost nothing about Data Science

The final exercise is graded by "classmates" usually a bad sign. This final exercise was very tedious and needs a lot of work

By Jeroen v S

Aug 14, 2018

Many mistakes in the exercises. Content is so-so, at times it's too easy and at other times it skips over important subjects very quickly. Final assignment very unclear and the data set used is incomplete.

By Sameer A

Jun 6, 2024

This Course is an utter waste of time. Better use Mode.com if you want to learn SQL. The final assignment gave me a headache while trying to setup SQLite on my own computer!! That was totally unnecessary.

By Islam M K

Jun 24, 2019

i don't recommend to take or purchase this course as it have some wrong information which force you to answer the quiz wrong to pass it. also the instructor sound to be not professional in teaching SQL.

By Patrick H

Mar 24, 2021

Horrible. The data is from 2014.... no, no and the tests don't function properly... can't read answer because the screen won't scroll.... Coursera you are better than this outdated piece of trash.

By Divya T

Dec 20, 2019

U C Davis basics was unbelievably bad. It was the most terrible possible approach and the lecturer was all fluff. I have my doubts whether she has any any basic knowledge about the subject herself.

By Aslan A

Jul 30, 2019

It does not worth it. The tutor does not have any teaching skills and she is reading the text from the script all the time. In addition, the course is not practical! I would not recommend it

By Kevin E C O

Oct 23, 2022

El profesor explicar claro que se debe entregar en cada hito pero para el ejemplo de analisis utiliza herramientas que no se tiene conocimiento y no se puede aplicar para los entregables.

By Jim B

Oct 4, 2023

Awful. I could not finish course since there was a problem identified 4 YEARS ago, but not fixed or at minimum with updated docs. Total waste of time and I am asking for a refund.

By Vitor A R

Jan 26, 2022

I have the same questions people had 4 years ago regarding the peer-graded assignment. The most upvoted post was never answered. It looks like the staff abandoned the course.

By Aykut O A

Nov 4, 2022

I could not manage to run the Lab Sandbox and I'm done with that. This is not helpful for beginners at all. Instructions are confusing and there is not enough explanation.

By Pushpendra K

Oct 3, 2024

Course is fast paced missing out explaining key concepts. I had to research a lot of 'basics'. Moreover, what I found that most of the questions are not asked properly.

By Emir.

Dec 20, 2022

The Instructor only read the slides.I could do the same thing on my own.And questions that has been provided to us was much harder than it taught by the instructor

By Soham S

Sep 30, 2023

Pathetic course. No clear explanations given. No methodology designed to refine the thought process. Also, a useless assignment is needed to be done.

By Yunjong G

Jul 31, 2021

assignments often appear to exceed the scope of the class.

many functions are missing which further complicate the completion of the assignments

By Alankrit G

May 29, 2020

the first module is okay. after that its all downhill.

lacking examples.

no mention of primary and foreign keys.

not recommended for beginners.

By Alvin D

Jan 2, 2022

I wish that there could have been access to an actual database so that I could have gotten a more hands on approach following the slideshow.

By Lauren N

Oct 16, 2020

I cannot follow along to this course! I get so distracted by how forced the instructor is speaking.. It's very unnatural and has no rhythm.

By Jo V

Sep 20, 2023

Way more info on youtube. She keeps saying to google everything, and she can't even read the lines. I dropping it before I get charged.

By kamal s m

Jan 19, 2023

I was reading the instruction for final exam and Sand box for 40 mins and couldn't follow it.

It is more like a joke than a final test.

By Eric E

Mar 31, 2018

The final assignment is so horrendously worded and set up that much if it is unanswerable. Completely ridiculous. Avoid this course.

By Carmen H L

Sep 11, 2019

It is extremely boring and a complete waste of time. Several videos pass without showing anything about programming or SQL related.

By Cassandra S

Jul 24, 2021

The prep work prior was not enough to prepare students for the final assignment. The way the questions were asked is confusing.

By Azar M

Mar 25, 2024

I could not get my certificate because of free trial period. You should mention it in the begininng. I spent my time.