AP
Jun 15, 2019
Very clear and articulate explanation of the concepts. He doesn't skip a step in the sequencing ideas, drawing comparisons and differences, and illustrating both visually and story-telling. Excellent.
NC
Jul 30, 2019
Very nice course for beginner, the mathematic level is not high (around french baccalaureat) so available to everyone. I enjoyed a lot this course that show how simple math can be used in real life.
By Shraman G
•Oct 13, 2016
Basic but informative
By Suraj G
•Jan 27, 2021
no solved example
By Apurva D
•Aug 10, 2017
Good but too easy
By Sven P B
•Nov 2, 2020
Very basic
By Joshua C
•Jul 28, 2018
too simple
By Ng C
•Dec 16, 2017
very basic
By Sahainaj B
•Oct 7, 2020
Good.
By Carlos R
•Jul 2, 2021
okay
By Marta
•Mar 19, 2017
The student needed to have a good foundation of statistics and high levels of math to be able to follow the class. I have not taken statistics or trigonometry in many years so I struggled. I would have benefited greatly if there were more examples of how to calculate the models, including the calculations part of it. The professor did not do that and that got me wondering (not knowing) how to calculate the formulas. I think if I had seen a few examples, it would have been enough to understand and keep up.
So, more step-by-step instructions on the mechanics of formulas, would be my biggest recommendation.
But the professor did a superb job explaining the concepts, and showcasing some industry applications of the models.
Thank you for asking.
By Rubén M F
•Feb 27, 2016
Great explanations provided by Prof. Waterman, however for the price of this course (in my view quite expensive) the materials available are quite poor (e.g. the formulas shown in the pdf slides are a mess, not a mathematical summary, etc), and the level of the quizzes is very basic. I would have expected much more from a course coming from Whaton.
By Saman K
•Mar 3, 2016
I liked the course because of its format and material. Basically it was comprehensive.
I did not like the presentation and lack of practical examples. I had to force myself to concentrate at times and search other sources for more detailed insight.
By Nikhil C
•Mar 11, 2017
Its good for the starters but touches very few and very basic concepts. No offense, but the professor could have made it much more interaction by making the better slights he would just read values without even using markers
By Nadine F
•May 2, 2020
I love this subject, but the way it was taught here was extremely boring and hard to follow/focus. I took it this class at NYU for grad school (higher level), so I was just looking to refresh and almost died.
By Michael S
•Mar 24, 2016
Really superficial overview, I suppose it's good for just familiarizing oneself with assigning the appropriate model, but to shallow for any real carry over to the real world.
By Davide B
•May 10, 2016
It is very easy and somehow less impacting on real business problem. I hope this Microdegree will get into some kind of complexity otherwise will remain high school level.
By Savannah B
•Jul 1, 2018
If you have taken a statistics course in the past, this course is not super useful besides understanding which models are used for specific business problems.
By ROHAN J
•May 27, 2023
A very fundamental course that could have been taught in bits with Excel modelling directly. Not for someone who even knows a little about regression.
By Leah M
•Mar 31, 2018
Explanations not clear. Difficult to follow equations in slides (variables and equations are not repeated from slide to slide).
By Abhishek G
•Jan 30, 2017
Personally, did not like the pace of the course. The course can be a bit more interesting with real-life case studies.
By Abhishek G
•May 6, 2022
The course was overall okay but it was boring at the same time, seems like instructor was reading slides only.
By Vaishnav G
•Jul 28, 2022
I found the course to be very elementary and very introductory, although well structured and well taught
By Andrey V
•Dec 31, 2016
Just the basics. No concrete explanations of models. You have to study them on your own.
By Deleted A
•Apr 27, 2016
Very basic and the lectures are short in duration. Not what I expected from this course.
By Mohammed A O A
•Jan 27, 2020
Too difficult for a beginner, lecture fails to reach to the main point directly