Learner Reviews & Feedback for What is Data Science? by IBM

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About the Course

Do you want to know why data science has been labeled the sexiest profession of the 21st century? After taking this course, you will be able to answer this question, understand what data science is and what data scientists do, and learn about career paths in the field. The art of uncovering insights and trends in data has been around since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians used census data to increase efficiency in tax collection and accurately predicted the Nile River's flooding every year. Since then, people have continued to use data to derive insights and predict outcomes. Recently, they have carved out a unique and distinct field for the work they do. This field is data science. In today's world, we use Data Science to find patterns in data and make meaningful, data-driven conclusions and predictions. This course is for everyone and teaches concepts like how data scientists use machine learning and deep learning and how companies apply data science in business. You will meet several data scientists, who will share their insights and experiences in data science. By taking this introductory course, you will begin your journey into this thriving field....

Top reviews

Aug 20, 2023

This course is rich, engaging and thought provoking. It is a solid foundation for a career in data science. I now feel more confident that I can excel in this field. Thank you IBM! Thank you Coursera!

Jun 26, 2020

I throughly enjoyed the course and the fact that everything was explained thoroughly. I always enjoyed Dr. White's personal experience with Data Science as well as other Data Scientists point of view.

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Feb 23, 2020

Many thank for teaching me, so easy to understand :)

By Brian G C

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Feb 10, 2020

It is a good start. Short course but really helpful.

By HASAN B Ş

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Feb 3, 2020

This course is excellent to enter data science area.

By Richard B

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Jan 20, 2020

An excellent introductory course about Data Science.

By Karen M

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Dec 18, 2019

Informative introduction that is easy to understand.

By divyansh s

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Nov 27, 2019

One of the best course for Data Science Introduction

By Jerome H

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Nov 27, 2019

Very interesting overview of the DataScience domain.

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Nov 21, 2019

it's very much informative on theory of data science

By Ковалев В А

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Oct 30, 2019

I had belived that I can to become a data scientist.

By Albert D

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Oct 16, 2019

It was very fun and very light to enter new science.

By Dagoberto M P

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Oct 8, 2019

Very puntual, I think that is very important for us.

By Ravikant S

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Oct 8, 2019

Clearly defines Data science, scope and application.

By Cristian O R R

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Sep 29, 2019

It's a great introduction of what Data Science means

By Juan P M C

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Sep 3, 2019

Great Course to understand the field of Data Science

By Phạm T S

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Aug 28, 2019

From this course, I understood what is data science.

By Mithun M

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Aug 3, 2019

Its awesome ,gives a overview what data science is.

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Jun 11, 2019

Excellent foundation course to get into Data Science

By David P

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Jun 3, 2019

Great introductory course into what Data Science is.

By Arup K N

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May 30, 2019

This course was a good Introduction to data science.

By Kiremerwa R

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May 27, 2019

The instructor is an authority of the subject matter

By DWIVEDI V

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Apr 30, 2019

GOOD CLARITY ON UNDERSTANDING THE DATA SCIENCE ROLE.

By Jeremiah d J

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Apr 23, 2019

Excellent introductory course to learn data science.

By Alexander P S

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Mar 23, 2019

informative, insightful and motivating introduction!

By Tony O A

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Feb 6, 2019

Really great course to introduce you to Data Science

By Richard H N C

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Oct 12, 2018

Excelente curso introductorio a la ciencia de datos.