LS
Nov 27, 2018
The course with the IBM Lab is a very good way to learn and practice. The tools we've learned in this module can supply a good material to enrich all data work that need to be presented in a nice way.
CJ
Apr 22, 2023
Learnt a lot from this visualization course. The one I found most interesting was making the dashboard. Although sometime the code and indentation are tedious, but this might be useful in the future.
By Alicia G
•Feb 11, 2024
This class was very disappointing. The language is awkward and difficult to understand. I'm unsure if it is a bad translation into English, or if it is AI generated, but much of it doesn't make sense. Some of the classes are out of order so the quizes reference material you haven't seen yet. It's hard to complete the labs because it is hard to understand what they are asking you to do. I would expect a course from IBM to at least be proofread.
By Tobias V
•Jun 24, 2021
Final assignment was the worst. Not difficult but simply to get the systems to work. Discussion forums are filled to the brim with people having difficulties. Tried to do it Jupyter notebook = issues, tried it in Thesia = issues. Instructors have made detailed information on frequent issues on the forums but compared to the 8 other courses in the IBM data analyst certificate this is by far the most problematic course.
By Russell T W
•Aug 12, 2021
Worst course in the data science sequence so far. Explanations are vague, examples do not always work, and assignments have new components added to them, the data are poorly suited for the visualizations (scatterplots are not used to show trends over time) and the instructor is too interested in showing how to make advanced (but little used) visualizations because they look cool--instead of focusing on common basics.
By Ahmed A Y E
•Oct 8, 2024
The course skims over information without clear explanations whether on the videos or the hands-on labs.The code is never explained clearly,much work is needed to be done to make this course even worthy of being given the designation as a course,much like the some of the other courses in this specialization (e.g. Data Analysis with Python).I'm utterly disappointed and frustrated.
By James C
•Jul 30, 2022
There were so many technical issues when you were completing the assignments. Even though you've followed the instructions step-by-step, you still have to spend a lot more time to solve those issues on your own by searching solutions online. Wasted plenty of time on dealing with the requied IDE based on Theia. The worst experience among other courses in this certificate series.
By Evan F
•Feb 20, 2022
While I was working of this course I was under the assumption that like most courses I have taken, that I could work at my own pase. And yet when I went to work on the assingments for this course I could not complete them becuase they are time locked. seems unscassy and actically is hampering my complition of this course in a timely manner.
By Olivier H
•Aug 10, 2021
One of the worst courses available in this professional certificate. That one and the webscraping one feel like they were created in a hurry and no one ever bothered to go back and check if they work/make sense.
I would love to say i learned something in this course other than learning to be patient with unclear instructions.
By Eleanor S
•Apr 11, 2021
This is single-handedly the WORST of the courses I have completed on Coursera. The final assignment is FULL of bugs and the staff are completely unhelpful in responding to MULTIPLE complaints about the bugs. You will not be able to complete this course if you sign up to it because of this. A total waste of time and money.
By luca r
•Apr 27, 2021
Nice contenent and lectures, however to do the final assignment and weekly lab the biggest problem was to make the environment work. I solved by using google colab installing packages. I think that the lab have to perfectly work on Watson, otherwise you do not understand if you are wrong or the environment is
By Heather C
•Jul 24, 2021
One of the worst courses in the Data Analyst Certification. The peer graded final took me over one week to complete, after scouring every forum and discussion filled with peope all having the same issues. This program final portion needs to be re-evaluated. It was not helpful to understanding the material.
By Julianna S
•Mar 23, 2021
This course was very poorly thought out with an abhorrent final assignment. The forum was filled with classmates trying to figure out how to get things to work, and help from the instructors was copy/paste and not very useful. Many people will drop the certificate here I'm sure. Would not recommend.
By Nathaniel T
•Aug 5, 2021
This is the only course in the series I had trouble with the labs in - to the point that it significantly impacted my ability to even learn through troubleshooting my mistakes. I also don't understand how there is an optional assignment that is required to pass the course. That's not optional.
By N S
•May 24, 2022
WORST EXPERIENCE IN EACH COURSE NO WATSON ACCOUNT CREATION , IN FORUMS IF ONE RAISES PROBLEM. LIKE A ROBOT THEY KEEP ON GIVING SENSELESS ADVICE TO CREATE NEW ACCOUNT ON IBM WEN THEY THEMSELVES KNOW FEATURE CODE CANNOT BE USED ON 2ND ACCOUNT. A BIG MISTAKE I CHOSE THIS COURSE
By Raana S
•Feb 27, 2024
Labs mostly didn't work. And complex topics were 'explained' in videos that were 3-4 mins long. Basically have to spend a lot of time researching tutorials and videos online. This is the 8th of the 9 course series I've completed, and it was the worst of the lot.
By Ozgur S
•May 20, 2024
This is the worst course out of the last 9 courses that I took of IBM. They succeeded making simple concepts very confusing and simple tasks cumbersome. Waste of time and money, I would rather just go read the official tutorials of matplotlib, plotly, and dash.
By Christopher H
•Feb 18, 2021
There needs to be a better way to submit coursework - the mess of having to screenshot and try to fit in all graphs was more laborious than the actual work of the course. A sentiment shared by MANY other people taking the course based on the discussion boards.
By Petra V
•Apr 15, 2021
This is by far the worst course in the whole specialization. The final assignment has many syntax errors, still stuck with it after two days, and the video materials don't cover enough to understand the problematic and solution of the final assignment.
By Aibulat A
•Aug 23, 2023
This is the worst course of IBM Data Scientist professional certificatge. Especially if you compare it to other IBM courses. There was a lot of typos, quizz questions were not clearly worded. I had a really bad experience going through that course.
By Nyaniso N
•Apr 9, 2021
What a bad ending to a beautiful story. The assignment was just a party pooper. I enjoyed every topic of the course, but for me to spend hours solving syntax took away all the excitement. Very disappointed with how the assignment was structured.
By Trinity M
•Mar 1, 2023
This course is a mess! The final project is broken and nearly impossible to complete if you are in any way beginner level. All the suggestions from staff so far haven't helped either, which is beyond frustrating. Waste of time and money!
By Klaus G
•Mar 2, 2021
The course material is outdated. I could have watched a 30 min Youtube video and learned more. The final assignment and the peer reviews are a waste of time. Really, you make me fix html tags and then look at screenshots?
By Glenn H
•Feb 6, 2024
Just a very disjointed course. Final project at the end is awful. Difficult to grade your peers. Difficult to understand what is being asked. Seems like the course was put together if a couple hours.
By Z D
•Sep 29, 2020
This course quizzes you on things no one cares about such as 'Artist Layer' which has no relevance in calling a function. Folium library was the only cool thing about this module. Glad it's done!
By Raymond C (
•Sep 21, 2020
This was a monsterous let-down as a class. I already know how to GOOLE things. I am paying $50.00 USD/ month to be TAUGHT some things. Not spoken AT, and then tested on things that aren't taught.
By Wilma C
•May 7, 2021
The labs and quizzes are locked, it says it will open when it is scheduled, but all the students are waiting eagerly for it to open. The lecturers don't respond to the forum comments...