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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 Mythili L

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Feb 6, 2023

The course was really helpful to learn more about SQL and different types of RDBMS.

By Martin K

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Mar 3, 2023

It was good for me. The information given and especially the advise is valuable.

By t j

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Nov 28, 2022

The course offered is very useful for beginners thanks for support .Happy learning

By KENNEDY O

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Jul 10, 2022

Sqlite was my first code course. I realy enjoyed it, especially the the practicals

By Gustavo M L A

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Sep 14, 2020

Great overview on SQL concepts, specially for those who don't work on a daily base

By MIFOUNDOU V C

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Dec 27, 2020

This course is helpful for the biginers however its also for the confirmed in sql

By Mike

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Aug 7, 2022

wish it was more hands on, wish the slides would show the results of the queries

By Manjitha M

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Jun 9, 2021

This is a wonderful course for the beginners to get into the data science field.

By Joseph C

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Nov 22, 2020

Course is not very in depth on topics, but covers important material succinctly.

By SHRADDHA S

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Aug 3, 2020

Very Good course and instructor is very knowledgeable.. Well instructed course..

By OMKAR R

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May 22, 2020

teaching the joins should be more effective and the rest of the course is good.

By NITHYA V R

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Apr 27, 2020

It a very good platform to learn something thing different from the other things

By Nick G

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Oct 18, 2023

Great for an intro but there could have been more guided queries as we learned.

By Mukul V

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May 13, 2022

In the video, need to highlight which portion or part is being taught by tutor.

By José G B

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Jan 13, 2021

Great introductory course for SQL! Easy to follow and enough practice material.

By Jeremy C

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Nov 29, 2020

It was a great course. I would have loved more examples in the material though!

By Josimar L

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Jul 3, 2022

great. the videos were a little long and i think more examples would be better

By Daniel

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Feb 27, 2022

Good course and content, but sometimes standard query language does not work.

By PUSHPINDER S

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Oct 6, 2021

A special type of educative course which enriches me with the knowledge of SQL

By Yuanjun F

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Jul 17, 2021

Good explaination to basic SQL knowledge, but it's only an entry-level course.

By Mostafa H

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Dec 4, 2022

this is course is really awesome including the quizes and the practical exams

By Hani M

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Nov 25, 2021

It is very well laid out course that builds a good introduction to using SQL.

By Ieva Gundare

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Jan 4, 2021

This course would be perfect if there was more practice assignments included.

By Olexandr V

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Dec 29, 2017

Great course, although final peer-reviewed assignment seems a little bit odd.

By Anna G

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Feb 12, 2023

Very good course to start SQL, but sometimes is too difficult for beginners.