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About the Course

This is the first of seven courses in the Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate, which will help develop the skills needed to apply for more
advanced data professional roles, such as an entry-level data scientist or advanced-level data analyst. Data professionals analyze data to help
businesses make better decisions. To do this, they use powerful techniques like data storytelling, statistics, and machine learning. In this course,
you’ll begin your learning journey by exploring the role of data professionals in the workplace. You’ll also learn about the project workflow PACE
(Plan, Analyze, Construct, Execute) and how it can help you organize data projects. Google employees who currently work i...
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Top reviews

NM

Feb 24, 2024

I have really got a fine refresher through this course. One of the basic idea of preparing PACE strategy document and understanding on RACI matrix was new for me. I recommend this course to every one.

RM

Sep 21, 2024

Good intro. Was able to move through quickly to suit my level of comfort with material. Was more about filling in some practical details for me, rather than introducing me to a 'whole new world'.

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By Javier P R

Sep 13, 2023

I really think, that Google courses need to focus in technical skills.

By Ramón R S S

Jul 28, 2024

A few questions were asked but the topic needed to be learned.

By Lucas G

Aug 16, 2023

Too project and presentation oriented still informative.

By Muhammad A

Jan 26, 2025

voice is not good not loud enough but overall it's good

By Gaurav O J

Sep 19, 2023

too much attention to Job etc than learning Data Scince

By Estácio C

Aug 21, 2024

I didn't like the final project.

By Yigen C

Jul 24, 2024

Voice too low.

By Luis D S

Oct 7, 2024

algo tedioso

By Dr. Y L M L

Sep 2, 2024

4 Stars

By Kirk P

Jul 31, 2023

This course should have been titled "How to work in an office at Google". While that's something good to know even if you're not going to work for Google, it doesn't really cover the "Foundations of Data Science" in any meaningful way. Further, the course was full of errors, ambiguities, and things that would only apply in a select few office environments. The quizes seemed to have been designed by someone only familiar with this specific course material and not the subject in general (leading to the above-mentioned errors, ambiguities, etc.) I'm hoping the rest of this certificate program is *much* better as this course was really disappointing.

By Anthony

Apr 7, 2024

Foundations of Data Science is misleading (It's foundations of Data analysis). Also to not be able to get the certificate until you pay is irking. Also found some brain washing in the course particularly with coaching. I do like the PACE structure and the communication part.

By Alexander G

Aug 1, 2023

The course seemed completely useless to me. Very little attention to technical subjects and a lot of unnecessary useless information. Perhaps this is my personal problem, but I formed some expectations based on a course syllabus that were not met.

By Marc B

Dec 5, 2024

The focus on 'communication' was good, but it was very obvious that this was not done by professional educators, because the videos are just 'talking heads' and they are reading from a script, which is an awful format for teaching online.

By royi r

Jun 23, 2023

instead of giving technical tools, this course “talk” about how to become data analyst with many unrelevent data, they also invented” PACE ‘ instead of the steps learned in the basic proficiency

By Aarushi K

Oct 24, 2023

Interactive but very lengthy for no reason. They expanded 4 topics (PACE, RACI matrix, Project proposal and Executive Summaries) into 5 modules. Hoping for better.

By Elliot R

Oct 3, 2023

This is very obvious stuff for what is the ADVANCED certificate. It felt like a waste of time for the most part, but the PACE model was okay.

By Chidambar B

Jan 20, 2025

I expected much from this course. They should have introduced some advanced theory topics about data science.

By Karoline

Jan 7, 2025

This doesnt seem appropriate for the advanced certificate. More for the intro cert.

By Barasch

Nov 29, 2024

Does not seem to adress data science but rather focuses on the "soft skills"

By Armin G

Jan 9, 2025

Very basics and a lot of no a lot of useful content (a lot of marketing).

By brk y

Jan 25, 2025

extremely fluffy, waste of time with extremely unnecessary quizzes.

By Neline L

Jun 27, 2024

Format for South African national ID is wrong

By Anthony A

Nov 13, 2023

I liked the PACE module, Informative and nice to know, rest are not so intriguing and instead of focusing just on diversity and other trendy things stick to your primary role which is tutoring as best as you can to uphold the brand's name your carrying! I cannot believe that you just putted some soulless reading from teleprompt some boring texts! put some professional adult who has knowledge and can explain form his experience and understanding instead of trying just to act and smile!

By Saurabh K A

Jul 4, 2023

If you want to learn something in the most unoptimized manner, then this is the course for you. It wastes so much time on useless things, on useless theory, like how to communicate within the team, with the client, and stakeholders, and many other such topics, which are not at all needed and should be optional in Appendix or something.

By Iraklis A

Jul 3, 2023

That is not foundations of data science. That's more like a discussion on data science and what people do. Nothing more than that. The whole thing could be done in a 10-minute video. Quite a few repetitions.