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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Python for Data Science, AI & Development by IBM

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About the Course

Kickstart your learning of Python with this beginner-friendly self-paced course taught by an expert. Python is one of the most popular languages in the programming and data science world and demand for individuals who have the ability to apply Python has never been higher. This introduction to Python course will take you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours—no prior programming experience necessary! You will learn about Python basics and the different data types. You will familiarize yourself with Python Data structures like List and Tuples, as well as logic concepts like conditions and branching. You will use Python libraries such as Pandas, Numpy & Beautiful Soup. You’ll also use Python to perform tasks such as data collection and web scraping with APIs. You will practice and apply what you learn through hands-on labs using Jupyter Notebooks. By the end of this course, you’ll feel comfortable creating basic programs, working with data, and automating real-world tasks using Python. This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn Data Science, Data Analytics, Software Development, Data Engineering, AI, and DevOps as well as a number of other job roles....

Top reviews

MA

May 16, 2020

The syllabus of the course takes you in a roller-coaster ride.

From basic level to advance level and you won't feel any trouble nor hesitate a bit.

It's easy, it's vast, and it's really usefull.

TM

Nov 17, 2019

it becomes easier wand clearer when one gets to complete the assignments as to how to utilize what has been learned. Practical work is a great way to learn, which was a fundamental part of the course.

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By David B

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Sep 5, 2019

Full of typos, mis-transcriptions, looks like it was put together by a summer intern who never bothered to proof-read it before leaving to go back to college but IBM slung it up on Coursera anyway.

I was never under any illusion that Coursera had any notion of quality control anyway, but I would have expected IBM to have someone skim through it before selling it.

By Amin N

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Jun 24, 2023

I honestly don't think anyone would be able to learn python from this course. Thank goodness I already learned python from somewhere else. I'd much rather learn python from someone like Corey Schafer or freecodecamp. There are some problems in the questions that obviously haven't' been addressed. The teaching method is just dull and doesn't go in depth.

By Ryskeldi A u

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Feb 25, 2022

Initial parts covering functions are good, but section in class,objects often does not explain certain steps. For example in week 3 assignemt for text exersice the solution contain commands completely unknown for the reader. That is they have not been covered or mentioned on the course.

The ideal course would not require user to refer to outside sources.

By Bradley H

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Jun 8, 2022

I found the speech way too fast-paced, examples poorly generated, the coding inaccurate and lazy. When giving a new skill, present the skill, then present opportunity to pratice . . . repeatedly. Also, seemed to jump from basic to decidedly not basic quite quickly, mentioning many tools and processes, again in rapid succession, without explanation.

By snehal b

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May 7, 2019

In a peer-graded assignment, the course is teaching new concepts such as the use of bokeh library, boto3 etc. The course isn't even teaching the basics of the same. I have struggled for like 3 days to solve a couple of questions. Moreover, response time from teaching staff/instructor is too high.

Course could have been better.

By Yusuf R

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Sep 26, 2024

The instructions are not clear at all, if you do not have prior knowledge of Python, it's going to be a loooong, annoying, despairing ride. The explanations are not deep enough. You could add 15-20 minutes video instead of 2-3 minutes cameos to explain the basics clearly. This course was a nightmare, I studied from youtube.

By Peter G

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Jul 12, 2023

The worst course I've taken on coursera thus far.

From week 3 on the material is not well done at all and not accessible to beginners The discussion forums are full of people saying this over and over again. Very frustrating. I had to spend a lot of time on each concept learning it from other supplemental videos on youtube.

By Heiko B

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Apr 26, 2022

The course starts on a very basic level and with ridicilously easy exercises in the first two modules / weeks. The exercises of week 3 and later, however, are, at least in part, very tough and sometimes consist of topics that were not covered in the videos. Moreover, introductions are not always very clear.

By Hailu K

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Sep 13, 2021

2 months after I completed the course and I was trying to re-access some materials but was told the content was locked because my scheduled has ended. Posted on the forum but no one got back to me; also, I couldn't reply to my post in the forum: no response if I click the "post" button. All of a mess.

By Bilge K

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Jul 6, 2020

It is exceptionally poorly designed. Most of the time, the labs and the examples in the videos are the same. The explanations do not provide the logic behind but superficially talk about its function. I would not be able to learn much if I had stuck to this course as the only source of learning.

By rahul v

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Jun 1, 2024

Content was not properly explained(Especially Module 5). Proper practice problems were not given. Lab exercises were not explained thoroughly and content in the labs was slightly different from content taught. The course used an AI voice (and probably script) for teaching. Would not recommend

By Francesca M

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Oct 26, 2022

The first week are useful, but the more you go on the more the labs contain a very advanced code, without a proper explaination of it. Furthermore, there are way to many mistakes in the labs for something that people pay 50€/month. I would not recommend it and I would not pay for it again.

By Martina Y

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Aug 2, 2022

The course content is very weak and not comprehensive . It does not teach through a step-by-step approach and is not easily understable. It does not equip one with the skills it claims to. I ended up having to take many other courses on other learning platforms which are much better.

By Akshay G

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Apr 19, 2020

This is not a course where they tell you the concepts of the Data Science behind or make you learn Python with multiple assignments. It is more of getting userbase to make use of IBM's cloud.

Nothing much taught in this course. I could have better utilized my time learning myself.

By David S

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Nov 8, 2021

Lab tool broke part way through. When I completed the course (which was pretty much useless with out the Lab tool), it says I can now view my certificate, but no certificate shows up in my accomplishments. Coursera customer services was terrible. Never using Coursera again.

By Hilary M

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Feb 10, 2021

This course was not well sequenced. The labs demanded work outside of the class to complete. I bought a python text book and had to supplement my learning with the instruction and exercises provided by the book. As a teacher, I found this course to be poorly organized.

By Nicholas B

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Jul 25, 2023

Not geat. Poor audio quality in videos. Multiple typos in videos (slideshows) and even on the jupyter notebooks. Honestly, I wish I would have taken another course from the beginning. I cancelled as soon as this course was finished and I'll be taking a non-IBM course.

By Marc L

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Nov 11, 2019

Horrible! Title looks great on a resume but content is very disappointing. Videos are text-to-speech, peer review for assignment, no instructions for using Watson project, outdated instructions (when your browser accepts to show you the instructions), a nightmare.

By Samantha N

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Oct 18, 2022

Why are you asking my to submit a government issued ID when I was not asked this question for all my other courses? Why are you not providing me the name of the third-party ID collection app, their privacy policy or their terms of service? What is going on?

By Te-Hsuan T

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Jul 24, 2021

Everything is very rushed. One sped up lesson on the fundamentals of Python, and then jump straight in into the more difficult stuff. There's also no clear example of what is being taught. Also between every lesson, it feels like something was skipped.

By Aumdevsinh J

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Jun 8, 2019

The final assignment has totally incomplete information and I wasted a lot of my time figuring out things like data set, dashboard etc which are the details usually well defined in other courses. Really a bad assignment formation. Needs fixing for sure

By Teresa F

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Mar 12, 2021

I felt that the course material was written/put together by people so well versed in Python they've forgotten what it's like to not know it. The material was hard to digest, poorly presented, the audio was too fast - in general disjointed.

By Marco A

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Jul 2, 2024

Il corso è ben strutturato e i contenuti molto validi, ma sul laboratorio non è possibile digitare le parentesi quadre rendendo di fatto l'esercizio pratico un supplizio. Ho contattato l'assistenza e non mi hanno offerto nessuna soluzione.

By Ekaterina N

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Aug 19, 2021

Entirely not enough explanation on a lot of topics, especially when it gets more complex. Exercises don't match the provided knowledge. Wouldn't recommend this course. Had to watch tons of additional YouTube channels to understand better.

By Haresh M

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Feb 24, 2020

I was not able to complete the Peer-graded Assignment. The Free Cloud Storage service provided by IBM is pathetic as I was not able to add the storage instance to my project. Tried reaching the team but still couldn't resolve the issue.