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Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Data Scientist’s Toolbox by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

In this course you will get an introduction to the main tools and ideas in the data scientist's toolbox. The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. There are two components to this course. The first is a conceptual introduction to the ideas behind turning data into actionable knowledge. The second is a practical introduction to the tools that will be used in the program like version control, markdown, git, GitHub, R, and RStudio....
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Foundational tools

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Introductory course

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Top reviews

LR

Sep 7, 2017

It was really insightful, coming from knowing almost nothing about statistics or experimental design, it was easy to understand while not feeling shallow. Just the right amount of information density.

SF

Apr 14, 2020

As a business student from Bangladesh who is aspiring to be a data analyst in near future, I love this course very much. The quizzes and assessments were the places to check how much I exactly learnt.

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By Gabriel G

Jul 12, 2017

Excelent introduction. I like how you need to explore the content to do the last part (pushing into GitHub). Great illustration on how to learn about these tools

By Quanming Z

Feb 7, 2023

first course in coursera.org, start my data scientist way.

You can learn to prepare the basic toolbox for the further data science explore.

Come on. Learn with us

By Claudia Y P A

Oct 21, 2020

Ha sido maravillo, se abarcan aspectos desde lo mas básico y se avanza de forma concreta evidenciando las habilidades que se como estudiante se van adquiriendo.

By Tarique A

Sep 19, 2020

This course is very essential for those students who think that where we start to be a data scientist in future. This course is great for start in data science.

By Mohammad A

May 8, 2018

The course is smooth and exciting and the lecturers know what they are doing very well , I highly recommend this course for everybody interested in Data Science

By Deleted A

Aug 22, 2017

I fell very good with this training in fact it is very well explained an in a way a person like me ( non English native language ) easy to catch the instruction

By Abhishek B

Jun 3, 2017

Course provides amazing understanding of data and how it works in real world and what importance it has in core areas like healthcare and many other businesses.

By Denise O

Jan 24, 2016

This was a great starter for me. I have very little experience with Data Science, especially the practical work. This provided the foundation I was looking for.

By Angelica A C

Sep 11, 2020

Este curso es la base para un mejor manejo de R, RStudio y de sistemas de control versiones como GitHub. Esencial si se busca entrar en el mundo del big data.

By Camila K D N

Nov 28, 2018

Un buen curso básico para entrar al mundo de la programación. Te enseñan a usar la plataforma de GitHub, descargar R y usar comandos en la Terminal de una Mac.

By Miguel G G

Oct 15, 2018

Its level of difficulty and simplicity is extraordinary well balanced. Totally recommend this course and probably will recommend the whole especialisation too!

By Melissa K B

Aug 31, 2018

Good as a first course. Breaks up the content so that you can understand straight out of the gate if you will have an issue with the tools and software or not.

By Martin D

Aug 3, 2017

Interesting and straightforward introduction to main concepts of data science. Gives comprehensive outlook on complexity of working with data and analyzing it.

By Madhup T

Jul 16, 2017

Best course for beginners, Recommend it to everyone. Thanks a lot for the efforts of the mentors that they put in to create this great course for introduction.

By Matthew N

May 21, 2016

Simple straight forward. It did push me enough to be interesting but not enough to make me give up because it was over my head. Nice step-by-step instructions.

By Brian L

Mar 18, 2016

This was a great introduction to data science. It provides an overview of the science in general, and the course provides all the tools needed to move forward.

By Fabrice C

Jan 15, 2016

Excellent course, well organized and very pedagogic. Requires homework and motivation, but really adapted to someone not in the field, thanks to the teachers !

By Hrishikesh k

Oct 4, 2020

Great course, it was very clear and can be understood easily. It provides a great base for starting an intro to the field of data science. It helped me a lot.

By Garrett B

Aug 19, 2020

Definitely some whirlwind action through the Terminal at times, but sets up some important frameworks and capabilities before moving to more advanced content.

By Sebastian J

Jun 7, 2020

Excellent course for the beginners. The course does justice in every manner. Superb platform to move on to the remainder of the courses in the specialization.

By Andrew S

May 7, 2020

Serves as a great intro for data science (not that I'm an expert yet), and a good resource for making sure you have R and Git up and running on your computer.

By Toby C

Apr 21, 2020

Well paced and with excellent videos (and supporting textbook). This course provides a great insight into what is possible with Data Science and how to begin.

By Salvador B S

Jul 30, 2018

The first course of the Data Science Specialization is relatively easy, but reviews and puts in place everything that will be needed in the following courses.

By megan g

Mar 22, 2018

This course is very interactive and user friendly for someone who is not a programmer and has limited programming language experience. I am very happy so far!

By Lalit O

Aug 18, 2017

It was very well explained. proved very helpful for me to understand the basics of what a data scientist needs to know about data, data science and analytics.