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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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AI

Apr 23, 2018

This course was a good intro especially in setting all the necessary software for future courses. I suggest to read the manuals, books and other readings the profs suggest. The resources are helpful.

NB

Jun 2, 2017

Nice Course. Basics are very well taught in this course.Thank you JHU and Coursera for this course. I have decided to donate 10% of my first salary to coursera once I am complete this and get intern.

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By Lorena C

Sep 7, 2018

very good for a beginner... but i was a bit disappointed as i thought it would have more dept.

By Derek R

Oct 14, 2017

It's a nice introduction and gets you to install some of the tools. Now I'm eager to use them!

By Arga R S S

Sep 17, 2016

Very enlightening of a course for those starting their journey as a data scientist or analyst.

By Waleed M

Jun 24, 2016

Nice course, but at the end it is just introductory course, so i am waiting for the coming one

By Joshua S

Apr 22, 2016

This was a great introduction to the tools. Just don't expect to actually do any analysis yet.

By Jeffrey C

Feb 11, 2016

Gives you the tools you need to learn the rest of the courses, by itself is completely useless

By AKSHAY M

Feb 22, 2020

It's a very nicely designed course which is very easy for beginners to start off with coding.

By shreeraam D G

Jul 31, 2019

A great introduction to the necessary tools to kickstart data analysis through R programming.

By Anirudh J

Jul 29, 2018

Is a great course for beginners.Just wish it would have been designed to be more interesting.

By Alexis R

Nov 11, 2017

Excellent. Can you provide links of your PPT. The ones in the pDF are not clickables. Thank's

By GIBOIRE J

Oct 19, 2021

Practical and accurate, concepts and procedures are introduced as we need them to progress.

By Xin G

Sep 25, 2021

Those tools are too basic which only helps newbies to warm up. However, it is quite detailed

By Deleted A

Oct 22, 2020

In my opinion , the real person sound can be better to consantrate to the lecture deeply. :)

By Rejuwan S

Sep 10, 2020

It will be good if these guys describe more about R markdown and github otherise it is good

By Mari G F

Mar 24, 2018

Not a lot of practical application, but good conceptual intro with a little bit of practice.

By Christian L

Nov 26, 2017

Good presentation of information and stressed the importance of "hacking" and self-learning.

By Paresh D

Oct 28, 2017

push and pull of repositories should have been explained more clearly,rest course was great

By Chris D

Jun 3, 2017

A little incomplete as a standalone course. Really forces you to pay for additional courses.

By Elízio R d A

Mar 6, 2016

The course is great, I just think the course should has a little more content to be perfect.

By Sanele K

Mar 13, 2021

A very good course that will well prepare you for future courses you'll take in the future.

By Saad B M A

Aug 27, 2020

Amazing experience I got from this course. It is a perfect intro to the data science world.

By Tanya S 2

Jul 18, 2020

Good content. Easy Accessibility. Clear and precise learning. loved learning this course :)

By Ben W

Jun 17, 2020

Good introduction to the tools that will be used in the rest of the courses in this series.

By Hongxuan Y

Feb 5, 2020

This course would be quite helpful for those who step into data science for the first time!

By Aman K

Jun 5, 2018

Good course, can be better with some small tweaks here and there otherwise well structured.