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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Data Science Math Skills by Duke University

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About the Course

Data science courses contain math—no avoiding that! This course is designed to teach learners the basic math you will need in order to be successful in almost any data science math course and was created for learners who have basic math skills but may not have taken algebra or pre-calculus. Data Science Math Skills introduces the core math that data science is built upon, with no extra complexity, introducing unfamiliar ideas and math symbols one-at-a-time. Learners who complete this course will master the vocabulary, notation, concepts, and algebra rules that all data scientists must know before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include: ~Set theory, including Venn diagrams ~Properties of the real number line ~Interval notation and algebra with inequalities ~Uses for summation and Sigma notation ~Math on the Cartesian (x,y) plane, slope and distance formulas ~Graphing and describing functions and their inverses on the x-y plane, ~The concept of instantaneous rate of change and tangent lines to a curve ~Exponents, logarithms, and the natural log function. ~Probability theory, including Bayes’ theorem. While this course is intended as a general introduction to the math skills needed for data science, it can be considered a prerequisite for learners interested in the course, "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel," which is part of the Excel to MySQL Data Science Specialization. Learners who master Data Science Math Skills will be fully prepared for success with the more advanced math concepts introduced in "Mastering Data Analysis in Excel." Good luck and we hope you enjoy the course!...

Top reviews

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Jan 11, 2019

Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills! Thanks a lot! At the time of the study some of the quizzes content were not rendering correctly on mobile devices (both iPad and Android)

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Sep 22, 2020

This course syllabus is great. It starts wonderfully. Week 1 to 4 is taught by Paul Bendich, and Daniel Egger the instruction is awesome. Effective way to refresh and add the Data Science math skills!

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By Suresh T

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Apr 22, 2017

probability theory was a bit fast but otherwise it was awesome!

By Ang H

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Dec 31, 2023

I learned a lot about the fundamentals of the underlying math.

By khaled b

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Nov 8, 2021

good introduction to the mathimatics requied for data science

By Ferdinand H

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Aug 19, 2021

Starts easy and gets into more interesting topics at the end.

By sivaharshini

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May 24, 2021

The classes were easy to catch up and knowledgable . THANK YOU

By Adelina A

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Apr 24, 2021

l enjoyed this class, it allowed me to refresh my math skills.

By 路仕丞

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Jan 25, 2021

It's too easy for engineering students. Not bad, but too easy.

By Priyanka V K

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Sep 24, 2020

Very much understanding !! It's good....guys go and check out

By Rahul P

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Jul 26, 2020

Great course for basics math and introuduction to probablility

By Patrick C

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Jun 7, 2020

Insightful course. Would recommend to anyone within the field.

By gouraV S

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May 24, 2020

It's great pleasure to enjoy such course from respected sir's.

By aBy L

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May 5, 2020

Well informed and structured sample case approach to real life

By Prakhar B

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Jul 13, 2022

Useful stuff like regression methods are missing. Too basic.

By Shashank S

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Jun 17, 2020

Good Course to understand the Maths behind Machine Learning.

By Maria

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Jun 10, 2020

Great course, but hard to understand without math background

By Parth R

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Apr 20, 2020

Last Week was bit confusing and not clear. Rest it was good.

By Animesh S

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Jun 16, 2017

Good Course. The probability section needs some improvement.

By Joycelyn H

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Oct 20, 2021

Starts well. But learnings in later weeks are not as clear.

By Vaibhav m

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Nov 3, 2020

probablity part could be explained more with more examples.

By Selvaganapathy M

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Jun 28, 2020

very steep learning curve, but good info on lot of formulas

By Ahmed B

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Feb 7, 2019

More exerciser required. Specially in probabilities theorem

By Pratima D

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Feb 4, 2018

The most fundamental course explained in the most easy way.

By Benitta P

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Sep 17, 2017

The Bayes theorem and binomial theorem needs more examples.

By Aditya G

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Aug 23, 2017

Would have liked a more advanced discussion on Probability.

By Nikhil M

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Jan 13, 2023

A little boring at some points but an overall good course.