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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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Apr 16, 2020

Hi it is very helpful to me. Concept is properly explained. I enjoyed learning process. Expect some more courses on data science as well as on python which involves real time application.Thanks a lot.

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Jul 22, 2017

This is neat little course to revise math fundamentals. I generally find learning probability a little tricky. This course helped me a lot in better understanding Bayes Theorem. Thank you professors.

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By James M

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Mar 31, 2018

great introduction and refresher to maths skills

By Myo T H

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May 24, 2020

Probability Course is difficult to understand

By Joshua C

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Aug 29, 2017

The first three chapters are relatively easy.

By John R

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Jul 18, 2022

the probability section was kinda ridiculous

By Subrata M

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Dec 5, 2021

Probability part is not very well explained.

By Odhiambo N

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Nov 25, 2021

It was awesome learning from Duke University

By Muhammad A M

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Jul 1, 2021

The explanation is kind of hard to uderstand

By Ro

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Dec 6, 2020

Long but very informative course to work on!

By Anshul v

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May 30, 2020

interesting and learning more inside course.

By Lei H

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Apr 26, 2020

Good examples and illustration. Good tests.

By Belen R R

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Oct 26, 2019

A veces las explicaciones no son tan claras

By Aditya R S

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Aug 2, 2021

Great course, will give you great insights

By milly

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Aug 20, 2020

Good but need more informative information

By Monish P

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Jun 7, 2020

Good it was perfect for beginners like me.

By Faizia M

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Sep 4, 2020

This is helpful for gaining a knowledge..

By P C

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Aug 12, 2020

The second part was a bit short and fast.

By SAROJ K S

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Jun 16, 2020

its nice to understand the logic of math.

By Pradeep K

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May 18, 2020

Teaching and explainations are quite good

By Raghuram P

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Jul 11, 2018

Very good refresher course on Probability

By Shreyas M S

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Jul 11, 2020

Week 4 content is not explained properly

By Taisa V

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Jun 6, 2020

It was great introduction to math world.

By Akash S

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Jun 5, 2020

all is good but improve probability part

By Saira M

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Apr 4, 2020

This is really very beneficial for me...

By SAIDUR A S

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Nov 9, 2024

try to give more example on probability

By ALI E A T

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Dec 9, 2021

The last section needs more processing.