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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mastering Data Analysis in Excel by Duke University

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About the Course

This course focuses on essential data analysis using Excel. Learn to design and implement realistic predictive models to reduce uncertainty for informed business decisions. In a hands-on project, you'll act as a business data analyst, building models to assess credit card applications, minimize default risk and maximize bank profits. You'll master key uncertainty measures like classification error rates, entropy of information, and confidence intervals for linear regression. Assignments use data provided within the course and basic Excel functions, ensuring fluency for future business applications. No prior knowledge of advanced Excel features (Visual Basic, Pivot Tables) is required. The Excel and data analysis skills you will learn will enable you to apply business data analysis methods based on binary classification, information theory and entropy measures, and linear regression, and prepare you for roles such as a business data analyst....

Top reviews

TB

Nov 17, 2021

I like and appreciate courses provided through Coursera.This course is very interesting and valuable for those whose jobs do have relevance with data management .God bless Coursera and Duke University

JE

Oct 31, 2015

The course deserves a 5-star rating because: (1) content is relevant, (2) the professor is concise and possesses great teaching skills, and (3) the learning modules are applicable to daily problems.

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By Ashish M

Feb 17, 2016

The content of the course was good.

However, I did not like the presentation of the material, moreover such a topic would need to be covered by a longer duration course.

By AAKANKSHA S

Dec 5, 2020

This is a high level course and the beginners cant adapt easily with the probability and statistics terms used.

A better way of teaching could have been used.

By Abdullah A M A

Jul 8, 2016

The title is misleading .

This course has a little to do with excel , you could get some mathematical information but I do not think you will master anything

By Kim C

Oct 30, 2015

The transition is from easy to advanced. It gets really confusing, not sure if it's just me. I am not following the lessons anymore so I left the course.

By Steph L

May 2, 2016

I found Week 2: Binary Classification really confusing. It was just not clear. Specifics were not given. Definitions were not given. Poorly instructed.

By Nagraj N

Apr 16, 2018

Course material is too heavy for a beginner. I would not be able to continue. For a new comer it is an heavy stuff taught like a brushing up course.

By Patricio L M

May 28, 2018

Significant difference between the material covered during the class period and the examinations. It could be improved considerably. Thank you.

By Daniel R C

Nov 23, 2015

Great idea. Unfortunately, the course is young and there were too many bugs to get past Week 2. Hopefully these will be finished my next session

By Kentaro H

Aug 9, 2017

Very confusing. I passed this course but I felt like I didn't learn too much. I think they should include prerequisite for this course.

By 051 J J C

Oct 18, 2020

Was quite advanced and the topics weren't explained as well as I expected them to be .Overall, the course was below average.

By Michelle V

Mar 28, 2016

I found much of this material wasn't as applicable to excel analysis as hoped and didn't cover many of the analysis tools

By Gabriela M

Feb 15, 2020

Este curso tiene mal el titulo, no trata sobre excel en absoluto, sino mas bien es un curso sobre matemáticas.

By Brianna B

Aug 4, 2020

The instruction was lackluster and left a lot of details out, filled with mistakes that were fixed in post.

By Jairo S

Mar 11, 2019

The course is poorly structured, taking a lot of effort to decipher what is required in the assignments.

By Alfonso F

May 7, 2017

Some hard statistical/mathematical concepts with little explanation. Bad pacing and confusing structure.

By Sahar B

Jul 14, 2022

A lot of technical topics limited to excel was not that helpful and no adding real value for real life.

By Pradnya A

Oct 11, 2022

The concepts are explained in a very indirect, confusing manner. Everything else is great, but alas.

By Hassaan K

Jan 12, 2016

Content not discussed in proper detail. Instructor skims over the concepts. Its difficult to follow.

By Wings S Q

Sep 25, 2016

I'm here learning Excel skills, but this course, especially week 2, does not teach Excel skills.

By Lidiya N

Nov 12, 2017

Not enough examples on how to actually do the complicated assignment at the end of the course.

By Jaya S

Feb 27, 2016

To course got tougher every week while the lecture video is not cover everything.

By 何泽林

Apr 12, 2019

There are some problems with the spreadsheet, which cost me truly a lot of time.

By Jeffrey K

Feb 5, 2021

Not enough instructor examples to look at and work through prior to the quiz.

By Kong L

Jan 21, 2016

This course is mostly theory based and certainly not what i am expected!

By Bria M

Aug 16, 2020

Video lessons did not prepare students for the homework assignments.