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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Exploratory Data Analysis by Johns Hopkins University

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    About the Course

    This course covers the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data. These techniques are typically applied before formal modeling
    commences and can help inform the development of more complex statistical models. Exploratory techniques are also important for
    eliminating or sharpening potential hypotheses about the world that can be addressed by the data. We will cover in detail the plotting systems
    in R as well as some of the basic principles of constructing data graphics. We will also cover some of the common multivariate statistical
    techniques used to visualize high-dimensional data.
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    YF

    Sep 24, 2017

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    Very good course! It provide me the foundation in learning how to plot and interpret data. This will definitely strengthen my "R programming" to generate publication type figure for my genomics data!

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    Jul 29, 2016

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    This is the second course I have taken from Roger Peng and both were outstanding. I have a strong math background, but not much of a background in stats, but this course was very approachable for me.

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    By Mark S

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    Nov 26, 2020

    This is a great course. The basics are explained very clearly and very easy to understand. I highly recommend this course for those who wish to start in Data Analyst / Data Science track.

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    By Mohammad A

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    Jul 4, 2018

    Excellent explanation and adding very good skills on the way of data science specialization.For some slides they should be updated to have working URLs , some seems old and absolute now

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    By Mathew K

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    Dec 29, 2019

    Great intro to plotting and related tools in R. Will say that the coverage of heatmaps and PCA felt a little out of left field, with very little intuition. However, overall quite good.

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    By Marco A I E

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    Aug 10, 2018

    Loved it! It took me longer than expected due to work and family issues, but I went so many times to the materials and even use some ggplot2 for work that ended being quite fulfilling.

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    By Chris B

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    Jan 12, 2017

    I did learn more about putting together a set of graphs that help to explore the data. I did see how subsetting and aggregating data helps to give a better understanding of the data.

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    By Leonardo M d O

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    Nov 7, 2017

    Excellent course. I learned more than I expected. A technique that was always at hand but never used: perform analysis through graphics exploring countless variables at a single time.

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    By Yudhanjaya W

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    Jun 6, 2017

    This was incredibly useful because it gives you a feel for the datasets and tools with which to explore them. I really wasn't aware of the base and lattice plotting systems until now.

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    By Nino P

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    May 24, 2019

    Amazing! Learing so much how to explore the data for the first time. This is a must do for anyone who wants to be a data scientist. Now I can use ggplot without any trouble. Thanks!

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    By Maulid B

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    Mar 29, 2022

    The dimension reduction technique was so robust, typically, this course detailed the critical parts regarding the data pre-processing. It is pivotal for the downstream analysis.

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    By Eduardo C

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    Aug 5, 2021

    good course to get started on the topic of information exploration, as they say it is basic that we understand that to carry out an analysis we must first know the information.

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    By VÍCTOR M G P

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    Sep 28, 2020

    Me encantó el curso, fue muy fluido con muy buenos ejemplos y las actividades prácticas fueron realmente un aporte y un desafío para complementar los contenidos entregados

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    By Manuel A A T

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    Mar 27, 2016

    This is a great introductory course on the topic and on R language.

    You will get acquainted with basic R functions which are most useful for initial statistical analysis.

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    By Vasco A F R B P

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    Apr 5, 2020

    One of the most fulfilling courses I've taken. Already used what I've learned to analyse the COVID 19 data and get more information from it, learning at the same time.

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    By Sanjay L

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    May 22, 2018

    Week 3 - clustering concepts appear hard to comprehend initially. This week should first start with a practical example/use of clustering and then move on to technical

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    By Asif M A

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    May 4, 2016

    Its one of the most important steps in learning data science. Before even jumping into the real thing, it is worthwhile to explore a little bit the data set at hand.

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    Apr 19, 2016

    For someone new to data analytics, this was another great, rewarding course. But as with the others, it demands exploration beyond the lectures and course materials.

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    By Giovanna A G

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    Oct 15, 2016

    Prof. Peng teaches you not only how to use the r base plotting system but also how to make wonderful graphs using the lattice and ggplot2 packages. Awesome course!

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    By Rob S

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    Jan 21, 2020

    Very good resume of the previous lessons, you lear plotting, charts, working with big matrices, create a good practical workflow to understand your first analyses

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    By Piotr K

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    Oct 23, 2016

    Material teached in this course is must have for everybody who wants to use R for Data Science. Exploratory Data Analysis is one of first steps in every project.

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    By Aram M

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    Jun 20, 2017

    Great course, an excellent instructor who makes the videos easy to watch and listen.

    Assignments were very important to me, as I learned a lot while doing it.

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    By Gary T

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    Aug 20, 2019

    I learned a lot, this course more than others, really expanded my competence and appreciate for the capabilities of R, especially is visualization toolbox.

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    By Jeffrey G

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    Jul 6, 2017

    Great course. Really does a good job of describing the goal of EDA and getting people excited about what questions you might be able to answer with data.

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    By 王昊辰

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    Dec 12, 2018

    The data used for training are too big to be processed on my computer....

    It is a real burden for my laptop when I use Rstudio to view some big files.....

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    By Dmytro K

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    Feb 4, 2016

    pretty good starter course. I liked 40 min Case Study video at the end. It was very helpful to watch the instructor do the analysis from start to finish.

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    Jul 23, 2018

    Excellent course!

    Congratulations and thanks to the teachers of this course for sharing their knowledge on such an engaging subject that is Data Science.

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