FO
Oct 9, 2020
I'm extremely excited with what I have learnt so far. As a newbie in Machine Learning, the exposure gained will serve as the much needed foundation to delve into its application to real life problems.
RC
Feb 7, 2019
The course was highly informative and very well presented. It was very easier to follow. Many complicated concepts were clearly explained. It improved my confidence with respect to programming skills.
By Deeksha V
ā¢Mar 22, 2025
I reset my deadline because I couldn't finish one module on time. I was at 70% completion, but resetting took me all the way back to the beginning! Then I realized they had completely changed the course. If you reset the deadline, you have to start over from scratch because of the added content. Unfortunately, the new content is disappointing compared to the older version. Some concepts are difficult to understand, as many explanations feel rushed or skipped. It even feels AI-generatedāmaybe it isnāt, but thatās how it comes across. Overall, a frustrating experience, and I'm struggling to finish the course.
By Marc J
ā¢Mar 17, 2024
- Could be heavier on the mathematics, which would generate a deeper understanding. - Also if you will not use a specific information, you should not mention it or provide further reading. - Quizes need a rework: answers in some cases are more like "guess what i want to hear", particularly when more than options are definitely correct. - Too often: "Those topics are not in the scope of the course." - The hands on labs are alright all in all another disappointing course...
By Vahid S
ā¢Feb 15, 2021
This course material was good but I think it has some issues:
1- The coding levels in labs are so high and not suitable for beginners.
2- the final exam was simple but it had two issues. The instructor pre-split dataset to train and test parts is confusing without a good explanation and the worst part was the peer-graded section. just provide a reference notebook with confusing rubric grading and had a mistake.
By Oliver S
ā¢Apr 25, 2020
I liked the videos, but there are a lot of mistakes in the notebooks, especially in the solution for the final assignment (which results in unfair gradings). Most of them were mentioned in the forums months ago, but as with all IBM courses, that I have finished so far, no employee seems to care. None of the mistakes gets corrected, and most of the time, you don't even get a reply from one of the moderators.
By Slavik I
ā¢Dec 9, 2019
It could have been very good. But again, one more useless course by IBM. Your task is to copy-paste without asking any question why and how. Graded assignment is a joke. Sample result notebook is useless as nothing is explained, proposed models are bad and NOT CORRECT in a first place. Just give your money to IBM and don't ask questions
By Sahith R V
ā¢Jul 6, 2025
The course can be more easy to understand like explaining along with the code being displayed. and the theory can be explained a bit more in detail.
By Andrew G
ā¢Nov 22, 2024
the work was insightful, but the peer review of the final project is not working. They don't even look at the work and fail you for no reason.
By Michael S
ā¢Oct 11, 2020
I'm finishing this certificate program because it would be easier than starting another one from scratch. I've been disappointed with most of the courses and this is no exception. There are mistakes, typos, and poor grammar throughout the course. They have a system to report mistakes, but I should be getting paid to fix your course - not paying to fix it, right? The quizzes are an unnecessary waste of time (they ask very minute, arbitrary questions about videos that are just meant to give you a brief overview).
The labs are the most / only useful aspect of the course because that's where you learn actual code - but they don't explain HOW the code WORKS. They just say what the code does and then they show it to you. There's a difference, as any good teacher knows. This course was clearly created by data scientists, not teachers (and certainly not masters of the English language). I would recommend this certificate program if you already know python and data science and you are just trying to earn a badge that will look good on your resume.
By R. A
ā¢Apr 30, 2022
The course is very shallow. It never goes in depth with the algorythms, neither in a mathematical sense, nor in how they are implemented and best used. They don't even cover hyper-parameter optimization using cross-validationThis is not ok for a final course in the IDM Data Science Certificate, especially because Regression was already much better covered in the Data Analysis with Python Course. Moreoever, the Final Assignment features an unbalanced dataset, for which the course does not prepare students enough. If one tries to copy the methods used during the course without reasearching much about this on their own, they will train models that would be unacceptable in a real-world scenario. Worse still, the "model" answer provided does exactly that.
By Christian T
ā¢Apr 13, 2021
I learned a lot, but the final assignment is just a mess - on so many levels. My biggest takeway is that even well-rated courses with qualified instructors end up causing material issues. The quality of the final project implies that people will be trained here to create ML models that will have real world consequences and will not be properly understood or validated. And that's without looking at the huge number of typos, bad programming techniques, and more. Had to give up on the final project due to those difficulties after spending 10 hours of my very early mornings without any reasonable progress.
By Karan S
ā¢Sep 13, 2019
As am going along in this IBM certification, the quality of courses is getting depleted. This course has by far the worst standard in terms of quality of content and assignments. The worst part is that they encourage you to use IBM cloud services which are the worst and require improvement themselves. But the worst part was the peer guided assignment. With no clear instructions, peers that have no idea checking your assignments and long delay for waiting the grade for it, god help you! Don't waste money on this course. Hopefully, coursera takes actions against IBM if they don't update this course.
By Nic C
ā¢Jun 19, 2022
The capstone project in wk6 has too much technical problem in NS Labs. Same code that work perfectly in IBM cloud does not work in NS Labs due to compatibility problem. I cannot finish the capstone project in IBM cloud because I have used up all me free hours in IBM cloud. However, the provide notebook has too much problem in NS Labs. Very disappointed!
By Justin L
ā¢May 10, 2021
I hated that all the instruction was all math and none of it python. The instructor was completely uninspiring. You really should have instructors with some level of charisma. The course was littered with technical errors. This is the worst MOOC I've ever taken. It is a crime that people actually have to pay for this.
By Aitekenov S
ā¢Aug 30, 2022
Whoever is from the CIS countries beware of IBM's faulty practices.
It contains tons of marketing for IBM products. Without those products you won't finish many assignments. Moreover, IBM blocked my country from the ability to create an account on their services. So, I can not even finish those courses.
By ubaid m w
ā¢Oct 22, 2018
In lab there are many funtion , libiraries Which have been used first time with out any description , then I have to search for each and every funtion or lib which is way time consuming which make this course worst courses in my list.
By Nishan P
ā¢Nov 5, 2020
Instructor are going to fast. They are literally reading the slides without proper implementation of the ideas and algorithm explained. Even I can do that, absolute waste of money
By Karol S
ā¢May 2, 2020
wrong grading on quizes (multiple choice questions which are graded 0 or 1), not clear instructions, who write this course? One of the worst courses i took in years
By JoaquĆn R
ā¢Mar 17, 2020
The course was going well with the videos and labs, until the capstone peer-reviewed area. Disastrous instructions, poor supervision and assistance. I am appalled.
By YUN H
ā¢Mar 16, 2020
Insufficient explanation, bad lab experience, and the final assignment was a nightmare.
Video is short, so you got to figure out things by yourself.
By Luiz P F
ā¢Oct 17, 2020
Videos and assignments are very repetitive. It induces students to copy dull code rather than think about solutions
By Kshitij K
ā¢Aug 16, 2020
Everything taught int his course ends with a line "unfortunately it is out of the scope of this course"
By Shreyansh K
ā¢Dec 27, 2024
No detailed study regarding the topic and is like reading the slides. Want my money back
By Syed A
ā¢May 12, 2020
outdated notebooks, had to google everything anyway
By Tummala. L S s
ā¢Nov 25, 2021
we are not able to get ceritficate