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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for What is Data Science? by IBM

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    About the Course

    Do you want to know why data science has been labeled the sexiest profession of the 21st century? After taking this course, you will be able to
    answer this question, understand what data science is and what data scientists do, and learn about career paths in the field. The art of
    uncovering insights and trends in data has been around since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians used census data to increase efficiency in
    tax collection and accurately predicted the Nile River's flooding every year. Since then, people have continued to use data to derive insights and
    predict outcomes. Recently, they have carved out a unique and distinct field for the work they do. This field is data science. ...
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    Sep 10, 2019

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    Very learning experience, I am a beginner in DS, but the instructors in this course simplified the contents that made me I could easily understand, tools and materials were very helpful to start with.

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    Jul 3, 2019

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    Good introductory course for setting a basis for knowledge of data science and data scientists for someone who may be a novice and seeking to learn more.Good quality in terms of presentation as well.

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    By Rudra P P

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    May 22, 2020

    It completely give the knowledge for the data science in a very easy layman language and the quiz method is also very good. As the quiz are basically from the pdf for the topic.

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    May 20, 2020

    The lectures and reading materials are very relevant. I enjoyed the pace and the quality of the content. Overall it's a good introduction. I can't wait to continue the next one.

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    By Raghukrishnan J

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    Apr 18, 2020

    This course opened my eyes and cleared the common misconceptions behind the hype and glam of Data Science and I have a more realistic understanding on how to approach this field

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    By Mert K

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    Sep 4, 2019

    Both the course content and the teachers who explained the subjects were very good. People who are interested in this field and want to learn more should start without thinking.

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    By Ankit S

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    Jun 13, 2019

    This course is pretty good to give the complete overview and some fundamentals of data science .This course increase my curiousity to learn more in this journey of data science.

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    By Fang S

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    Mar 14, 2019

    Very very fundamental. For those who hates calculation, chunk of data, and statistics/math, this course is an easy beginning class to introduce you to the world of data science.

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    By David G

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    Mar 3, 2019

    Great overview. I love the emphasis on story telling. This is a vital skill to have to be able to get others to understand the data science technical portions of your project.

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    By Wallace W

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    Jan 31, 2019

    Great intro and perspectives from experts and students in the field. Was helpful for me who has been managing big data architecture, but wants to learn more about the use cases.

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    By Saurabh

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    Jan 28, 2019

    The course gently introduces students to the concept of Data Science. The course text is not super technical so it does not drive away students who are fairly new to this topic.

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    By Abdullah E

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    Oct 3, 2024

    For freshers in Data Science, this course, What is Data Science, is highly recommended, it is a comprehensive course that will familiarize you with what really is Data Science.

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    By Pius E

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    Jul 17, 2024

    Excellent presentation of content. I liked the inclusion of glossary of terms and practice quizzes which helps cement understanding and retention of material. Great work, team!

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    By Kritik R

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    Oct 29, 2022

    Excellent course to understand what is data science and why it is important in the real-world. Instructors and even students in the videos are quite good in explaining things.

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    By Fadi D

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    Aug 23, 2021

    Very valuable content, high quality visuals and great content, which helps to understand the content, in addition to interviews with great and experienced people in this field.

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    By Lim H Y

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    May 28, 2021

    This course has gave me a great understanding about data science and what can data do. This is a great first step to anyone who is interested and passionate about data science.

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    By Oluwole O F

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    May 19, 2021

    This is a good starting point for anyone who wants to learn Data science the right way. I enjoyed the introduction and insights shared by data scientist from all works of life.

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    By Nagarajan K

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    Feb 20, 2021

    The first few baby steps to understand what is data science. Engaging and designed well with just enough details to grasp and no over loading. Most of you can take this course.

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    By Misha B

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    Aug 18, 2020

    This course gave me complete insight of what is Data Science , how you can identify in real life and how it can be used to help organisations in making better future decisions.

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    By Kunal M

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    May 30, 2020

    It's a amazing experience while taking the Data Science course. The ways the quizzes and videos made it complete learning package. Now I can say that I know about Data Science.

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    By Rodrigo A M C

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    May 29, 2020

    Muy buen cuso que te da una idea clara de lo que es la ciencia de datos y que habiliadades tiene que desarrollar quien esté interesado en convertirse en un científico de datos.

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    By kavya m

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    May 20, 2020

    Data science is an inter -disciplinary field that uses scientific methods,processes, algorithm s system to exact knowledge and insights from many structural and instructed data

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    By Aramide

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    Mar 10, 2020

    This is the first time I'm completing an "actual" course online. I enjoyed every bit of it and can't wait to complete the specialization. Kudos to Coursera and the lecturers!!!

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    By Ravi S

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    Mar 9, 2020

    Very good Explanation of What is data Science and covers the fundamentals of data science. I recommend this course to beginners and to those who want to develop the definition.

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    By Norah “ M L

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    Feb 15, 2020

    This is a short and sweet introduction to data science and data scientist. Setting expectations is very important to new learners and this course has done it neatly. Thank you!

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    By Alejandro M

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    Feb 11, 2020

    Very Grateful for this experience, and appreciate that COURSERA grant access to the population of humans who want to grow and expand our abilities to contribute the collective.

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    By Javier F A

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    Feb 1, 2020

    Found it great to situate the student in the scope of Data Science. Covers clearly the definition, scope, and expected objectives or deliverables expected from a Data Scientist

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