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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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Top reviews

BR

Feb 22, 2019

Excellent quality content! It's a great introductory course that really gets you interested in Data Science. I would highly recommend it to anyone curious in learning about what Data Science is about.

DN

Feb 9, 2023

I love how beginner-friendly this course is. I did not have to panic about not following any lecture since I am new to this field. I know this is the first course but I'm loving it already. <<33

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By Lynda M R

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Feb 21, 2019

It gave me a new perspective of what a Data Scientist does, the tools he/she uses and how it falls under an organization

By Ritu c

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Jan 29, 2019

PIctorial representation and graphical analysis results should be added in course for more easy grasp of topic content .

By Sagi A S C

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Jan 15, 2019

Excellent elaboration about Data science for easy understanding. Content is well focused to understand the Data Science.

By ILHOM R

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Sep 2, 2018

Great course, and explains the basics of Data Science and Data Scientists well. I liked professor Haider's points a lot.

By Rakshit K

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Aug 18, 2018

Awesome understanding of the Data Science basics and helped to get a good insight of what lies inside the Tunnel of DATA

By Cihan Y

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Jun 12, 2023

Well organised and prepared course,I thought I knew enough about data,after that course,I really know enough about data

By Sky L

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Sep 26, 2022

Great introduction of data science, raise interesting and let me know how important data science will be in the future

By Pablo M

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May 23, 2022

Very good, with a lot of examples of the real life.

Good definitions about data sciencie and people related with that.

By Seby V

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Apr 13, 2022

Great introduction to Data Science and gives a really good understanding of what is expected in the Data Science field.

By Tyler C

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Mar 9, 2022

Great introduction to the world of data. Highly recommend to someone interested in bettering themselves in this field.

By Anish D

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May 15, 2021

Great detailed description from scratch about field of data science. Looks at various tools and platform used for same.

By Abhigyan D

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Mar 22, 2021

It’s the best package for data scientist who are starting from rookie level and want clarity of the subject from a to z

By cengiz e

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Oct 27, 2020

This course have very good quality contents and it helps the learners for building a base about datascience. Thank you.

By Alauddin H H

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May 30, 2020

Excellent coaching and well explained modules and videos. Congrats to IBM and Coursera for providing us best education!

By MD. O Q S

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May 5, 2020

Wonderful experience with some great teacher and mentors they just awesome and explain very easily many complex things.

By Shakked L

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Apr 22, 2020

Really explained and relevant for does how is not sure about that is that or how to start their career in Data Science.

By Daniel M

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Mar 30, 2020

Good, solid introduction about the role of data scientists and the vast ways data science is impacting our daily lives.

By Apoorva S

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Mar 25, 2020

Very infromative. Helpful for beginners. Good to get advice from Data Scientists from different backgrounds. Motivating

By Georgios L

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Mar 14, 2020

Engaging, it is for absolute beginners and introductory, reaches its goal to get some key messages and concepts across.

By BISHWEASHWAR S

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Dec 6, 2019

From this I get to lnow about the basics of data science. This course by IBM helped me a lot in clearing my confusions.

By Protyush D

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Aug 29, 2019

Very Insightful... This module truly helped me envisage the role of a Data Scientist and applications for Data Science.

By Roxy433

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Jul 30, 2019

Nice Explanation and Videos for a beginner.It cleared a lot of concepts related to Data and its underlying importance.

By Nanthakumar N

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Jun 23, 2019

This course gave me great idea about, what is data science and how to do become a data scientist. A great start for me.

By sudarsan s

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May 20, 2019

What is Data science is a well structured beginner course beautifully narrated by experts in the field of data science.

By Chibuzor O

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May 7, 2019

Very helpful and informative course about the general work flow of a data scientist's day-to-day in doing data science!