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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Python and Statistics for Financial Analysis by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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    About the Course

    Course Overview: https://youtu.be/JgFV5qzAYno Python is now becoming the number 1 programming language for data science. Due to
    python’s simplicity and high readability, it is gaining its importance in the financial industry. The course combines both python coding and
    statistical concepts and applies into analyzing financial data, such as stock data. By the end of the course, you can achieve the following using
    python: - Import, pre-process, save and visualize financial data into pandas Dataframe - Manipulate the existing financial data by generating
    new variables using multiple columns - Recall and apply the important statistical concepts (random variable, frequency, distri...
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    RH

    Jan 5, 2024

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    It is an excellent course to apply statistic, probability and python methods in financial modelling. I would like that each section had resources to study statistics concepts related to the videos.

    GR

    Mar 29, 2022

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    Very useful introductury course into both python and statistic analysis wich allows you to create a simple trading strategy. It serves as a great first step but there is a long way to go still.

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    By Nico M

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    Nov 25, 2019

    Too many mistakes in the use of English throughout the course made it hard for me to follow the course properly without getting annoyed. The instructor's English was terrible as well, just too many mistakes, which made it impossible to follow without subtitles. The content was good though which is why it deserves two points.

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    By Victor M

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    Nov 6, 2019

    I was hoping for a little more from this course. While it effectively combines statistics, finance and python, it does not go into great detail in any of the three. There are spelling mistakes and the audio quality is not great. For me the most useful part was learning the python functions and syntax.

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    By Andrey P

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    Apr 29, 2022

    Don't waste your time. The statistics part isn't explained well enough. Python code, which this course provides, is slow and uses outdated concepts. The idea of predicting stock prices using linear models is just a gem! If you are new to python, the course can show you how not to write code.

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    By Jonathan Z

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    Sep 29, 2021

    Course is good but (a) some Python bits are not up-to-date and (b) final week exam questions should be updated and brought in sync with either lectures or the lectures need to be updated. If Google has a different answer than the course, well, that's not a great place to be in.

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    By Rohit P

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    Feb 7, 2022

    Course uses <pd.DataFrame.from_csv >. This has been discarded by Python. Since I am begineer to Python and on assumtion that such discarded notations will again be used going further in course, I have no choice but leave the course in first week itself.

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    By JESUS R L G

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    Apr 21, 2025

    The content is really good but the audio is horrible, I tried so hard to stay and listen but is not possible, you should record it again. As a tip for other users, don't use headphones, it´s easier that way, more bearable. Greetings.

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    By Laleh N

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    May 28, 2020

    i am happy with subject and course syllabus but if the data that the lecturer worked on them, was available the course would be much more useful,

    without the data, it was just some code that we were watching.

    thank you coursera :)

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    By Manuel J A

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    Sep 19, 2022

    - Instructor's English is hard to understand

    - Materials are not high quality. There are many typos, links in exams do not work, "none of the above" appears as first option, some Pyhton methods are not up-to-date

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    By Samuel G

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    Sep 8, 2022

    felt very hard to follow, didn't get most of the lectures, and much of the interactive activities I could don't really follow through. Generally, this is a course that I could get on youtube for better and free.

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    By Leonardo S

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    Jan 3, 2025

    The idea is nice, however, from the 2nd module the teacher's lessons became unclear and quite messy, it's not easy and intuitive to understand at first. Moreover, the reference links in tests do not work.

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    By Nicolas P

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    Sep 1, 2019

    I would change the title. It has little practical content on trade, and explains more statistical methods.I would call it "how to use and graph statistics in python, with some trade samples".

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    By Vikram N

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    Feb 25, 2022

    Does not explain technical terms well. I had to search online to understand much of this content. Some of the quiz questions related lab to are not explained in course / lab

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    By Mohini J

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    Mar 21, 2020

    The course tried to cover a lot but wasn't really helpful for those who didn't have basic knowledge of either Python or Statistics

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    By Bhanu T

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    Jul 10, 2020

    Poor Explanation of topics, was in a very hurry to complete than in explaining the concepts in depth. Did not reach expectations.

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    By Jacob G

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    Jun 23, 2021

    More coding please. I was looking for more linear modeling examples and implementation. The rest was relatively easy.

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    By Andrew D

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    May 24, 2022

    Not enough detail. Lectures have good material but a lot of information is presented too quickly. Labs are good

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    By HIMANSHU V

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    Aug 13, 2019

    Lectures are not very informative. Things are said directly and not explained well. Sadly I paid $50 for this.

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    By Victor H C C

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    Jun 17, 2022

    weak, not really good course, just showing some basics of data analisys and concepts.

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    By Sai S

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    Sep 8, 2024

    you won`t get the certificate if you completed they pushing us to purchase

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    By Massimo F

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    Jun 3, 2024

    non precise questions and th4e english is not easy to understand

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    By Danny w

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    May 6, 2020

    The teacher need to learn better pronunciation and slower pacing

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    By wegdan

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    Feb 24, 2021

    video lecturing lacks clarity and big picture context

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    By Eliad H

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    Mar 12, 2019

    very basic,

    not improving python skills

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    By Victor S

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    Oct 2, 2024

    Difficult to understand instructor

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    By Wickson H

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    Mar 1, 2022

    Too difficult to beginner

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