By now you have definitely heard about data science and big data. In this one-week class, we will provide a crash course in what these terms mean and how they play a role in successful organizations. This class is for anyone who wants to learn what all the data science action is about, including those who will eventually need to manage data scientists. The goal is to get you up to speed as quickly as possible on data science without all the fluff. We've designed this course to be as convenient as possible without sacrificing any of the essentials.



A Crash Course in Data Science
This course is part of Executive Data Science Specialization



Instructors: Jeff Leek, PhD
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Describe Data Science’s role in various contexts
Understand how Statistics and Machine Learning affect Data Science
Use the key terms used by data scientist
Predict whether a Data Science project will be successful
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There is 1 module in this course
This one-module course constitutes the first "week" of the Executive Data Science Specialization. This is an intensive introduction to what you need to know about data science itself. You'll learn important terminology and how successful organizations use data science.
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Reviewed on Oct 23, 2016
This was really a crash course in various aspects of data science, with words being thrown around and defined for a lay person like myself. Overall, this was a good course for beginners.
Reviewed on Dec 30, 2019
Enjoyed the pace at which the course moved. Teachers were qualified and relevant. Video Production quality could be better, some of the presentation graph were illegible - thus the lack of 1 star.
Reviewed on Jun 13, 2016
Provided a good, very high level overview. I audited so I didn't take the quizzes, but the questions were all on the general side. I liked how they used some examples of real-life research.
Recommended if you're interested in Data Science
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