Very basic stuff and very dull, monotone computer-synthesized voice. The quizzes are also so easy you may as well not take them.

I really appreciated the step by step through some of the very basics like downloading all the tools I'd need, using git and GitHub... things that looking around at free training are steps that are assumed and skipped and left me lost. Has built a lot of confidence to continue.

Great course content and very much informative with the different options of learning either through text or video. A good introductory course to the Data Science: Foundations Using R Specialization.

execellent i am very to gland get this certificate .. it is so valueable for me. the first one of data science track

The course contents are thorough and clear, but the UI and the platform of the web course could use some thought. I find it a bit tricky to take notes and copy url's and command lines from the video. Perhaps this is just a matter of getting use to the platform. Excited to proceed to the next course!

Automated videos are difficult to focus.

Through my university I can get access to ONE course per YEAR. I signed up for the "Data Science" course, which brought me here and made me waste my coin on this very introductory and elementary course. And now I can't continue the Data Science course. I have to wait until next year for the next step. If it was worth it? No.

Having an instructor narrate is extremely important in a course. The robot that is narrating makes the videos unwatchable.

It is unbelievable how one can learn with this boring automatic course. I can not stand it!

Impressive explanation on the subject., Freshers with no knowledge about the domain can easily understand the subject. Thank you so much for such a fantastic MOOC mode of learning possibility. Love it all.

Really impressed with the completeness of the learning environment. I would rate this more highly than a traditional classroom because of the interaction and opportunity to go over concepts repeadedly.

I enjoyed the format of this course. It was a good quick introduction to some Data Science concepts, R, and Git. I liked that the same material was available in video/audio as well as reading material.

Straightforward and the tasks aligned well with the instruction. Examples were used to good effect. Highly recommend using the course forums if you're stuck on a problem (especially the final project).

This course spoon-fed me as a beginner, which was great. The quizzes were well-done because they brought to light any weakness or gaps in my understanding so I could go back and review the processes.

Pretty good in explaining the basics of data science

Very good course for beginner in data science

SIMPLESMENTE SENSACIONAL !

Just an introduction. I learned about Git and how to integrate RStudio with Github. It was interesting to me. The activities were so confusing and ambiguous and all the course is with a robotic voice. It makes the course a little bit weird. But in general it was good and fast to conclude. The total duration of the course could be halved because all classes are given twice: in video and in text. But you can not download the slides or any PDF lecture.

Its a basic course to learn general terms of data science. It helps you to set up all the programs that you need to start in this discipline: RStudio, Github and some additional good practices. In general, its a good course. However, I missed coding and a person explaining the videos (i understand the idea behind this, but the concepts on this particular Mooc are so introductory that the argument is not valid for me)

Great first introduction to the tools needed and the learning environment. People with some experience should still take it to get a feel for how the rest of the courses are structured and what is expected of them. I would ask for more feedback on the quizzes aside from "incorrect". one of the other courses I'm taking recommends which lesson to review depending on the question you got wrong.

The course in as much as it was an introduction to Data Science really challenged my thinking and introduced me to new concepts I was not aware of.

It was very informative, but included outdated information that sent me on a few wild goose chases.

Would be great to have more reading materials

Good but need more explanations for topics.

Teaching of lessons are simply amazing.