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Learner Reviews & Feedback for SQL for Data Science by University of California, Davis

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About the Course

As data collection has increased exponentially, so has the need for people skilled at using and interacting with data; to be able to think critically, and provide insights to make better decisions and optimize their businesses. This is a data scientist, “part mathematician, part computer scientist, and part trend spotter” (SAS Institute, Inc.). According to Glassdoor, being a data scientist is the best job in America; with a median base salary of $110,000 and thousands of job openings at a time. The skills necessary to be a good data scientist include being able to retrieve and work with data, and to do that you need to be well versed in SQL, the standard language for communicating with database systems. This course is designed to give you a primer in the fundamentals of SQL and working with data so that you can begin analyzing it for data science purposes. You will begin to ask the right questions and come up with good answers to deliver valuable insights for your organization. This course starts with the basics and assumes you do not have any knowledge or skills in SQL. It will build on that foundation and gradually have you write both simple and complex queries to help you select data from tables. You'll start to work with different types of data like strings and numbers and discuss methods to filter and pare down your results. You will create new tables and be able to move data into them. You will learn common operators and how to combine the data. You will use case statements and concepts like data governance and profiling. You will discuss topics on data, and practice using real-world programming assignments. You will interpret the structure, meaning, and relationships in source data and use SQL as a professional to shape your data for targeted analysis purposes. Although we do not have any specific prerequisites or software requirements to take this course, a simple text editor is recommended for the final project. So what are you waiting for? This is your first step in landing a job in the best occupation in the US and soon the world!...

Top reviews

EL

Jan 30, 2019

Perfect course! But recommend the last main exercise do more readable and understandable. It is difficult to read in a text file, single-color task and it is not always clear what needs to be done.

SM

Mar 16, 2020

Good course for beginners.- classes are fine- quizzes evaluate quite well your understanding I think- the final assessment contains plenty of VERY ambiguous questions and I think it should be reworked

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By MOHIT G

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Sep 18, 2021

Very good course. Kudos to instructor for making it so understanding.

By rory1000

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Sep 7, 2021

The lectures are clear. Maybe is very basic but useful for beginners

By Rohan C

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Jul 25, 2021

The content was Awesome, instructor should be little bit enthusiastic

By Tona Y

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Jun 18, 2021

It was not easy course, though this is a basic level course of SQL...

By NAVYA� P

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Apr 30, 2023

good for beginners who have interest in learning computer language.

By Peyton T

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Apr 26, 2020

Would have liked more problem solving and In class work on SQL code.

By Carl A

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Feb 2, 2018

Generally it was a good course, but the last exam could be improved.

By Krishna C

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Jul 15, 2025

An excellent course though the final test was quite challenging. :)

By Ibrahim S K

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Jun 7, 2022

the peer review assignment was much harder than the course material

By Maryam N

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May 28, 2020

I guess if the professor explain on the software, was more tangible

By Tetiana B

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May 19, 2020

Peer-review assignment was not necessary. Everything else was good.

By Martin G

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Apr 4, 2022

Excellent course for beginners, could have more practice exercise.

By Jonathan F M

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Feb 19, 2022

good course, but needs to be better optimized on the last activite

By SHUBHAM R P

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Jun 30, 2020

I learned SQL for Data Science with joy-full it was amazing course

By Abhishek N

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Mar 3, 2020

Pretty helpful for a beginner, The course is designed pretty well.

By Syed M A

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Feb 10, 2020

Very good course for beginner to start with SQL .Great learnig..!!

By Anil K N

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Jun 13, 2019

The difficulty level of the peer-graded assignment should be less.

By Santiago R

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Aug 22, 2020

Week 3 is not clear at all. The other 3 weeks are well explained.

By Kohila R

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Jul 29, 2020

SQL course was very informative and useful to start data science.

By Ms. P G

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Jun 17, 2020

This course was very informative and refreshed all basics of SQL.

By shashikala b

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May 11, 2020

VERY SIMPLE WAY OF LEARNING AND ITS VERY GUD FOR SLOW LEARNER TOO

By Tianyu Z

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Jul 20, 2019

The introduction to "aggregate function" should be more detailed.

By HUDSON, C A

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Jul 8, 2024

using the recommended SQL editor proved to be overly challenging

By Austin B

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Aug 31, 2023

Peer reviewed work could be improved upon to prevent plagiarism.

By 康露文

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Mar 4, 2021

It will be better if there have more code practice with teacher.