This course does a very poor job of actually teaching the concepts presented in it. There is a lot of "copy/paste" instruction, with almost no explanation of what is being done or why, at either the technical level (i.e. why are calling this function or method) or a the theoretical level (i.e. why a visualization or data interaction is useful). It does touch on a many basic foundation for interacting with data (which is the only reason I'm not giving it 1 star), but from an actual instruction perspective, this the worst courses I have finished on Coursera.
Ratings and Reviews for Foundations of Sports Analytics: Data, Representation, and Models in Sports
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perfect
Great material and well paced for people working. One instructor is a bit green though.
Great course. Although this course focuses on sports analysis, the analyzing process I learned from it can apply to any other areas of analysis.
verygood
Best course to interact with data representation programming and libraries, especially for the great sports fan.
Great course! The lectures focus on the hands-on application of analytics techniques; with slides of theory and math kept to a minimum. The quizzes are of easy to moderate difficulty, and help reinforce the concepts learnt in the lecture. The material of the course will be of interest to anyone who enjoys extracting insights from data, even if you aren't much of a sports fan. I’m excited for the next course in the specialization!
