Prose Simian - MOOC transcript, reviews, and interests

Programming Foundations with Python Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 3 out 5

I just worked through this course (excluding the final project) over a couple of days. I agree with the other review that the paid version could be a … See full review

Data Analysis and Statistical Inference Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

I've had plenty (cough) of time to forget the basic statistical inference I did at high school. This was a great refresher (if a little repetitive - h… See full review

Machine Learning Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

Prof Ng simplifies ML as much as possible - and no more. In the complex arena of ML, that still leaves things fairly complex... But thanks to this cou… See full review

UT.7.01x: Foundations of Data Analysis Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 4 out 5

Impressions based on five (of 13) weeks materials: with a couple of caveats, this looks set to be a good intro to statistics, and particularly for get… See full review

DCO042 - Python For Informatics Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 4 out 5

Probably the gentlest introduction to programming for adults possible - so especially suitable for someone who feels a bit intimidated by computers &… See full review

Exploratory Data Analysis Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 1 out 5

A painful, dull offline course on plotting & clustering in R slapped online with minimal conversion like the rest of JHU's execrable Data Science spec… See full review

Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 1 Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 3 out 5

Based on module 1 (of 4) pros:
- pretty well-explained despite quite complex subject matter
- quiz 1 was reasonable in difficulty
- … See full review

Preparing for the AP* Calculus AB and BC Exams (Part 2 - Integral Calculus) Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 3 out 5

Based on first week: a little rough around the edges (no slides, quizzes timed, for no apparent reason) & not in itself a great way to learn AP (or UK… See full review

Statistical Learning Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 1 out 5

Good book, terrible MOOC.
First of all: huge kudos to Hastie and Tibshirani for their contributions to the field, and making their seminal books… See full review

Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1) Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 1 out 5

Good course - comparable to the same professors' IIPP, but a little rougher round the edges - with a fairly challenging final project. One weakness … See full review

Data Mining with Weka Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

Pros:
- very clear, engaging lectures delivered by Prof Witten
- interesting data sets and quizzes
- practical emphasis course on *d… See full review

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

This is a well-crafted, fast-paced introduction to Computer Science, though a little dry at times. I think it's based on the introductory 'CS for non … See full review

Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Computer Science Applications Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 4 out 5

Now finished, I remain torn about this course. But I've bumped it up to four stars.

Positives:
- using Python
- having to us… See full review

Applied Regression Analysis Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 2 out 5

Applied regression courses are thin on the ground. And this course promises a follow up focusing on logistic regression. So despite misgivings about u… See full review

R Programming Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 1 out 5

Finished this. Got a distinction. Hated it. One reason was it's simply badly designed: going from lecture, via (frankly perfunctory, "oh, we need to g… See full review

Intro to HTML and CSS Course reviewed 6 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 3 out 5

I went through 95%* of this in about 8-9 hours total. It's... so so. A bit of a whistle stop tour of html & CSS, which left me feeling like I'd got it… See full review

How to Use Git and GitHub Course reviewed 5 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

I started Udacity's CS253* recently & about 1/3 of the way in realised: 'I need some way to keep all these different files synchronised or my tiny bra… See full review

More Data Mining with Weka Course reviewed 5 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 5 out 5

Another well thought-out Weka course from Waikato covering further areas of data mining (association rules, clustering, text classification, cost-sens… See full review

Introduction to functional programming in OCaml Course reviewed 2 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 4 out 5

To quote Wikipedia "OCaml unifies functional, imperative, and object-oriented programming under an ML-like type system. Thus, programmers need not be … See full review

Basics of Network Security Course reviewed 2 years ago

Prose Simian's rating 1 out 5

This promised to be quick (2 weeks) introduction to networking - I really just want to learn enough to be able to set up my own VPNs (for use in China… See full review

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