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Data Science A-Z: Hands-On Exercises & ChatGPT Prize [2026] (Udemy.com)

Learn Data Science step by step through real Analytics examples. Data Mining, Modeling, Tableau Visualization and more!

Created by: Kirill Eremenko

Last updated January 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 34,901 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in January 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

Kirill Eremenko's course walks through a whole analytics project in four parts: visualization in Tableau, modeling with regression, data preparation with SQL Server and SSIS, and communicating results. It runs 21.2 hours over 215 lectures and 28 sections, and it was last updated in January 2026. The tools are Tableau, Excel, Gretl and Microsoft's database stack, so this is not a Python or R course. It suits beginners who want to see how the pieces of a data job fit together, and analysts who want a structured refresher.

Students like the step-by-step pace and Kirill's simple explanations. One beginner calls it workable even for non-technical folks, and another liked that it starts with Tableau before getting to SQL. The complaints are practical. One reviewer found the Microsoft software badly out of date, which they said would be a nightmare for a newcomer. Another could not find a data file, and a third said Tableau and Gretl no longer match the videos. Some find it long, and one reviewer thought the A-Z label oversold what is really a practical foundations course.

With about 225,000 students and a 4.7 rating across nearly 35,000 reviews, it has been well tested, and most ratings are four or five stars. It is a paid course, so the value depends on whether the tool stack matches the job you want. Go in expecting to look up newer software versions along the way. Worth it as a broad first look at the data workflow, less so as a deep statistics or programming course.

Best forBeginners or analysts who want the whole project pipeline in Tableau, SQL and regression, not a coding course.
Skip it ifYou want Python or R coding, machine learning, or a course that moves quickly through short lectures.

Pros

  • Covers the full project flow: Tableau, regression, SQL Server cleanup and presenting
  • Step-by-step teaching that beginners say is simple to follow
  • Hands-on practicals, and updated as recently as January 2026
  • Big, well-rated audience: 4.7 stars from nearly 35,000 reviews

Cons

  • Microsoft and Tableau versions have moved on, so screens may not match the videos
  • At 21.2 hours, some reviewers find it padded and slow-going
  • Tools are Tableau, Excel, Gretl and SQL Server, with no Python or R coding
so far so great. I like how it teaches step by step by step as am a beginner
Tumisang Letamo, a student

Listed for all levels with no prerequisites beyond motivation, though one reviewer wanted a stats refresher with more worked examples.

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What you will learn

  • Successfully perform all steps in a complex Data Science project
  • Create Basic Tableau Visualisations
  • Perform Data Mining in Tableau
  • Understand how to apply the Chi-Squared statistical test
  • Apply Ordinary Least Squares method to Create Linear Regressions
  • Assess R-Squared for all types of models
  • Assess the Adjusted R-Squared for all types of models
  • Create a Simple Linear Regression (SLR)
  • Create a Multiple Linear Regression (MLR)
  • Create Dummy Variables
  • Interpret coefficients of an MLR
  • Read statistical software output for created models
  • Use Backward Elimination, Forward Selection, and Bidirectional Elimination methods to create statistical models
  • Create a Logistic Regression
  • Intuitively understand a Logistic Regression
  • Operate with False Positives and False Negatives and know the difference
  • Read a Confusion Matrix
  • Create a Robust Geodemographic Segmentation Model
  • Transform independent variables for modelling purposes
  • Derive new independent variables for modelling purposes
  • Check for multicollinearity using VIF and the correlation matrix
  • Understand the intuition of multicollinearity
  • Apply the Cumulative Accuracy Profile (CAP) to assess models
  • Build the CAP curve in Excel
  • Use Training and Test data to build robust models
  • Derive insights from the CAP curve
  • Understand the Odds Ratio
  • Derive business insights from the coefficients of a logistic regression
  • Understand what model deterioration actually looks like
  • Apply three levels of model maintenance to prevent model deterioration
  • Install and navigate SQL Server
  • Install and navigate Microsoft Visual Studio Shell
  • Clean data and look for anomalies
  • Use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to upload data into a database
  • Create Conditional Splits in SSIS
  • Deal with Text Qualifier errors in RAW data
  • Create Scripts in SQL
  • Apply SQL to Data Science projects
  • Create stored procedures in SQL
  • Present Data Science projects to stakeholders

Course content

28 sections · 215 lectures · 21 hours of video 1 quiz, 6 articles

  1. 1Get Excited 1 free preview2 lectures · 5 min
  2. 2What is Data Science? 1 free preview6 lectures · 20 min
  3. 3--------------------------- Part 1: Visualisation ---------------------------1 lecture · 2 min
  4. 4Introduction to Tableau10 lectures · 1 quiz · 56 min
  5. 5How to use Tableau for Data Mining 1 free preview9 lectures · 50 min
  6. 6Advanced Data Mining With Tableau 1 free preview12 lectures · 1.5 hours
  7. 7--------------------------- Part 2: Modelling ---------------------------1 lecture · 4 min
  8. 8Stats Refresher 1 free preview6 lectures · 32 min
  9. 9Simple Linear Regression6 lectures · 23 min
  10. 10Multiple Linear Regression 2 free previews11 lectures · 1.5 hours

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anybody with an interest in Data Science
  • Anybody who wants to improve their data mining skills
  • Anybody who wants to improve their statistical modelling skills
  • Anybody who wants to improve their data preparation skills
  • Anybody who wants to improve their Data Science presentation skills

What you need before you start

  • Only a passion for success
  • All software used in this course is either available for Free or as a Demo version

How it compares

Against the other 461 rated Udemy courses in Data Science on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 85% of them
  • Reviews34,901#7 of 462 by number of reviews
  • Length21.2 hourslonger than 83% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 56% of them

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Overall Score : 94 / 100

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Course Description

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Data Science Awards Best Paid Course

Extremely Hands-On... Incredibly Practical... Unbelievably Real!

This is not one of those fluffy classes where everything works out just the way it should and your training is smooth sailing. This course throws you into the deep end.

In this course you WILL experience firsthand all of the PAIN a Data Scientist goes through on a daily basis. Corrupt data, anomalies, irregularities - you name it!

This course will give you a full overview of the Data Science journey. Upon completing this course you will know:

  • How to clean and prepare your data for analysis
  • How to perform basic visualisation of your data
  • How to model your data
  • How to curve-fit your data
  • And finally, how to present your findings and wow the audience
This course will give you so much practical exercises that real world will seem like a piece of cake when you graduate this class. This course has homework exercises that are so thought provoking and challenging that you will want to cry... But you won't give up! You will crush it. In this course you will develop a good understanding of the following tools:
  • SQL
  • SSIS
  • Tableau
  • Gretl

This course has pre-planned pathways. Using these pathways you can navigate the course and combine sections into YOUR OWN journey that will get you the skills that YOU need.

Or you can do the whole course and set yourself up for an incredible career in Data Science.

The choice is yours. Join the class and start learning today!

See you inside,

Sincerely,

Kirill Eremenko

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Instructor Details

Kirill Eremenko

My name is Kirill Eremenko and I am super-psyched that you are reading this!

Professionally, I come from the Data Science consulting space with experience in finance, retail, transport and other industries. I was trained by the best analytics mentors at Deloitte Australia and since starting on Udemy I have passed on my knowledge to thousands of aspiring data scientists.

From my courses you will straight away notice how I combine my real-life experience and academic background in Physics and Mathematics to deliver professional step-by-step coaching in the space of Data Science. One of the strongest sides of my teaching style is that I focus on intuitive explanations, so you can be sure that you will truly understand even the most complex topics.

To sum up, I am absolutely and utterly passionate about Data Science and I am looking forward to sharing my passion and knowledge with you!

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Reviews

4.7

34,901 ratings on Udemy

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By Horst J Kaiser on 2/9/2026

The in person (not cartoon) Is excellent Add perhaps video for public.tableau.com, doesn't match the desktop version. I didn't want to install desktop app due to trial version. Did Sandbox to not influence my machine, eventually, but Tableau updated doesn't match video. Same with gretl - Has Odds Ratio build in, in newer version. Excel in Spanish was interesting :-P Some of the Stats, I remember from 20 years back in university, perhaps have refresher course with many examples, not terms more maths. The terms were excellent but can't remember all the mathematics.

By Phil Rodríguez on 7/24/2021

The course gave me a good idea of Data Science. I think the course outlines the different components of Data Science and I can say now that I am more clear as what pathway I want to go. I would say the course is too long for someone who is not committed to stick around for long tutorials.

By Zhezhang Xu on 6/15/2020

Overall, it is a great course to warm-up in the world of data science. The course is very well structured - ETL, model, visualization and presentation. The instruction have great practical knowledge on the material. Maybe I had higher expectation of the course since it is named "A-Z", although I felt that "Applied data science" or "Practical data science foundations" would be a better suited title. In summary, good introductory course into data science. P.S I am taking A-Z Machine learning next from Krill, so hopefully it will cover the gaps!

By Wendy Kurniawan on 9/2/2019

An intensive hands-on data science course that teaches you all real-world scenario in data cleaning, mining, wrangling, visualization as well handling various errors that can be occurred during your data preparation. The instructor is definitely knowledgeable and willing to go an extra mile to show his generous understanding and experience in data science field. The hands-on exercises are extremely intensive that will bring us to the sufficient confidence level you can use for your data science career and journey. Two thumbs up for SuperDataScience team and Kirill. Keep going in providing excellent teaching courses and materials in analytics field. Thanks!

By Peter Bates on 8/2/2019

Instructor is excellent, material looks completely relevant to my current problem. the material continues to grow in technique and importance. The logistic regression section is particularly useful for my work, and provided techniques I was looking for. The extensive concentration on ETL using tricks and methods in Excel, VS, & SQL was a terrific tour of ways to add precision to the data wrangling problem. Thanks for all the help.

By Grant Ligon on 6/22/2019

Good variety of topics and example/homework problems to practice one's self. A bit slow at times and could benefit from referencing other data analysis approaches, software packages etc. to give us better understanding of overall field and programming learning to pursue afterwards.

By Anilkumar N Bhatt on 7/11/2018

Good course ! Will give you a good understanding of various components involved in data science and help you connect the dots between these components - data preparation, analysis, visualization & communication. Bonus presentation at the end will give you a quick glimpse on the value that data science can impart in real-life scenarios. Suggestion : To include more real-life examples like the bonus lecture in end. It will help to comprehend how data science can help to better real-world problems.

By Carlos Mata on 9/23/2017

Probably the best $10 I have ever spent from an educational standpoint. I feel more confident about how/what data science truly is. I really enjoyed the content and I will pursue more classes with hopes of building stronger data science skills. Diving into R or Python head first initially just made me dislike the topic since it was hard for me to grasp the concepts...I should have started with this first back in 2015.

By Tolulope Sekumade on 9/23/2017

It has been a great learning curve. I understood most things Kirill taught ( the question is do I remember them? hahaha!) Jokes apart, I honestly think he did a very good job at explaning all concepts particularly the tough mathematical/statistical contents. Well done! Kirill. I will be rewatching some of the videos again to refresh my memory. Overall it's great value for money! Thanks Kirill for sharing your knowledge.

By Christopher Nguyen Jr on 5/15/2017

An absolutely great course. I'm new to learning about Data Science and Kirill's explanation really is step-by-step and makes no assumptions about what you should know. He explains why each action is done and how it applies to the real world. By the time you finish this course, you'll really feel much more capable in analyzing data.

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