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ChatGPT has taken the world by storm because it’s easy to use and can provide detailed answers with a few words. As a tool, it’s something that we learners should not miss. Especially for data science learners, it can become a personalized tutor leading to much better learning of data science concepts.

Using the ChatGPT tool, we can set them as personalized tutors to help us learn data science concepts. How do we do that? Let’s explore them further.

Prerequisite

In this article, you should already have an account for ChatGPT. In this article, I also assume that we work with the free version of ChatGPT instead of Plus. However, whatever is written in this article could apply using the plus version. With that in mind, let’s continue our learning.

ChatGPT as Personalized Tutor

ChatGPT works by using the prompt we provide, and the tool provides the answer based on the prompt. What is good about ChatGPT is the coherence between the previous prompt and the follow-up, creating a system for questioning and answering. This way, we utilize the ChatGPT as a personalized tutor to keep asking questions until we learn the concepts.

Let’s start using ChatGPT. For the prompt, we can state our purpose and level of data science knowledge.

With the prompt above, we establish the ChatGPT as a personal tutor to teach beginners in data science. Let’s see the answers. 

From a simple prompt, the ChatGPT has provided the recommendation topics. It’s a great start, but we can always ask for more detail regarding the learning agenda. Let’s have a follow-up prompt to ask for proper guidelines.

The above prompt can also elaborate further with the timeline if you want a more detailed study plan. Let’s see the result from the prompt.
 

The ChatGPT now gives you a structured topic of data science concept you could start your study on. It also starts with a topic we should learn before going on to the next topic. Let’s get into more detail by using the follow-up prompt. Select the topic you want to know more about in detail.

In the prompt above, we want to learn more about statistics and probability. Let’s see the result then,
 

The result shows a more clear basic concept of statistics and probability. We can learn the concept in more detail with the terms we should know and explore. We can always dig deeper to understand the data science concept even further with the follow-up prompt.

In this case, I ask for more explanation of the Variables. Here is the result.
 

Each follow-up prompt you do will give a detailed explanation of the topic you want. So, keep asking the ChatGPT for more detail and provide a prompt to elaborate things further. 

You can also ask for learning materials from the ChatGPT regarding the specific topic.

For example, we ask learning materials for the variables topic.

The ChatGPT then gives the probable place to acquire the learning material. If you are using GPT-4, the answers could become more detailed. But, for now, it’s enough to act as a tutor for learning the data science concept.

Conclusion

ChatGPT is a text-generative AI tool that can give detailed answers to the given prompt. It’s a tool that is perfect for learners who want to learn data science concepts. With simple prompt and a following-up prompt, ChatGPT can act as a personal tutor to learn the data science.
 
 
Cornellius Yudha Wijaya is a data science assistant manager and data writer. While working full-time at Allianz Indonesia, he loves to share Python and Data tips via social media and writing media.