Doel vak

The main task of a data scientist is to extract relevant information
from data. Statistical knowledge together with a data manipulation and
statistical software play a key role in data analysis. This course
provides an introduction to the software R and to some data
visualization and data modeling techniques.
In this course, participants will:
(1) Become familiar with some basic concepts of data visualization and
modeling.
(2) Learn the data analysis software R.

Inhoud vak

The course will present basic concepts of data analysis such as
summarizing and visualizing data. The course will also discuss some data
modeling methods. These concepts and methods will be applied using the
software R. In particular, the course will cover how to handle real
datasets, visualize data and implement some basic modeling techniques
with R.

Onderwijsvorm

Lectures and tutorials

Toetsvorm

Assignment and written exam.