STAT 386

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Data Science Process

Statistics College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Course Description

Principles of data science; web scraping; data wrangling; exploratory data analysis; data visualization; ethics; version control; data communication.

When Taught

Fall and Winter

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Data Wrangling

Learning Outcome

Preparing messy data sets for exploratory data analysis, predictive modeling, and data visualization

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Learn Software

Learning Outcome

Use data science software (Python) to perform data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, to create data visualizations, etc.

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Ethic

Learning Outcome

Discuss ethical and legal implications surrounding privacy, data sharing, web scraping, and algorithmic decision making.

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Version Control

Learning Outcome

Use version control tools, such as Git and GitHub, for organizing, sharing, and managing data science projects.

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Communication

Learning Outcome

Communicate details of a data science project using various tools including GitHub, LaTeX, and Sphinx