- Docente: Elena Morotti
- Credits: 4
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International Relations (cod. 9084)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International Relations (cod. 9084)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Politics Administration and Organization (cod. 9085)
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from Sep 23, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022
Learning outcomes
Workshops are designed to provide students with transversal and multidisciplinary skills that can prove useful in their future careers. At the end of the course, students have basic knowledge about Data Mining and have experienced a programming language to write simple data analysis programs.
Course contents
This workshop presents students a wide overview of the Data Science discipline. It focuses on techniques for statistical exploration of structured data sets and on routines for informative data visualization.
More in details, the course contents are:
- Introduction to Data Mining;
- Introduction to programming in R;
- Presentation of Exploratory Data Analysis tools and Data Viz routines for Big Data;
- Implementation of R scripts.
Topics will be introduced theoretically but also tested in R-based softwares during the laboratory hours.
ATTENTION:
- the class attendance is mandatory;
- attending this module allows you to attend "B0267 - WORKSHOP ON SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - DATA SCIENCE (ADVANCED) (A)" if you desire to learn more about Data Science.
Readings/Bibliography
Slides by the teacher.
ROBERT, I., et al. "R in action: data analysis and graphics with R". 2011.
HUFF, Darrell. "How to lie with statistics". WW Norton & Company, 1993.
Teaching methods
Lectures and Laboratory lessons.
It is necessary to previously attend the online courses on health and safety for students of University of Bologna, "module 1" and "module 2", available at https://elearning-sicurezza.unibo.it/?lang=en
Assessment methods
Evaluation of a final project.
Teaching tools
Slides by the teacher
Office hours
See the website of Elena Morotti