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Syllabus Data Analysis with R - 52414
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Last update 27-03-2020
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Statistics

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Or Zuk

Coordinator Email: or.zuk@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Wednesday 16-17

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Or Zuk
Mr.

Course/Module description:
The course teaches principles of data analysis and computation-based statistical inference, with a secondary goal of teaching the R statistical computing language.

Students will learn visualization, data wrangling, sampling / simulation of probability models, and computer-based inference.

Course/Module aims:
The goals of the course:
1. Introduce and practice principles of data-analysis and statistical computing.
2. Develop independence of the students as data analysts and R users.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Prepare, summarize and present data files in the R environment to answer research questions
- Study probabilistic models using simulations in R
- Use computer experiments to evaluate statistical methods.

Attendance requirements(%):
0

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: The course comprises of lectures, individual exercises, Labs, and a final project.

Course/Module Content:
1.Introduction to interactive and reproducible research with R-markdown and github
2. Data manipulation
3. Table manipulation
4. Summaries and visuals for a single file
5. GGplot environment and Data-viz principles
6. The regression line and transformations
7. Files and strings
8. Sampling in R
9. Monte carlo (complex probability models)
10. Computer-assisted Inference

Required Reading:
None

Additional Reading Material:
Can be used as reference:
http://www.john-ros.com/Rcourse/

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 35 %
Assignments 50 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 15 %
weekly exercises (magen)

Additional information:
The final project will be given in the two weeks period between 25.6 to 9.7. Please make sure to keep free dates during this period.
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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