PBSNPB82 Data analysis and visualization in education

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021

The course is not taught in Autumn 2021

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Novotný, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire skills related to exploratory data analysis and data visualization. During this course, students will gain a basic insight into different kinds of data analysis. Students will be able to analyze different types of data using appropriate analytical methods and they will be able to describe analyzed data and their structure. Using appropriate visualisation techniques, students will be able to present analyzed data in a clear and comprehensible manner.
Syllabus
  • The course is divided into three main thematic parts:
  • 1) An introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA).
  • 2) The issue of visual representation and visualization of different types of data.
  • 3) Selected analytical methods for specific types of data.
Literature
  • Wickham, H. (2016). ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-24275-0.
  • Wickham, H., Grolemund, G. (2016). R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-491-91039-9.
  • Tukey, J. W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-07616-0.
Teaching methods
Direct instruction, workshop, independent study, project and collaborative methods.
Assessment methods
Students deal with practical assignments in an online support of the course. They need to gain required number of points in the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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