Quantitative Data Analysis: Visualization of Quantitative Data, Visualization of Quantitative Data, 2 ECTS
The get sufficient pre-knowledge, you can go throughout the "A guide to R in English (Pasi Väkeväinen, 2019) Tiedosto" available in Moodle under "Tilastolliset ohjelmistot – Statistical software" (direct link: https://learning2.uta.fi/course/view.php?id=10574§ion=2).
Goals: The course:
- Introduces participants to the R environment
- Introduces the participants to data exploration and data visualization
- Provides a recent variety of techniques and strategies to visualize quantitative data
Place: Computer classroom Pinni B0040 (Pinni B building)
Programme
5.12.2019
09.15-12.00 Introduction to R
12.00-13.00 Lunch break
13.00-16.00 Introduction to data exploration and data visualization: types of data and of databases; online databases; Visualization of multivariate data
12.12.2019
09.15-12.00 Visualization of temporal data and of spatial data; text visualization
12.00-13.00 lunch break
13.00-16.00 Real time big data applications
PLEASE NOTE: Attendance to BOTH days is required for the completion of the course.
Teacher: Paulo Canas Rodrigues
Pre-assignment: Please write a short (one A4) text stating:
1) Your name & disciplinary background
2) State your own motivation for participating on this course and what do you expect to learn.
DEADLINE for the pre-assignments to be announced.
In addition, participants will write a mini-assignment after the second meeting with a two weeks’ deadline. Maximum number of students is 24. Selection method is draw.
Enrolment period for autumn 2019 courses arranged in English language starts on 1 August 2019 in NettiOpsu system. Enrolment time ends on 31 August 2019. Hervanta campus doctoral researchers apply the right to study TAYJ modules from 1 August 2019 onwards through the service for cross-institutional studies at https://www10.uta.fi/ristiinopiskelupalvelu/?uiLang=en . The doctoral school study units can be found with code TAYJ. Enrollment is done in NettiOpsu system also in this case.