Data Analytics with R (2225.YR.002016.1)
General information
Type: |
OPT |
Curs: |
1 |
Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
3 ECTS |
Teaching Staff:
Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
Year 1 |
Ruben Coca Marin |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
ENG |
Prerequisites
Laptop computer with Windows, MacOS or Linux installed.
Previous Knowledge
Basics of R programming
Workload distribution
R Test
Concept test
Deliverable exercises.
Final business case presentation.
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
R is one of the leading softwares for Data Science worldwide. It is widely used in big companies and institutions, such as McKinsey&Company, Pfizer and others.
Learning R is fundamental to understand better what is data science and to learn how to put analytics and artificial intelligence at work.
Course Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is to introduce relevant concepts of R and data analysis, focusing in particular on the interpretation and validity of the results that are obtained. At the end of the course, students should:
1) Understand the very basics of statistics applied to business and decision-making
2) Be familiar with R, and be able to make statistical analysis and basic modelling (hypothesis tests, regression models, etc.)
CONTENT
1. Basics of data analysis Cleaning and manipulating data. Data visualization to get insigths. |
2. Basics of machine Learning Solving regression and classification problems using the Tidymodels framework. Clustering methods. |
3. Business case From business data, analyze it in order to obtain recommendations. |
Methodology
The course format and methodological approach are based on a combination of explanations and practical parts. During the sessions participants will be provided with the material needed to follow this course. The material includes both the theoretical content of the different subjects to be discussed and the data needed to practice the concepts learned.
Participants will be with provided with real datasets for practices and will work in groups to solve different challenges by applying quantitative methods.
Assessment criteria
The assessment will depend 100% on class attendance.
Students will be evaluated individually (class participation, R knowledge and data analytics concepts) and in group (analysis of a business case and final presentation of the results)
Bibliography
David Spiegelhalter (2019) The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data.
de Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani (2013) An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R
R4DS: https://r4ds.had.co.nz/
Max Kuhn and Kjell Johnson, Feature Engineering and Selection: A Practical Approach for Predictive Models. Chapman and Hall/CRC http://www.feat.engineering/index.html
Max Kuhn and Julia Silge, Tidy Modeling with R https://www.tmwr.org/
Mastering Shiny: https://mastering-shiny.org/index.html
Timetable and sections
Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Year 1 |
Ruben Coca Marin |
Operaciones, Innovación y Data Sciences |
Timetable Year 1
From 2023/1/20 to 2023/3/17:
Each Friday from 14:15 to 15:45.
Each Friday from 16:00 to 17:30.