Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization
Master's programme(s):
Course code(s):
DSC06
Instructors:
Course type:
Elective
Semester:
2
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data
- Understand and use the plotting systems in Python and/or R
- Understand basic principles of constructing data graphics
- Understand and use common multivariate statistical techniques to visualize high-dimensional data
General competences:
- Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
- Teamwork
- Promotion of free, creative, and inductive thinking
Syllabus:
- Fundamentals of data visualization
- Constructing data graphics
- Analytic graphics
- Visualizing high dimensional data
- Statistical methods for exploratory analysis
- Essential exploratory techniques for summarizing data
- Dimensionality Reduction
- Perception of discrete and continuous variables
- Dynamic graphics
- Model visualization
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