Data Science Series
Each course will include asynchronous lectures and quizzes and will be taught in either R or Python. The series has been designed by Dr. Rebecca Barter and will grow to include additional modules, so check back again soon!
Introduction to R
This course introduces the R programming language and is designed for beginners who are new to R and coding. Specific topics covered include using RStudio and writing documents with with Quarto along with basic coding principles, defining variables, vectors, and data frames, pipes, data manipulation with DDPLYR, and data visualization with GGPLOT2.
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Data Cleaning with R
This course provides an opportunity to practice your R skills by cleaning a real world dataset, while learning best practices for conducting reproducible data cleaning. Specific topics covered include identifying and addressing missing values, handling data quality issues, and transforming raw data into a clean and structured format ready for analysis.
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Intro to Python for Data Analysis
This course introduces the Python programming language, with a focus on using Python for data analysis, and is designed for beginners who are new to Python and coding. Specific topics covered include using VS Code and working with Jupyter notebooks along with basic coding principles, defining variables, loading libraries, working with Pandas DataFrames, and visualizing data using the seaborn library.
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Additional Courses Coming Soon!
We will be expanding our offering of course to include
- Introduction to Python for Data Analysis
- How to use Git and GitHub
- Databases and SQL
Questions? Contact data-science-hub@utah.edu!