STAT 8416 INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE (3 credits)
In this course, students will develop the fundamental data science skills by working through the entire data analysis cycle - from collecting and cleaning structured and unstructured data to extracting insights and communicating them to diverse audiences. The course will start with techniques for gathering, exploring, visualizing, and analyzing data with programming language, then cover essential big data management tools and platforms such as SQL, Hadoop, and MapReduce. Finally, students will complete a project and present the results. (Cross-listed with STAT 4410).
Prerequisite(s): MATH 4740 with a C- or better or concurrent; or STAT 3800 with a C- or better or concurrent; or permission of instructor. Students should be comfortable with computer programming & have knowledge of data structures & preliminary statistical methods.