MATHS 7107 - Data Taming
| Career: | Postgraduate Coursework |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Term: | Trimester 3 |
| Campus: | North Terrace |
| Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
| Restriction: | Not available to students in the MMaSc |
| Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | No |
| Available for Non-Award Study: | No |
| Assessment: | Ongoing assessment |
| Syllabus: |
This course is a practical introduction to the practice of wrangling, finding relationships in, and making predictions from, messy datasets using statistical methods. The course introduces the principles of tidy data, types of data and data formats, exploratory data analysis, data transformation, as well as model fitting and prediction using statistical machine learning tools. A focus will be to introduce R programming for data science applications, particularly through real-world case studies. |
Course Fees
Study Abroad student tuition fees are available here
Only some Postgraduate Coursework programs are available as Commonwealth Supported. Please check your program for specific fee information.
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Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
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Critical Dates
| Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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| Trimester 3 | Mon 22/09/2025 | Wed 24/09/2025 | Fri 31/10/2025 | Wed 26/11/2025 |
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Class Details
| Enrolment Class: Seminar | |||||||
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| Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
| 36041 | SE01 | 150 | 120 | 9 Sep - 25 Nov | Tuesday | 3pm - 4pm | Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre |
| Related Class: Assessment | |||||||
| Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
| 36003 | AS03 | 40 | 34 | 3 Nov - 3 Nov | Monday | 9am - 11am | Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite |
| 36004 | AS02 | 40 | 31 | 3 Nov - 3 Nov | Monday | 9am - 11am | Engineering & Mathematics, EM108, CAT Suite |
| 36005 | AS01 | 40 | 25 | 3 Nov - 3 Nov | Monday | 9am - 11am | Engineering & Mathematics, EMG13, Computer Suite |
| Related Class: Practical | |||||||
| Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
| 36040 | PR01 | 35 | 33 | 11 Sep - 20 Nov | Thursday | 3pm - 4pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
| 36084 | PR02 | 35 | 35 | 11 Sep - 27 Nov | Thursday | 4pm - 5pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
| 36126 | PR05 | 35 | 30 | 10 Sep - 26 Nov | Wednesday | 10am - 11am | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
| 36127 | PR04 | 35 | 30 | 12 Sep - 28 Nov | Friday | 3pm - 4pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
| 36128 | PR03 | 35 | 17 | 10 Sep - 26 Nov | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
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