Academic Catalog

STAT112 INTRODUCTION TO DATA PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION

Course Code: 2460112
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(3-2)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Statistics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Basic definitions and managing different types of data. Introduction to manipulation (indexing, subsetting, reshaping, transforming etc.), visualization, mapping and analysis of data. Dealing with common problems like missing or inconsistent values in datasets. Use of related R and/or Python programming packages. Merging multiple data tables (equivalent to an SQL JOIN)