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Area/Catalogue
INFS 3076

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Course ID
164341

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s
First Semester
(Study Period 2)
Course owner

Course owner
UniSA STEM

Course aim

To enable students to perform, on large data sets,  data exploration, visualisation, and preliminary analysis using predictive modelling techniques.

Course content

Data exploration, visualisation and preliminary analysis: advanced exploratory data analysts; data visualisation; data quality verification; missing data analysis; data manipulation and cleaning.

Predictive modelling: logistic regression and generalised linear models; decision trees; random forests; generalised boosted models; naive Bayes classifiers and other techniques.

Textbook(s)

Tan, P; Steinbach, M; Kumar, V 2013, Introduction to Data Mining: Pearson New International Edition, Pearson

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
COMP 2032 Data Analytics using R

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical 1 hour x 12 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical 1 hour x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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