Data Taming and Prediction

Postgraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
MATH 6010
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Course ID
201624
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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No
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University-wide elective course
No
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

In this course, students develop skills for taming real-world data into usable forms, and then apply this cleaned data in predictive models. Students will gain skills in 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. This course broadens the tools students will have experience with and helps to develop critical thinking skills and problem solving.

Prerequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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