Course overview
Data is all around us, but often in forms that are messy, incomplete, or difficult to interpret. This course develops foundational skills in data wrangling and analysis, focusing on transforming real-world data into tidy, structured formats suitable for exploration and predictive modelling. Students will learn to work with diverse data types and formats, apply data transformation techniques, and build and evaluate statistical and machine learning models. The course builds both technical proficiency and critical thinking to support data-informed decision making.
- Introduction to Taming Messy Data in R
- Transformation and Continuous Predictive Modelling
- Classification and Discrete Predictive Modelling
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the principles of data taming and approaches used to tidy data
- Compare and critically evaluate the performance of predictive models using appropriate validation techniques and model metrics.
- Select from data analysis and visualisation techniques to create a predictive model and make predictions from it
- Execute techniques to transform, reduce and summarise data in order to visualise it
- Communicate professionally on the application of predictive models through the use of real-world case studies
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 27908
Section FR01
Size 100
Available 98
Class number 27909
Section PR01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27910
Section PR02
Size 20
Available 19
Class number 27911
Section PR03
Size 20
Available 19
Class number 27912
Section PR04
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 27913
Section PR05
Size 20
Available 20
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 27914
Section FR01
Size 175
Available 149
Class number 27915
Section PR01
Size 25
Available 22
Class number 27916
Section PR02
Size 25
Available 24
Class number 27917
Section PR03
Size 25
Available 8
Class number 27918
Section PR04
Size 25
Available 24
Class number 27919
Section PR05
Size 25
Available 22
Class number 27920
Section PR06
Size 25
Available 24
Class number 27921
Section PR07
Size 25
Available 25
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 57746
Section FR01
Size 100
Available 97
Class number 57747
Section PR01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 57748
Section PR02
Size 20
Available 18
Class number 57749
Section PR03
Size 20
Available 19
Class number 57750
Section PR04
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 57751
Section PR05
Size 20
Available 20
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 57752
Section FR01
Size 175
Available 165
Class number 57753
Section PR01
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 57754
Section PR02
Size 25
Available 22
Class number 57755
Section PR03
Size 25
Available 19
Class number 57756
Section PR04
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 57757
Section PR05
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 57758
Section PR06
Size 25
Available 25
Class number 57759
Section PR07
Size 25
Available 24
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