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MAT 115 - Introduction to Data Science

Description
The course introduces students to the foundations of data science. The examined topics include getting, wrangling, exploring, displaying and drawing conclusions from the data. Data ethics issues are also addressed. Data sets and examples are drawn from a wide variety of fields. The statistical program R is extensively used in this course to carry out all aspects of work with data. Same as DSC 115 .
Prerequisite
MAT 109  OR MAT 110  OR MAT 111  OR CPS 111 

Credits: 1

Course Attribute(s):
Major: Data Science


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