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Data Tells a Story: Reading Data in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 2 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on July 2, 2017
- Ends on July 23, 2017
Course details
Syllabus
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Collect data relevant to questions in several different areas.
- Assess the quality of data collected for answering a question.
- Explore what data has to tell you through visualisation tools.
- Summarise data using basic numerical summaries.
- Compare two datasets in a meaningful way.
Who is the course for?
This course is open to anyone with a primary level education in maths and good critical thinking skills. It is suitable if you are:
- Starting or considering a course in arts, humanities, social sciences or sport
- In a career where data analysis is becoming relevant
- Curious about applications of data to a wide range of disciplines
- Interested in learning about and experimenting with how data can be collected and studied to help answer questions
Prerequisite
Instructors
Eugenie Hunsicker
I am a senior lecturer in Mathematics at Loughborough University. I am interested in data science, and in particular, with applications of geometry and topology to the analysis of new data types.
Mary Lorimer
I studied Mathematics & its Applications before working in the coal industry as an Operational Research Scientist, then teaching in Further Education . I now teach statistics & maths to undergraduates
Editor
Loughborough University is a campus located in the borough of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the east of the Midlands in England.
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.