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Data Tells a Story: Reading Data in the Social Sciences and Humanities
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- Introductive Level
- Starts on 2 июля 2017
- Ends on 23 июля 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
None.
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
L'université de Loughborough (en anglais : Loughborough University) est un campus situé dans le bourg de Loughborough, au Leicestershire, dans l'est des Midlands en Angleterre.
Platform
FutureLearn est une plate-forme d'apprentissage proposant des formations en ligne ouvertes à tous (MOOC)
Fondée en Décembre 2012, la société est entièrement détenue par l'Open University à Milton Keynes, en Angleterre.
Elle est la 1ère plateforme offrant des MOOC au Royaume-Uni, avec à son actif plus d'une cinquantaine d'universités partenaires provenant du Royaume Uni mais aussi du reste du monde.
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