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At the end of the course students should be able to use R to:
- Load in and manipulate data sets of any size and structure
- Find help and use functions which they have not met before
- Create professional quality graphical summaries of data
- Perform simple statistical analyses
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 72 |
Online Learning | 24 |
Total | 120 |
Students must have had previous experience of using computers, including web searching and creating spreadsheets.
Learning Recommendations:Some familiarity with Microsoft Office (or equivalent), programming concepts such as loops and functions.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: Coursework project | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: Computer Laboratories | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Multiple choice assessments | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Professor Brendan Murphy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
John O'Sullivan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |