2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

DSCI 624 - Data Visualization


Credits: 3
This course is intended for students with introductory experience in SQL, R, and Excel. In this course students will learn how to connect SQL Server to tools like Excel and R and how to leverage the database engine to manipulate large amounts of data for data analysis tasks. Students will learn how to create analytical plots in Excel and R and how to follow best practices for creating report-quality graphs and presentations. Students will learn how to use tools like R Notebooks so that their analysis follows the reproducible research paradigm. Finally, students will learn to create simple web applications in R Shiny to build reporting and analytics dashboards. This course will be project based. By the end of the class, the students will have a portfolio of analytical work completed inside and outside of class.
Note: This course is for graduate students only.

Related Courses: DSCI-324