- Docente: Anna Vesely
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 8873)
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from Apr 15, 2024 to May 22, 2024
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to use appropriate softwares to organize data and perform routine statistical procedures.
Course contents
Introduction and proper use of the R environment to analyze data and report statistical results:
- Software R and RStudio GUI;
- Basic functions and operators in R;
- Types of data, objects, logical operators;
- Vectors, vectorial functions; matrices, arrays, dataframes;
- Dataset import/export;
- Descriptive statistics for continuous and categorical variables;
- Visualizing data and summaries.
Readings/Bibliography
Materials on the use of R Software will be provided by the teacher, in particular both slides (.pdf format) and R codes/scripts.
Teaching methods
Laboratory lectures.
Given the type of teaching activity, attending this course requires students to have preemptively undergone Module 1 and 2 about security when in rooms and laboratories for studying, through the e-learning platform https://elearning-sicurezza.unibo.it/.
Assessment methods
Statistical report on a dataset - collective works are accepted - together with the script used to analyze the data presented in the report. The report will be discussed during the oral exam.
Teaching tools
Scripts and datasets used during lectures will be made available on the course page on Virtuale, https://virtuale.unibo.it/.
Office hours
See the website of Anna Vesely