MATHS 1006 - Data Taming & Prediction
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2025
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code MATHS 1006 Course Data Taming & Prediction Coordinating Unit Mathematical Sciences Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Incompatible APP DATA 2015 Assessment Ongoing assessment Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Tayla Broadbridge
Lecturer: Tayla BroadbridgeCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Describe the principles of data taming and approaches used to tidy data.
2. Identify the different types of data and data variables.
3. Select from data analysis and visualisation techniques to create a linear model and make predictions from it.
4. Execute techniques to transform, reduce and summarise data in order to visualise it.
5. Articulate the ideas that data scientists consider when looking at data.
6. Communicate professionally on the application of linear models through the use of real-world case studies.University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
All required resources will be provided through MyUni. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course uses a flipped classroom approach -- there will be prescribed material to consume in preparation for a weekly active learning session, as well as tutorials and computer labs.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
TOTAL 156 Activity Quantity Workload hours Weekly preparation 12 weeks 36 Workshops 12 12 Practicals 12 24 Quizzes 12 12 Assignments 5 50 Final report 1 22 Learning Activities Summary
Schedule Week 1 Intro to R and data frames Week 2 Cleaning data and text manipulation Week 3 Reproducible research and Rmarkdown Week 4 Summarising data and interpreting plots Week 5 Transforming data Week 6 Linear regression Week 7 Multiple regression Week 8 Classification and cross-validation Week 9 Predicting with curved lines/classification Week 10 Predicting with fancy lines Week 11 Case Study Week 12 Revision and final report -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Task Weighting Learning Outcomes Assignments 25% (5% each) 1-6 Quizzes 10% 1-5 Final Report 40% 1-6 Mid-semester test 20% 1-6 Participation 5% 1-6 Assessment Detail
Assessment Task Due Weighting Learning Outcome Assignment 1 Fri, week 2
5% 1, 2 Assignment 2 Fri, week 4 5% All Assignment 3 Fri, week 6 5% All Assignment 4 Fri, week 8 5% All Assignment 5 Fri, week 10 5% All Weekly quizzes Monday of each week (excl wk1) 10% total All Mid-semester test Week 10 20% All Final report End of SWOT 40% All Submission
All submissions will be via electronic submission on MyUni. Any written assignments will be tested for plagiarism through Turnitin.
Assignments will have a two week turn-around time for feedback to students.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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