Course overview
Students will develop practical skills in data analysis, visualization, and critical thinking, engaging with case studies from everyday life and software. Focusing on data through reflections on how data is collected, interpreted, and communicated, the course builds confidence in using diverse forms of data and knowledge and a range of analytical tools to make informed decisions.
- Finding Data
- Understanding Data
- Communicating Data
Course learning outcomes
- Evaluate the credibility and reliability of data sources in real world contexts.
- Apply basic statistical and mathematical concepts to interpret and critically evaluate data stories
- Construct evidence-based arguments, using data, for conclusions of practical importance, showing understanding of when to change your mind or adjust conclusions
- Create and critique data visualisation for effective communication, using verbal, visual, and/or numerical modes of presentation
- Identify how personal assumptions, values, and biases influence data interpretation
- Display awareness of, and sensitivity to, complexities around data sources and collection
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 51840
Section CC17
Size 30
Available 0
Notes:
Class number 51841
Section CC16
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51842
Section CC15
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51843
Section CC14
Size 90
Available 20
Class number 51844
Section CC13
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51846
Section CC11
Size 60
Available 0
Notes:
Class number 51847
Section CC10
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51848
Section CC09
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51849
Section CC08
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51850
Section CC07
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51851
Section CC06
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51852
Section CC05
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51853
Section CC04
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 51854
Section CC03
Size 90
Available 20
Class number 51855
Section CC02
Size 30
Available 4
Class number 51856
Section CC01
Size 30
Available 0
Online
Group 1
Class number 60853
Section CC05
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 60854
Section CC04
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 60855
Section CC03
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 60856
Section CC02
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 60857
Section CC01
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 61265
Section CC06
Size 30
Available 0
Class number 61337
Section CC07
Size 30
Available 25
Adelaide City Campus West
Group 1
Class number 51793
Section CC11
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51798
Section CC06
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51799
Section CC05
Size 30
Available 1
Class number 51801
Section CC03
Size 30
Available 0
Mawson Lakes
Group 1
Class number 60492
Section CC05
Size 30
Available 4
Class number 60496
Section CC01
Size 30
Available 2
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