Course: Practice in Data Analysis

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Course title Practice in Data Analysis
Course code ZOO/KPAND
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Remeš Vladimír, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Harmáčková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
It should result in the ability to process own data with the help of common exploratory methods on PC, understand the results of data exploration, and prepare them for graphical presentation (talk, diploma thesis etc). We will focus on the understanding of the logic of the method and its practical mastering, not on theory of data analysis. Excercises will be done in freely available statistical programme R, which will strongly increase practical utility of the skills obtained. This programme is currently lingua franca of biological sciences and thus students will be able to use their skills at any lab they will come to later in their career.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Ability to process own data with the help of common statistical methods on PC
After attending the course, students will be able to: - Process own data using the R environment on PC - Explore own data using tabulation and graphics - Prepare data for presentations - Process data for the purpose of diploma thesis
Prerequisites
Mastery of PC and acquaitance with basic approaches in data processing.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Students will get the credit by exploration and interpretation of a dataset presented by the lecturer.
Recommended literature
  • Materiály k jazyku R.
  • Adler, J. (2012). R in a nutshell. Sebastopol, Calif: O'Reilly.
  • Crawley, M. J. (2013). The R book. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Pekár, S., & Brabec, M. (2009). Moderní analýza biologických dat. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2020. ISBN 978-80-210-9622-6.. Praha: Scientia.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology and Ecology (2020) Category: Biology courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter