Module Guide

Module Title Statistics

Module Code: B9DA101
Programme: MSc in Data Analytics
Academic Year: 2020-21
Delivery Mode Hybrid/FT
FT/PT:
Lecturer Name(s): Dr Shahram Azizi Email: Shahram.azizisazi@dbs.ie

Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, learners will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate tools and methodologies to select, explore, summarize, interpret and
visualize data

2. Offer a critical analysis of a problem domain and select and propose appropriate statistical and
probabilistic techniques to analyse and gain insight from a given dataset

3.
Create strong analytical predictive models.

4. Develop practical skills in data modelling technologies.

5. Present a statistical learning of a problem domain with a critical evaluation of the tools and
techniques applied and the value of the insights derived based on identified measures

Learning Activities:
Each week will consist of a number of different activities:

1. Introduction to concepts and theory using slides/ OneNote recorded in Panopto and
live zoom lecturing.
2. Implementation of theory using hands on examples in R
3. Q and A
4. Tutorials

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 Teaching Plan:

Week LO TOPIC RESOURCES/REFERENCES ACTIVITIES

1. 1,5 PowerPoint Slides Presentations
Descriptive analytics, data Lecture notes in OneNote Implementatio
visualization using statistical Examples n in software
Recording files Real world
methods, data cleaning and Referred books data analytics
outlier detection,… examples

2. 2, 3,5 ‘’
Discrete models: Bernoulli, ‘’
Binomial, Poisson
3. 2, 3,5 Discrete models: Geometric,
Hypergeometric,
Multinomal,…

4. 2, Continuous models: uniform, ‘’ ‘’

3,5 Exponential, Gamma
5. 2, 3,5 Continuous models: Beta, ‘’ ‘’
Gaussian, Student-t, F,…
6. 2, 3,5 ‘’ ‘’
Generalized linear models
Linear models: simple linear
regression, multiple linear
regression, …

7. 3,4,5 ‘’ ‘’
Generalized linear models
Non-linear models: logistic
regression, Poisson regression, …

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 8. 3,4,5 Tutorials and real world examples ‘’ ‘’
on GLM

9. 2,4,5 Bayesian analysis: Theory and ‘’ ‘’

fundamental concepts
10. 3,4,5 Naïve Bayes classifier ‘’ ‘’
11. 3,4,5 Analysis real world dataset using ‘’ ‘’
Bayesian framework
12. Exam revision ‘’ ‘’

Assessment*:

Method of Assessment Percentage Learning Date of

Weighting Outcome Being Submission
Assessed

*See Moodle Assessment link for assessment details

Overview of Assessment:

CA1:

Assessment Title CA 1
& Description:
Task: Statistical learning of real world dataset
MIMLOs being 1,2,4,5
assessed:
Individual/ Group
Group:
Assessment Please see Moodle page
Weighting:
Issue Date: Please see Moodle page

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Submission Date: Please see Moodle page
(All assignments
must be submitted
through Moodle)
Feedback Date:

CA2:

Assessment Title CA2

& Description:
Task: Practical examples of Statistical analytics using R
MIMLOs being 2,3,5
assessed:
Individual/ Individual
Group:
Assessment Please see Moodle page
Weighting:
Issue Date: Please see Moodle page
Submission Date: Please see Moodle page
(All assignments
must be submitted
through Moodle)
Feedback Date:

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