HD 2930

Introduction to Data Science for Social Scientists

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Intro to Data Science for Social Scientists using R.

Distribution Requirements (OPHLS-AG, SBA-AG), (SBA-HE)

Exploratory Studies (CU-UGR)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2023SP, 2021FA

Learning Outcomes REF-FA25

• Import data from various sources (existing datasets, web-scraping).
• Use principles of tidy data management (transposing, data types, formatting).
• Manipulate data to extract needed information.
• Visualize quantitative data using a large variety of design principles.
• Run simple classifiers on data for predictive purposes.

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