PGB119 Seminar on educational research: Data analysis and visualization in education

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jiří Zounek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Libor Juhaňák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 8:00–9:40 B2.33, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/15, only registered: 2/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire skills related to exploratory data analysis and data visualization. During this course, students will gain a basic insight into different kinds of data analysis. Students will be able to analyze different types of data using appropriate analytical methods and they will be able to describe analyzed data and their structure. Using appropriate visualisation techniques, students will be able to present analyzed data in a clear and comprehensible manner.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
- Realize an exploratory data analysis and write a data analysis report.
- Use several analytical software tools to perform an appropriate data analysis.
- Use different kinds of visualisation techniques to create effective visualizations of data.
Syllabus
  • The course is divided into three main thematic parts:
  • 1) An introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA).
  • 2) The issue of visual representation and visualization of different types of data.
  • 3) Selected analytical methods for specific types of data.
Literature
  • Wickham, H. (2016). ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-24275-0.
  • Wickham, H., Grolemund, G. (2016). R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-1-491-91039-9.
  • Tukey, J. W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-07616-0.
Teaching methods
Direct instruction, workshop, independent study, project and collaborative methods.
Assessment methods
Students deal with practical assignments in an online support of the course. They need to gain required number of points in the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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