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Statistics and Data Science Minor

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The minor in Statistics and Data Science will give students experience manipulating, summarizing and visualizing data and applying statistical and machine learning methods. Students are exposed to the principles of and tools for conducting reproducible data analysis and are taught to think critically about relevant ethical issues (e.g., data privacy, misrepresentation of findings). 

SDS X36 SDS 336  Practical Machine Learning  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to machine learning for data science with an emphasis on Python programming. Explore comparing algorithm performance; decision-tree algorithms; classification algorithms; model averaging; unsupervised learning; and neural networks. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Statistics and Data Sciences 334 with a grade of at least C-; and registration for or a grade of at least C- in Computer Science 327E.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division