Introduction to Data Science

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Through lectures, computer laboratories, homework assignments, and a final project, students will learn practical techniques and tools to produce sound and reproducible answers to scientific questions and communicate results with others. Course emphasizes version control, project management, data manipulation and visualization, code review, and collaborative programming. Software tools include Bash, Git, Markdown, Makefile, R, and R Markdown.

Instructor: Daijiang Li

Email: dli30@lsu.edu

Class time: Tu/Th 9:00 - 10:20 AM

Classroom: 206 Tureaud Hall

Office hours: Tuesday 12-1pm in LSB 125 or by appointment