1. Understand the basics of data science and how it can be applied to social science research. 2. Develop proficiency in using statistical software for data analysis. 3. Learn how to collect, clean, and organize data for analysis. 4. Understand different data visualization techniques and how to communicate data findings effectively. 5. Apply data science techniques to real-world social science problems and research questions.

Wickham, H., & Grolemund, G. (2017). R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data. O’Reilly Media, Inc.

Provost, F., & Fawcett, T. (2013). Data Science for Social Good: What You Need to Know about Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking. O’Reilly Media, Inc.

McKinney, W. (2017). Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython. O’Reilly Media, Inc.

Healy, K. (2018). Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction. Princeton University Press.

Hastie, T., Tibshirani, R., & Friedman, J. (2009). The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction. Springer

Attendance is crucial for success in this course, and students are expected to attend at least 70% of lectures and seminar sessions. This will allow them to stay up-to-date with the course content and participate in discussions and group activities.

In addition to attending lectures and seminars, students will be required to complete a data analysis and visualization project, which will be presented as an oral seminar presentation. This project will allow students to apply the data science skills they have learned to a real-world social science research problem.

To successfully complete the course, students must accumulate at least 35% of their grade through class activities, including written and presented and seminar project. This will ensure that students are regularly engaging with the course content and actively working towards mastering the skills and concepts covered in the course.

Class activities: Midterm exam (written), seminar presentation (written and oral) and final exam (oral)

Final course grade is based on 100 points earned through student’s continuous involvement in class activities:

Fair (2) – 50 to 64 points

Good (3) – 65 to 79 points

Very good (4) – 80 to 89 points

Excellent (5) – 90 to 100 points

Earning credits:

Class activities contribute to 70% of the grade:

Midterm exam – maximum 40 points

Seminar – maximum 20 points

Seminar presentation – maximum 10 points

Final exam contributes to 30% of the grade:

Final exam – maximum of 30 points