University of Engineering & Technology Mardan
Department of Computer Software Engineering
Course Code and SE-417 Introduction to Data Analytics
Title:
Credit Hours: 2
Pre Requisite: Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Programming
Instructor: Dr. Syed Zafar Ali Shah
Email zafar@[Link]
Course Schedule: Lecture: 2 hours/week
Office hours: 2 hours/week
Course Assessment: Assignments: 4
Quizzes: 4
Exams: Mid-Term and Final
Grading Policy: F: X<50, D: 50<=X<55, D+: 55<=X<60, C-: 60<=X<65, C: 65<=X<70, C+:
70<=X<75, B-: 75<=X<80, B: 80<=X<85, B+: 85<=X<90, A-: 90<=X<95, A:
95<=X<100
Marks Distribution: Quizzes: 15%= 15 marks
Assignments: 10%=10 marks
Mid-Term 25%=25 marks
Exam:
Final Exam: 50%=50 marks
Reference - “Data Science for Business” by Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett
Book(s)/Resources: - “Practical Statistics for Data Scientists” by Peter Bruce and Andrew
Bruce
- “Python for Data Analysis” by Wes McKinney
- “Storytelling with Data” by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
- “Introduction to Machine Learning with Python” by Andreas C. Müller
and Sarah Guido
Course
Taxonomy
Learning CLO Statement Domain PLOs
level
Outcome
CLO-1 Understand the basic concepts of data analytics and Cognitive 1 1
data visualization.
CLO-2 Develop foundational skills in data cleaning and pre- Cognitive 3 2
processing.
CLO-3 Apply basic statistical methods to analyse data. Cognitive 3 4
Mapping of CLOs with Assessment Methods: (% weightages)
CLOs/Assessment CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3
Final Exam: 20 30 40
Mid-Term Exam: 50 30 20
Assignments: 20 20 20
Quizzes: 10 20 20
Total 100% 100% 100%
Weekly Distribution
Week Course/Topics CLOs Assessment
Introduction to Data Analytics, Overview of Data Analytics,
1 1
Importance of Data Analysis
Types of Data: Structured, Semi-structured, and Unstructured,
2 1
Applications of Data Analytics
Data Collection and Data Sources, Data Collection Methods,
3 1
Data Sources: Databases, APIs, Web Scraping
Quiz 1
Data Quality and Integrity, Data Cleaning and Preprocessing,
4 2 Assignment
Data Cleaning Techniques
1
5 Handling Missing Data, Data Transformation and Normalization 2
Descriptive Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation,
6 2
Probability Distributions
Basic Inferential Statistics: Hypothesis Testing, Principles of Assignment
7 2
Effective Data Visualization 2
8 Creating Visualizations: Bar Charts, Histograms, Scatter Plots 2 Quiz 2
9 MID-TERM EXAM
10 Introduction to Dashboard Tools: Tableau 2
11 Introduction to Dashboard Tools: Power BI 2
Introduction to Dashboard Tools: Power BI continue. Assignment
12 2 3
Quiz-3
Introduction to Machine Learning, Overview of Supervised vs.
13 3
Unsupervised Learning,
14 Simple Algorithms: Linear Regression and K-Means Clustering, 3
Ethics and Privacy in Data Analytics, Ethical Considerations in Quiz 4
15 Data Analysis, 3 Assignment
4
Data Privacy and Security, Legal Regulations: Data Protection
16 3
(GDPR),
17 Consumer protection (CCPA), current trends in data analytics. 3
18 Final Exam