Course Description
ELEMENTS OF DATA SCIENCE, STAT 004
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Explores basic concepts, algorithms, and techniques of data science with simulation and data visualization. Topics include summarizing and visualizing data using R or Python, causality, randomness, decision making in the presence of uncertainty, prediction, and classification. Credit is not awarded for STAT 004 if it has already been awarded for STAT 008, STAT 010, or STAT 011.
Key Information
Credit: 4 quarter units /
2.67 semester units credit
UC Riverside, Statistics
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit Credit
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Units toward degree (See your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
Course Equivalence: UCR STAT 004
UC San Diego:
General Education: ERC - 1 quantitative formal skills
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit Credit
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