Data Science with R

An Introductory Short Course in Applied Statistics and Data Analytics

To be hosted 3, 10 and 17 June 2014 by the
Payap University Faculty of Science
Preregistration required.

• 95% data collected is never used.
• 39% market data is infrequent and outdated
• 43% managers seldom use data to drive decision making
• 26% companies do not use data to improve customer experience

• Gather insights from data
• Discover significant factors and associations
• Identify trends and predict expected futures
• Uncover the key points in text and datasets
• Use data notesbooks to draft research papers
• Find useful datasets for research and education

• Hands-on tutorial in R to build skills in data science
• Learn how to construct and manage data sets
• Analyze, model and visualize relationships in the data
• Test for statistical significance and levels of confidence
• Apply machine learning and data mining techniques

You should:

• Bring a notebook computer that supports:

  • Wifi internet connection
  • Microsoft Windows 7, Mac OS X or Linux

• Bring some spreadsheets of your data to analyze

• Bring a colleague or study partner

• Preregister at
  https://sites.google.com/imail.payap.ac.th/data-science-with-r

• The regular cost of registration is 5,000 baht per person

• There are special reduced price for a limited number of seats:

  • Pioneer Price: 3,500 baht for the first 10 paid registrations
  • Payap Student and Staff Special: 4,000 baht for the next 5 paid registrations after the Pioneer Price

There is limited seating so register and pay early to get the best price.

• Notebook

• USB drive preloaded with

  • R, R Studio and R Commander
  • Course workbook
  • Course manual

• Lunch, breaks and refreshments