Data Science Directed Research

This course is a research method and directed research course in data science. The course will include lectures, discussions, assignments used for the directed research project, and a semester long directed research project. The goal of the course has two parts: 1) students will be provided tools and techniques that will assist on assessing research designs and strategies to develop their data science directed research project and 2) students will execute and complete their data science directed research project. Students in this course will learn the different research methodologies; assess literature for a literature review; develop a research question or problem to analyze; learn data collection methods; learn sampling approaches; design and develop a proposal; apply knowledge, skills, and abilities from past data science courses; analyze and evaluate data; and produce a directed research product and communicate the project in front technical and non-technical audience. Prerequisites: DS 300.