Finding Signals From the Noise

FIn this course, we will examine how to ask and
answer questions through the analysis of data.
Through a set of lectures, you will become
familiar with the basic principles and
methodologies of statistics. This will allow you
to make comparisons, test hypotheses, discover
relationships and make predictions. We will see
how to reveal hidden patterns by removing "noise"
and amplifying a "signal" from within data. We
will look at the history of data analysis within
the natural and social sciences and see how in
the current era of "Big Data", politicians,
businesses, non-profits and artists harness and
contribute to these methods. In addition to the
lectures, students will work in groups to
construct their own data-based projects. The ways
to present these projects are almost limitless as
they may be in the form of infographics, models,
sonifications, or performances, just to name a
few.