This reflects the fact that everything leading up to the analysis of the data (data access, data cleaning) was not included in the curriculum of other courses in the department.
The focus on R as a programming language also distinguishes this course from other courses that use R as a data analysis tool.
This is a positive aspect to the course, because it reflects the fact that Data Technologies provides the students with a firmer basis of understanding and mastering of the language and computational approaches compared to those other courses.
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