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Course details
Course code: BHS10050f13Semester: 2013/2014 winter
Name: COMPUTER SCIENCE IN ANIMAL BREEDING
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 7
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Joanna Szyda
Language of instruction: Polish / English
Learning outcomes: Students learn how to use three different computer programs (Excel, SAS, R) for editing, visualizing and analysis of data related to selection of farm animals. Emphasis is put on very large data sets, characteristic to livestock populations.
Competences: The course allows students to carry data analysis for their master thesis After course completion students are prepared for working in institutions dealing with large scale alphanumeric data analysis and interpretation.
Prerequisites: Information technology, methodology of animal
Course content: The MS Excel, the SAS package, the R package, data visualization, regression, mixed model.
Recommended literature: http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/91pdf/index.html http://cran.r-project.org/doc/contrib/Komsta-Wprowadzenie.pdf
Assessment methods: Completion of the practical training part is based on grades, which are granted during the semester (minimum average grade to pass 2.51)
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