UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

ITI5196 Data wrangling

Faculty of Information Technology

ITI5196 Data wrangling is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2023. It needs ITI9136.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2023
Other periods
Indonesia
Assessment
No exam
2 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ITI5196

Prohibitions

You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.

After ITI5196

No unit lists ITI5196 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Enrolment rules

This unit is only available to students enrolled at the Indonesia campus.

Equivalent units

The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.

Overview

This unit introduces tools and techniques for data wrangling. It will cover the problems that prevent raw data from being effectively used in analysis and the data cleansing and pre-processing tasks that prepare it for analytics. These include, for example, the handling of bad and missing data, data integration and initial feature selection. It will also introduce text mining and web analytics. Python and the Pandas environment will be used for implementation.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Monash Indonesia term 1IndonesiaOn campus

Assessment

  • Assessment 1Assignment
    40%
  • Assessment 2Assignment
    60%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Parse data in the required format;

  2. 2

    Assess the quality of data for problem identification;

  3. 3

    Resolve data quality issues ready for the data analysis process;

  4. 4

    Integrate data sources for data enrichment;

  5. 5

    Document the wrangling process for professional reporting;

  6. 6

    Write program scripts for data wrangling processes.

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures24 hours
  • Tutorials24 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning and online engagement.

Learning resources

Technology resources

The Programming environments: Python 3 has been added. Python 3 - https://www.python.org/downloads/ and Jupyter Notebook - https://jupyter.org/

https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Dr Jackie Rong

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ITI5196?

You need ITI9136 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is ITI5196 offered?

ITI5196 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.

How much work is ITI5196?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ITI5196 have an exam?

No. ITI5196 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Information Technology
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2021202220232024202520262027