Data management and analysis, Short Course | Part time online | The Open University UK | United Kingdom
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Data management and analysis

8 months
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This Data management and analysis module from The Open University UK addresses some of the key concepts required for the traditionally important area of data management, and the increasingly important area of data analytics. 

Overview

In this Data management and analysis module from The Open University UK you’ll gain a practical, legal and ethical understanding of how to access, query and manage data collections, using traditional relational databases and contemporary NoSQL approaches. 

Using real-world datasets, standard software packages and data visualisation techniques, you’ll learn how to organise and analyse data collections to answer questions about the world, as well as developing an appreciation of user needs surrounding data systems.

The module is framed around a narrative that looks at how to manage and extract value and insight from a range of increasingly large data collections. 

At each stage, a comparison will be drawn between different ways of representing the data (for example, using different sorts of charts or geographical mapping techniques), and limitations of the mechanisms presented. 

To enable you to get a feel for the use of data, each stage will also include an overview of some data analysis techniques, including summary reporting and exploratory data visualisation. This module is driven by Richard Hamming’s famous quote: ‘The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers’.

Programme Structure

What you will study
  • This module will provide you with a broad overview of the concepts, techniques and tools of modern data management and analysis. 
  • It will compare traditional relational databases with an alternative model (a NoSQL database), and will help you learn how to choose the most appropriate means of storing and managing data, depending on the size and structure of a particular dataset and its intended use. 
  • You will be introduced to preliminary techniques in data analysis, starting from the position that data is used to answer a question, and introduced to a range of data visualisation and analysis techniques that will instil an understanding of how to start exploring a new data set.

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 8 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English

Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

You must have passed, or be studying:

  • Algorithms, data structures and computability 
Plus, you must also have either:
  • passed, or be studying Object-oriented Java programming, OR
  • passed, be studying or be enrolled on Applied statistical modelling 

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    1614 GBP/full
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    Based on the tuition of 1614 GBP for the full programme during 8 months.
  • National

    1614 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 1614 GBP for the full programme during 8 months.

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