Level 6 Data Science Lessons

This page lists the lessons developed for the NPA Data Science qualification that are relevant to Level 4 of the Data Citizenship Unit. They are separated by Outcome. It is recommended that you use these lessons in conjunction with the NPA Guides as the course is taught. Students may wish to access lessons independently for revision purposes.

Outcome 1 – Describe the applications of data science

• The Analysis Process

Outcome 2 – Explain techniques in analysing a dataset

Outcome 3 – Analyse data to extract insights

• Manipulating Rows in a Dataset
• Summarising datasets
• Manipulating Columns in a Dataset
• Causes and Impacts of Bias
• Creating new variables by Extracting and Combining
• Understanding Datasets
• Practice Understanding Datasets
• The Analysis Process
• Data Cleansing
• Creating Graphs
• Practice Creating Graphs
• Creating New Variables by Calculation
• Reshaping Datasets
• Practice Reshaping Datasets
• Advanced Data Cleansing
• Practice Data Cleansing