NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 應用R語言資料分析(7231)
(Eng.) Data Analysis by Using R
Offering Dept Graduate Institute of Bio-Industry Management
Course Type Elective Credits 3 Teacher YANG SHANG-HO
Department Graduate Institute of Bio-Industry Management/Graduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description This course focuses on social study with data management and data analysis. Especially, the R statistic program will be taught, used, and practiced in class. Also the Stata will be adopted in the class to compare whether it got the same results or not.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
The objectives of this course are to:

  • understand its own topic to adopt the suitable study method
  • based on its method to design a suitable survey for the investigation
  • students know how to do the data management by data cleaning and decoding from words
  • after data cleaning, students should know how to examine the data and obtain their outcomes
  • students should know how to explain their data outcomes
  • students should be able to write the report correctly
1.To enhance students’ ability with agriculture and food industry industry management.
2.To enhance students’ ability with problem solving and logic reasoning.
3.To enhance students’ communication skills.
4.To enhance students’ ability in international bio-industry management.
5.To enhance students’ self-directed learning ability.
20
20
20
20
20
Exercises
Practicum
Lecturing
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Written Presentation
Attendance
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Course Introduction
Week 2 Introduction of Data Type: Primary and Secondary Data, and Where to find the Data Source
Week 3 Data Collection, Sorting, Setting, Management for R
Week 4 Introduction R-Studio Environment and the Advantages of Using R
Week 5 Introduction Coding and basic Syntaxes in R
Week 6 The Probability and Distribution in R
Week 7 An Introduction to R Graphics
Week 8 R Plot Extensions
Week 9 T Tests in R (One Sample, Two Samples, and Independent Groups)
Week 10 Mid-term presentation
Week 11 ANOVA Test in R
Week 12 Introduction of Correlation and Linear Regression in R
Week 13 Binary Outcome Model in R
Week 14 Multinomial & Ordered Models in R
Week 15 Count Data Model in R
Week 16 Factor Analysis in R
Week 17 Cluster Analysis in R
Week 18 Final Reports
Evaluation
Assignments (15%), Discussion in Class (15%), Mid-term (30%), Final Exam (40%)
Textbook & other References
1. Lander, J. P. 2023. R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics. 2nd Ed. Addison-Wesley: Pearson Education, Inc.
2. 鍾振蔚 譯。2023。精通大數據! R 語言:資料分析與應用。第二版。Lander, J. P. 作。臺北市:旗標。
3. Hanck, C., Arnold, M., Gerber, A., and Schmelzer, M. 2020. Introduction to Econometrics with R. University of Duisburg-Essen: Essen, Germany. Available at: https://www.econometrics-with-r.org/index.html
4. You may check on the UCLA Statistical Consulting website for more information:
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/other/dae/; we may have more template data used from this website.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
TBA
Office Hours
Appointments
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses:N
Please respect the intellectual property rights and use the materials legally.Please repsect gender equality.
Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2025 / 1 / 22
The second-hand book website:http://www.myub.com.tw/