“The most important aim of the certificate course was to make students learn the use of soft tools. Data analytics being an upcoming field, this certificate course is just the first step towards being Data analyst.” Also, these soft wares are available easily in the market at minimal cost, so the students can continue practicing even after the course is completed. This certificate course was introduced to fill this lacuna in the syllabus. But the use of the same tools in soft wares like MS-Excel and R software is hardly taught to them through the syllabus. Students are introduced to statistical concepts and tools for data analysis at FY, SY and at TY levels through various papers. “My idea behind introducing this certificate course was to equip our BA and B.Com students with data analysis tools that have practical applications in life. Students also appeared for an online test conducted by the course instructor and their performances were evaluated. The course covered the theory as well as practical related to soft tools in R software and MS Excel. There was a huge response from the students for this course as 49 students registered and participated in it. The lectures for the same were held on 16 th, 17 th, 18 th and 25 th August, 2019.It was conducted in the college computer laboratory from 9am to 1pm. Prof (Ad-Hoc), Department of Mathematics and Computers was the course instructor. Prof, Department of Economics, was the course coordinator where as Mr. The certificate course on “An Introduction to Data Analysis using R software and MS Excel” a 4 days (20 hours) intensive course was an initiative of Department of Economics.Ms. “An Introduction to Data Analysis using R software and MS Excel”
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