DATA SCIENCE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
Introduction to data and data processing using both Python and R programming languages. Concepts covered include loading data, data acquisition, cleaning data, visualization/exploring data, and storing data.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use Python and R to load, clean and visualize data. Audience: Graduate 2. Prepare and manipulate/transform data to support analysis in Python and R. Audience: Graduate 3. Create effective visualizations to communicate complex data. Audience: Graduate 4. Implement Simple Linear Regression in Python and R. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply the above R and Python methods to public-use datasets related to agricultural and applied economics. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use Python and R to load, clean and visualize data. Audience: Graduate 2. Prepare and manipulate/transform data to support analysis in Python and R. Audience: Graduate 3. Create effective visualizations to communicate complex data. Audience: Graduate 4. Implement Simple Linear Regression in Python and R. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply the above R and Python methods to public-use datasets related to agricultural and applied economics. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027