SIT731 - Data Wrangling
Unit details
| Year | 2027 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s) | 1 |
| EFTSL value | 0.125 |
| Unit chair | Trimester 1: Nayyar Zaidi Trimester 3: Kelvin Li |
| Prerequisite | SIT774. For students enrolled in S535, S536, S538, S576, S677, S735, S735A, S737, S737A, S739, S770, S776, S779: Nil |
| Corequisite | Nil |
| Incompatible with | SIT220 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment | 1 x 3 hour seminar per week, weekly meetings. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week, weekly meetings. |
| Typical study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are popular fields in making sense of data that have been collected in large quantities from various sources. Performing accurate exploration and modelling using DS and AI heavily rely on appropriately prepared data. Data wrangling is the process of preparing the raw data appropriately for modelling purposes. The aim of this unit is to learn various data wrangling methodologies and programming techniques to perform them. This include programming in Python for performing various data wrangling tasks, learning data extraction methods from different sources, working with different types of data, storing and retrieving them, applying sampling techniques and inspecting them, cleaning them by identifying outliers/anomalies, handling missing data, transforming, selecting and extracting features, performing exploratory analysis, visualisation using various tools, summarising data appropriately, performing basic statistical analysis and modelling using basic machine learning. Further, techniques for maintaining data privacy and exercising ethics in data manipulation will be covered in this unit.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
| ULO1 | Undertake data wrangling tasks by using appropriate programming and scripting languages to extract, clean, consolidate, and store data of different data types from a range of data sources. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Research data discovery and extraction methods and tools and apply resulting learning to handle extracting data based on project needs. | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO3 | Design, implement, and explain the data model needed to achieve project goals, related cyber security considerations, and the processes that can be used to convert data from data sources to both technical and nontechnical audiences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Use both statistical and machine learning techniques to perform exploratory analysis on data extracted, and communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Apply and reflect on techniques for cyber security, maintaining data privacy and exercising ethics in data handling. | GLO8: Global citizenship |
Note – From 2026, Deakin commenced introducing Graduate Attributes (GAs), which define the distinctive characteristics of a Deakin graduate. You may notice some units still refer to Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) during this transition period.
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning portfolio | Portfolio consisting of a number of artefacts including scripts, business reports, presentations along with critique and reflections. | 100% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirements
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the Learning portfolio.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SIT731 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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Unit fee information
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