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Course, academic year 2026/2027
   
Data Analysis in R - JEB157
Title: Data Analysis in R
Czech title: Data Analysis in R
Form of teaching: lecture+practicals
Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2026
Duration in semesters: 1
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 185 / unknown (unknown)
Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: Mgr. Josef Kurka, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Josef Kurka, Ph.D.
Mgr. Lucia Žídeková
Class: Courses for incoming students
Pre-requisite : {Group of pre-requisites for JEB157 (JEB034 or JEB142)}
Annotation -
The course introduces data analysis and programming in R and provides a practical foundation for later work in statistics, econometrics, finance, and empirical research. It combines core programming concepts with modern workflows for data manipulation, visualization, statistical computation, and reproducible analysis.

The course is taught in person. If the course (or rather the classroom) reaches its maximum capacity, the course lecturers may deregister students for whom the course is not mandatory during the first two weeks of the semester. If you are on the WAITING LIST, don't worry about it for now, it will be handled according to the classroom capacity during the first two weeks of the semester.
Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.09.2026)
Aim of the course -
After completing the course, students should be able to read, write, and debug basic R code; work with the principal R data structures; import, inspect, clean, transform, reshape, and combine data; produce informative statistical graphics; implement basic simulation, inference, and linear-model analysis; and organize a reproducible empirical analysis. The course is primarily computational. Deeper statistical and econometric theory is covered in the corresponding statistics and econometrics courses.
Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Literature -

• Wickham, H., Çetinkaya-Rundel, M., & Grolemund, G.: R for Data Science (2e).

• Kabacoff, R. I.: R in Action (3rd edition).

• Grolemund, G.: Hands-On Programming with R.

Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Teaching methods -

Classes combining lecturing and hands-on coding in R. Students are welcome, but not required, to use their own computers in class

Software: R a RStudio (available on all computers in room 016), available here a here (freeware).

Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme -

Graded assignments:

  • Home assignments:  30%
  • Empirical project:  50%
  • Project consultation:  10%
  • Oponent report:  10%

Students are required to obtain at least 50% of available points from both the empirical project and project consultation. Individual tasks are described in more detail in the PDF syllabus.

Grading scale follows the faculty regulations:

  • Grade A: 91+
  • Grade B: 81-90
  • Grade C: 71-80
  • Grade D: 61-70
  • Grade E: 51-60
  • Grade F: below 50
Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
Syllabus -
See the attached PDF file.
Last update: Kurka Josef, Mgr., Ph.D. (10.09.2026)
 
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