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Lec19 - Completing The Coursework

The document provides guidance to students on completing and submitting the coursework assignment for a data and information course. It outlines the requirements to pass such as completing labs, collecting tweet data that meets criteria, and answering questions correctly. It also addresses what to do if requirements are not fully met and how to submit the work.

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Lec19 - Completing The Coursework

The document provides guidance to students on completing and submitting the coursework assignment for a data and information course. It outlines the requirements to pass such as completing labs, collecting tweet data that meets criteria, and answering questions correctly. It also addresses what to do if requirements are not fully met and how to submit the work.

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Completing the

coursework
CS1703 Data & Information
Lecture 19
Drs Alan Serrano & Timothy Cribbin
2nd February 2017
Department of Computer Science, Brunel University
Outline
About the coursework
How to pass
Satisfying the Data Checklist
What if I don’t meet the pass criteria?
Submission Form Questions
Submitting your work
About the coursework
This assignment is your only opportunity to meet
learning outcomes 1 & 2 of the module
The Summer examination only assesses LO3 & 4
Fail  take the re-sit examination in Aug/Sept
Even if you pass the Summer examination

Fortunately, this is a fun and challenging assignment


You will look at/work with your data in many different ways
We will be tolerant of small mistakes (especially common
ones)
To pass (D- grade) you must
Complete the following labs scoring an average of 75%
and a minimum of 50% by the submission deadline
(12th Feb)
LO1 (data analysis): 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7
LO2 (SQL): 2-1, 2-2, 2-3
Collected a Tweets dataset and created an SPSS data
table that meets the requirements as specified by the
Data Check List
Created the required database tables as specified in
the Data Check List
Satisfying the Data Checklist
Checking your topic
Doesn’t have to match exactly, so long as
 We can trace your final registration on the #cs1805topic timeline
 Your query is similar to the one you registered

Don’t worry if your tweet doesn’t show


 We will look it up on your user timeline

LO1 part is about data collection and preparation


Submit the final dataset as saved by TCD (Tweets.txt)
 >10000 tweets
 >= 14 days – must be contiguous (i.e. no empty days)
 Make sure you convert the dateTime field to SPSS compatible before exporting

Submit the SPSS version of the final dataset (Tweets.sav)


 Properly formatted with correct variable names and data types.
 A code book will be provided in the submission form

LO2 part is about creation and submission of database tables


Tweets.dbf – the dBase version of Tweets.sav
Users.dbf – relates to question in LO2 section
What if I don’t meet the pass criteria?
Q: I have not achieved an average of 75% across all mandatory
quizzes and/or have a score of <50% in one or more quizzes
A: You should still submit the coursework. You would need to achieve
50% of marks (>=3/6 in both sections) of all the submission form
questions to pass (D-). You will not be eligible for a higher grade.

Q: I wasn’t able to collect the right number of tweets / days


A: There is no real excuse for this. However, returning 9900 tweets or
13 days worth might not matter if, for example, you’ve done well on
the quizzes / submission form questions. We would need to consider
all aspect of the whole submission before deciding how to proceed
Submission Form Questions (for D to A*)
Some are relatively easy – similar to quizzes
Others are quite hard - may require additional research/experimentation
Most questions require both an answer and method
Answer will be unique to your dataset - a value of some kind e.g. user name or some numerical
statistic
Methods will be either SQL or SPSS Syntax commands (see Lab 1-8 for a tutorial on how to use
SPSS Syntax).
May be more than one correct method, but ONLY one correct answer

Example: Write a query to find the user in Tweets that has the highest followers
count
SQL Query: SELECT screenname, followers FROM Tweets ORDER BY followers DESC
User with most followers: Top ranked user is urbanwarrior101

Some questions might involve multiple steps


Present multiple commands in order of execution along with any additional procedural details
It’s all about the zip…
Send to  Compressed zip folder
No rar, lzx, tar etc.
Make sure you name the zip as your
student ID e.g. 1312345.zip
Decompressing your zip before
submitting to check it works
Make sure all files work after
decompression
You have a maximum of two
submission opportunities
Please don’t request a third
Getting help
>200 students attempting this assignment
Please don’t email us directly until you’ve
thoroughly checked the documentation for an
answer
Make the most of the labs today and next Thursday
Questions?

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