POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
CMP4336 | Introduction to Data Mining | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CEMAL OKAN ŞAKAR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | In this course, data mining algorithms and computational paradigms that are used to extract useful knowledge, extract patterns and regularities in databases, and perform prediction and forecasting will be discussed. Supervised and unsupervised learning approaches will be covered with a focus on pattern discovery and cluster analysis. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Be able to understand Data Gathering and Pre-processing 2. Become familiar with Frequent Item Set Detection 3. Be able to understand Association Rule Mining 4. Be able to understand Classifiers, and their benefits 5. Be able to use Clustering 6. Be able to understand Clustering Evaluation |
1.Introduction to Basic Concepts 2.Data Exploration 3.Classification 4.Clustering 5.Dimensionality Reduction 6.Frequent Item Set Mining 7.Association Rule Mining |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Basic Concepts | None |
2) | Data Exploration: Summary Statistics, Visualization, OLAP and Multi-dimensional Data Analysis | None |
3) | Data Pre-Processing, Transformation, Normalization, Standardization | None |
4) | Classification and Regression: Model Selection and Generalization, Decision Trees, Performance Evaluation | None |
5) | Classification: Bayesian Decision Theory, Parametric Classification, Naive Bayes Classifier, Instance-Based Classifiers | |
6) | Classification | None |
6) | Classification and Regression: Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines | |
7) | Midterm I | Review of all topics covered so far |
8) | Clustering: Partitioning and Hierarchical Algorithms | None |
9) | Clustering: Density-Based Algorithms | |
10) | Cluster Evaluation, Comparing Clusterings | None |
11) | Midterm II | none |
12) | Dimensionality Reduction | none |
13) | Frequent Item Set Mining | none |
14) | Association Rule Mining | none |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Introduction to Data Mining by Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach and Vipin Kumar |
References: | Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, by Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber and Jian Pei |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 2 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 32 |
Project | 5 | 15 |
Homework Assignments | 6 | 12 |
Midterms | 8 | 28 |
Final | 6 | 26 |
Total Workload | 155 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |