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?