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About the Data Analytics Platform Labs
What is a DAP Lab?
The Data Analytics Platform (DAP) is a cloud-based learning platform designed to facilitate analytics case teaching. It provides students with ready-to-use, browser-based lab environments for hands‑on data analysis with no installation required.
DAP currently supports three types of lab environments:
- RStudio for R programming
- Jupyter Notebook for Python
- Orange Data Mining for visual data mining
A DAP Lab is an online workspace where students work on data analytics cases using embedded datasets and preloaded packages. Each lab comes with all required packages, enabling students to begin analysis immediately within their web browser.