Information Analysis and Processing for Training — Bachelor's Degree, 2026/2027

About this edition

• Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Science, University of Udine
• Module: Sistemi di Analisi ed Elaborazione delle Informazioni per l’Allenamento (MM2542), within Bioingegneria e Biomeccanica delle Attività Motorie e Sportive
• Instructor: Michael Soprano, course instructor
• Workload: 2 CFU, 16 teaching hours
• Period: First teaching period, second year (28 September 2026–29 January 2027)
• Language: Italian
• Assessment: Written exam with answer choices

Learning goals

Students learn to distinguish data, information and knowledge; recognize variables and measurement scales in sport datasets; understand digital representation, storage and compression; and use Microsoft Excel to prepare, analyse and present data in tables, charts and PivotTables.

Programme

1. Data science in sport: the DIKW model, workflows for analysing data, populations, variables, measurement scales and types of data used in sport.
2. Representation and management: files, folders and metadata; digital encoding of text, images, sound and video; the Shannon–Weaver model, entropy, redundancy and compression.
3. Analysis with Excel: workbooks, cell references, formulas and functions, data cleaning and imports (including Power Query), tables, filters, charts and PivotTables. Exercises use data from sport and training.

Materials

The instructor supplies lecture slides, recordings, exercises and sample files. Recommended reading includes Peter O’Donoghue and Lucy Holmes, Data Analysis in Sport (2014), and Michael Alexander and Dick Kusleika, Excel 365 Bible (2022).

The official UniUd module entry is the authoritative source for current teaching information.