This workshop, in the style of Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry workshops are for any researcher who has data they want to analyze, and no prior computational experience is required. This hands-on workshop teaches basic concepts, skills and tools for working more effectively with data. We will cover Data organization in spreadsheets, Introduction to R, Data analysis and visualization in R. Participants should bring their laptops and plan to participate actively. By the end of the workshop learners should be able to more effectively manage and analyze data and be able to apply the tools and approaches directly to their ongoing research.
Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below, please install latest version for maximum compatibility).
May 1 | Four Points Gatineau, Renaissance B, 4th Floor |
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6 - 9 PM | - Introduction to Data Workshop - Metadata - Data organization with spreadsheets - Data cleaning and raw data management |
May 2 | Four Points Gatineau, Renaissance B, 4th Floor |
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9 AM - Noon | - R Markdown and notebooks - Shock and awe with R - Text analysis - Data Analysis and Visualization in R |
Noon - 1 PM | - Lunch |
1 - 5 | - Data Archiving & Version Control |
evening | - Hacky Hour (location TBD) |