A Data Carpentry Workshop
Host: University of California Museum of Paleontology
UC Berkeley
March 3-4, 2016
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructors:
Karthik Ram, Tracy Teal
Helpers:
Garret Christensen, Ryan Peek, Vessela Ensberg, Edward Davis, Brian Westra
March 3-4, 2016
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructors: Karthik Ram, Tracy Teal
Helpers: Garret Christensen, Ryan Peek, Vessela Ensberg, Edward Davis, Brian Westra
General Information
This workshop is also being broadcast remotely to the University of Oregon
University of Oregon location: Knight Library Studio AMore information about the workshop is available at: https://github.com/datacarpentry/2016-03-03-ucmp/wiki
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 and OpenRefine, Introduction to R, Data analysis and visualization in R and using APIs and SQL for data management. 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.
Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers.
Where: 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building. Campus map for directions
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a few specific software packages installed (listed below). They are also required to abide by Data Carpentry's Code of Conduct.
Contact: Please mail tkteal@datacarpentry.org for more information.
Preliminary Schedule
Day 1
| Morning | Data organization in spreadsheets and OpenRefine |
| Afternoon | Introduction to R |
Day 2
| Morning | Data analysis and visualization in R and using APIs |
| Afternoon | SQL for data management |
Setup
To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need working copies of the described software. Please make sure to install everything (or at least to download the installers) before the start of your workshop. Participants should bring and use their own laptops to insure the proper setup of tools for an efficient workflow once you leave the workshop.
Please follow these Setup Instructions.
We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.