A Data Carpentry Workshop
CAD Lab, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, University Street
15 May - 17 May, 2017
8:00 am - 15:30 pm
Instructors:
Ivo Agbor, Anelda van der Walt, Aleksandra Pawlik
Helpers:
Martin Mafunda, Taiwoun Andre Patrick
15 May - 17 May, 2017
8:00 am - 15:30 pm
Instructors: Ivo Agbor, Anelda van der Walt, Aleksandra Pawlik
Helpers: Martin Mafunda, Taiwoun Andre Patrick
General Information
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.
This workshop is sponsored by the Department of Higher Education and Training's Rural Campus Connectivity Project Phase II. It is jointly organised by UniVen, NWU, and Talarify.
We will cover Data Organization in sheets, , Data analysis and visualization in R 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 with no prior exposure to programming who would like to learn better practices for working with research data.
Register: Please register for the workshop by completing the online registration form.Where: University Street, P/Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating sytem (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below). They are also required to abide by Data Carpentry's Code of Conduct.
Contact: Please mail arreyves@gmail.com for more information.
Preliminary Schedule
Surveys
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
Monday Day 1: Data Organization in Spreadsheets
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Rise 'n Shine Coffee Time |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Caveats of data analysis in spreadsheets |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Open Refine for Ecology |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Break |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Introduction to R |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Feedback and Wrap-up |
| 15:30 - later | Networking opportunity at Khoroni Restaurant |
Tuesday Day 2: Data Analysis and Visualisation in R
| 08:00 - 8:30 | Rise 'n Shine Coffee Time |
| 08:30 - 10:30 | Manipulating and Analyzing data with dplyr |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Data visualization with ggplot2 |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Break |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Databases using SQL |
| 15:20 - 15:30 | Feedback and Wrap-up |
Wednesday Day 3: Study Groups Setup and Community Building
| 08:00 - 8:30 | Rise 'n Shine Coffee Time |
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Bring your own data |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Discussion on UNIVEN-Carpentry Community Building |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Feedback and Wrap-up |
Etherpad: http://pad.software-carpentry.org/2017-05-17-UNIVENDA.
We will use this Etherpad for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
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.