Tidy Data
Tidy Data workshops aim to teach basic concepts, skills, and tools for working with data so that they can get more done in less time, and with less pain. This lesson was designed to teach the principles of working with data in spreadsheets.
- Tuesday, September 16 from 1:00-4:00 PM - Online only
R and RStudio
This workshop is designed to introduce novice learners to the basics of the programs R and RStudio. R is a coding language designed for statical computing and data analysis/visualization, while RStudio is a free and open source application that can serve as an interface for using R. The workshop covers the basics of R and teaches you how to start working with data using R and RStudio. Some topics covered include importing CSV files, using and manipulating data frames, and an introduction to data visualization with ggplot.
- Tuesday, September 23 from 2:00-5:00 PM - In person in STEM 104
- Tuesday, September 30 from 2:00-5:00 PM - In person in STEM 104
- Tuesday, October 7 from 2:00-5:00 PM - In person in STEM 104
OpenRefine and RegEx
OpenRefine is a powerful free and open source tool for working with messy data, cleaning it, and transforming it from one format into another. This workshop teaches you to use OpenRefine to clean and format data effectively and automatically track any changes that you make. Learners are also introduced to regular expressions, which are used in a lot of programming and searching applications to enable sophisticated pattern matching by using a combination of symbols and characters to search through a longer piece of text.
- Wednesday, November 5 from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Online only
- Wednesday, November 12 from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Online only
