Data Carpentry with R for Social Sciences and Humanities

Delft University of Technology

Sep 30 and Oct 1, 2024

9.00 - 17.00 CEST

Instructors: Bjørn Bartholdy, Kristina Hettne, Eduard Klapwijk, Stephanie van de Sandt, Peter Verhaar, Aleksandra Wilczynska

Helpers: Halford Dace, Elviss Dvinskis, Paolo Rossini, Narmin Rzayeva

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General Information

The Carpentries project comprises the Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry communities of Instructors, Trainers, Maintainers, helpers, and supporters who share a mission to teach foundational computational and data science skills to researchers.

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Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing".

Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Where: Orange Room, TU Delft Library, Prometheusplein 1, 2628 ZC, Delft. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: Sep 30 and Oct 1, 2024; 9.00 - 17.00 CEST Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: 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).

Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:

We are dedicated to providing a positive and accessible learning environment for all. We do not require participants to provide documentation of disabilities or disclose any unnecessary personal information. However, we do want to help create an inclusive, accessible experience for all participants. We encourage you to share any information that would be helpful to make your Carpentries experience accessible. To request an accommodation for this workshop, please fill out the accommodation request form. If you have questions or need assistance with the accommodation form please email us.

Glosario is a multilingual glossary for computing and data science terms. The glossary helps learners attend workshops and use our lessons to make sense of computational and programming jargon written in English by offering it in their native language. Translating data science terms also provides a teaching tool for Carpentries Instructors to reduce barriers for their learners.

Contact: Please email RDMtraining-lib@tudelft.nl for more information.

Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.


Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.


Collaborative Notes

We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.


Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Pre-workshop Survey

Post-workshop Survey


Schedule

Day 1

Before starting Pre-workshop survey
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Introduction to R
10:00 Break
10:15 Introduction to R
11:15 Break
11:30 Data Organization in Spreadsheets
12:30 Lunch
13:30 OpenRefine
14:45 Break
15:00 Starting with Data
16:00 Break
16:15 Starting with Data
16:50 Q&A and Feedback
17:00 END

Day 2

9:00 Welcome
9:10 Starting with Data (short recap)
9:40 Data Wrangling
10:30 Break
10:45 Data Wrangling
11:45 Lunch
12:45 Quarto
13:45 Break
14:00 Data Visualization
15:00 Break
15:15 Data Visualization
16:40 Post-workshop survey and wrap-up
17:00 END

Setup

To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to software as described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

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.

The setup instructions for the Data Carpentry Social Sciences workshops (with R) can be found at the workshop overview site.