ACENET: R for Social Scientists

St. Francis Xavier University

April 24-25, 2023

9:00 am - 1:00 pm Atlantic time

Instructors: Gurpreet Matharoo, Meghan Landry

Helpers: Gurpreet Matharoo, Meghan Landry

General Information

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: Room MULH 4024, Mulroney Hall, 2332 Notre Dame Avenue, Antigonish, NS, B2G 1Z3. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: April 24-25, 2023. 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. For workshops at a physical location, the workshop organizers have checked that:

Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.

Contact: Please email gurpreet.matharoo@ace-net.ca or meghan.landry@ace-net.ca 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.


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 - 9:40am Before we Start
9:40 - 11:00amIntroduction to R
11:00am - 12:20pmStarting with Data
12:20pm - 1:00pmData Wrangling with dplyr

Day 2

9:00am - 9:40am Data Wrangling with tidyr
9:40am - 11:20amData Visualization with ggplot2
11:20am - 1:00pmR Markdown and wrap-up
Wrap-up Post-workshop survey
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.