November 19, 2022
9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (UTC-4)
Instructors: Dan Allen, PhD, Alice Belskis
Helpers: Helpers TBD
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: Forestry Resources Building Room 417, University Park, Pennsylvania. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: November 19, 2022. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: This workshop will take place in a computer lab; the software you need will be available on the lab computers. You will not need to bring your own laptop.
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 daniel.c.allen@psu.edu or amb9776@psu.edu for more information.
Roles: To learn more about the roles at the workshop (who will be doing what), refer to our Workshop FAQ.
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.
We will use this collaborative document, called an Etherpad, for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
| Before | Pre-workshop survey |
| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Introduction to R, starting with data, and exploring the tidyverse |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 - 5:00 pm | Continue with the tidyverse, visualization with ggplot2, and SQL databases |
| After | Post-workshop survey |
This workshop will take place in a computer lab; you will not need to bring a laptop or install software for the workshop. If you want access to the software and data on your own computer after the workshop, you can find omplete software setup instructions in the lesson materials.
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.