Workshop: Opening up the World of Data
Date and Time
Location
Community Classroom, 10C Shared Space (42 Carden street, Guelph)
Details
Data can empower your organization to create stronger proposals, develop evidence-informed programs, and demonstrate impact, but knowing where to find it and what to do with it can be a challenge. This three-hour workshop will provide an introduction to where you can find data and how you can use it in your own projects.
You will learn about
- data management practices (e.g. backups, sharing data and licensing),
- data cleaning,
- data visualization
... and get hands-on with data using R, an open source software used for data analysis.
Bring your laptop! A portion of the workshop will be dedicated to hands-on activities to help you practice your new data skills. If you do not have a laptop please let us know (joy@10carden.ca) so that we can make arrangement to use one at 10C.
All welcome. Light refreshements will be provided. Please make sure to register to confirm your participation. Participants will receive a confirmation email with a pre-workshop survey (yeah data!) and software requirements. If you have any questions, please email Joy Sammy at 10C.
This workshop is a collaboration between 10C Shared Space, the University of Guelph Library Research & Scholarship team, and the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute.