All that data

The past two decades have seen a dramatic increase in availability of data, which has expanded the range of phenomena that can be investigated.

The Humanities can now benefit from such an abundance of data and integrate qualitative and quantitative methods.

The intRo workshop introduces absolute beginners to computational principles and tools of data visualisation, processing, and exploration, over the course of three days.

The workshop

Why R?

R is a widely-adopted programming language for data science and statistics.

Behind R, there is a vibrant and inclusive community of users and developers, which maintains initiatives like the R Community Diversity and Inclusion group, R-Ladies, AfricaR, and RainbowR.

What will you learn?


  • Visualise

    Effectively visualise data to convey your message in a compelling way.

  • Manage

    Work with computational and programming environments and manage research projects.

  • Discover

    Learn about the variable nature of data and data exploration as a process of discovery.

The schedule

2021

Times are in UTC. Session 1 and 2 will be recorded and a streaming link will be sent to all participants at the end of each day, so that they can watch it asynchronously if the live times are impractical.
The Hands-on session won't be recorded, but it will run live twice at two different times to accommodate participants from the Eastern (Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania) and Western (Americas, Oceania) hemispheres respectively.

Nov 16 Tue
Session 1
09:15-12:15 UTC

Live and async

  • 09:15 - 09:30
    Warm-up

  • 09:30 - 09:40
    Introduction

  • 09:40 - 10:15
    R basics

  • 10:15 - 10:30
    Break

  • 10:30 - 11:15
    Plot with ggplot2

  • 11:15 - 11:30
    Break

  • 11:30 - 12:15
    Import and transform data

Nov 17 Wed
Session 2
10:00-12:30 UTC

Live and async

  • 10:00 - 10:45
    Research Data Analysis

  • 10:45 - 11:00
    Break

  • 11:00 - 11:45
    Tidy data

  • 11:45 - 12:00
    Break

  • 12:00 - 12:30
    Advanced skills

Nov 19 Fri
Hands-on

Live
Eastern hemisphere

  • 09:00 - 10:30
    Hands-on


Western hemispehere

  • 19:00 - 20:30
    Hands-on

Registration

In order to attend the workshop, you must register.

Registration has now closed.