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Intro slides for Data Carpentry

License: Creative commons

Teaching good practices for data analysis and management

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Welcome to Data Carpentry BEACON!

Things to do before we start

- Go to etherpad:

https://datacarpentry.etherpad.mozilla.org/6

- Check your installation:

http://datacarpentry.github.io/2014-07-24-beacon/

- Download materials:

http://datacarpentry.github.io/2014-07-24-beacon/lessons/excel/00-intro.md

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Data Carpentry

BEACON

2015-04-24

#dcbeacon

@datacarpentry

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What is Data Carpentry?

or why are we here?

Data Carpentry is a two-day workshop designed to teach good practices in data analysis and management.

The instructors and helpers are all volunteers. We’re here because:

1) we’ve learned a lot of these skills the hard way (by doing it wrong or slowly or spending time beating our heads against the wall) and know what a difference these skills can make in productivity and in enabling new or better research, and we want to help others feel less frustrated and reach their research goals.

2) we think that reproducible research is important and good data practices are essential for that #openscience

We want to teach you skills you can walk out and use today!

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Who are we?

Software carpentry trained

Christie Bahlai, Tracy Teal, Josh Herr, Elijah Lowe

MSU: Alexis Black Pyrkosz, Kevin Hall, Qingpeng Zhang, Ben Johnson, Josh Nahum, Jiarong Guo,

UT Austin: April Wright, Elizabeth Milano, Ben Liebeskind and Nichole Bennett

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How will this workshop work?

Five topics:

Excel, R, shell, data cleaning, databases (SQL)

In each topic, we’ll present the material and you’ll have a chance to work hands on through examples.

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Please ask questions! Talk to your neighbor, ask a helper, ask the instructor or ask on the etherpad.

A red sticky note on your computer means you have a question, or just raise your hand.

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Code of conduct

http://software-carpentry.org/conduct.html

The Short Version

Data Carpentry is dedicated to providing a harassment-free learning experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, or choice of text editor. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.

  1. All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any event.
  2. Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down other attendees.
  3. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate.

Attendees violating these rules may be asked to leave the event at the sole discretion of the conference organizers without a refund of any charge that may have been levied.

Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly event for all.

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Introduce yourselves to each other

Turn to the person next to you. Describe what you study in two words e.g. ‘soil microbes’.

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Tell one thing you’re proud of that you made, e.g. a curry, a scarf, a bookshelf, a new pipet holder, your bed this morning

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