Course Syllabus & Schedule
Syllabus
The complete and updated course syllabus with all dates, assignments, and course policies can be downloaded here.
Class Sessions
Tuesday, Periods 3-5 (9:35 am - 12:35 pm) in 376 Grinter Hall
Course Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic | Pre-Class Preparation | In-Class Exeercise | Slides/Notes |
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| 1 | 1/10 | ‘Data’ across disciplines; Data Life-cycle | Slides: Intro | ||
| 2 | 1/17 | File Formats, Naming Conventions, Data Storage & Security | Notes: Naming Conventions
Notes: File Organization Notes: Storage & Backup |
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| 3 | 1/24 | Data structure & format of data and datasets | Notes | ||
| 4 | 1/31 | Reproducible Data (Re)organization | Intro Slides
Notes Demo R Code |
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| 5 | 2/7 | QA/QC 1: Data Entry & Validation | Slides
Notes: QAQC1 |
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| 6 | 2/14 | QA/QC 2: Data Correction & Synthesis with OpenRefine | none | ||
| 7 | 2/21 | QA/QC 3: Visualizing Data to find Mistakes | Intro Slides | ||
| 8 | 2/28 | Documentation: Metadata, Codebooks | Notes | ||
| 9 | 3/7 | Data Management Plans | Notes | ||
| 10 | 3/14 | No Class - Spring Break | |||
| 11 | 3/21 | Efficient Data Collection | Notes Slides |
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| 12 | 3/28 | Transcription & Translation | Notes | ||
| 13 | 4/4 | ‘Paperless’ Data Collection | Notes | ||
| 14 | 4/11 | Automated Data Extraction | Notes | ||
| 15 | 4/18 | Legal & Ethical Issues | Notes | ||
| 16 | 4/25 | Data Sharing, Reuse, & Archives | |||
| Finals | 5/1 | Submission of Final Project | |||