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Come to '''[http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260] by 9:45am''' (Note: it's ''not'' in the communication building). You will need time to get settled and setup. We will start lecturing promptly at 10am. There will be coffee! | Come to '''[http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260] by 9:45am''' (Note: it's ''not'' in the communication building). You will need time to get settled and setup. We will start lecturing promptly at 10am. There will be coffee! | ||
* '''Morning, 10am-12:20 (SAV 260):''' | * '''Morning, 10am-12:20 (SAV 260):''' A 2 hour lecture-based introduction to the web programming and APIs | ||
* '''Lunch, 12:20-1pm (CMU 126):''' We'll provide lunch (vegetarian Indian) | * '''Lunch, 12:20-1pm (CMU 126):''' We'll provide lunch (vegetarian Indian) | ||
* '''Afternoon, 1pm-3:30pm (CMU 104, 126, 242):''' Web API practice through | * '''Afternoon, 1pm-3:30pm (CMU 104, 126, 242):''' Web API practice through short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics | ||
* '''Wrap-up, 3:30pm-4pm:''' Wrap-up, next steps, and upcoming opportunities for learning and practicing Python | * '''Wrap-up, 3:30pm-4pm:''' Wrap-up, next steps, and upcoming opportunities for learning and practicing Python | ||
An important step in doing data science is collecting data. The goal of this session will be to teach participants how to get data from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface public application programming interfaces] ("APIs") common to many social media and online communities. Although we will use the APIs provided by Wikipedia, Twitter, and Socrata in the session, the principles and techniques are common to many other online communities. | An important step in doing data science is collecting data. The goal of this session will be to teach participants how to get data from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface public application programming interfaces] ("APIs") common to many social media and online communities. Although we will use the APIs provided by Wikipedia, Twitter, and Socrata in the session, the principles and techniques are common to many other online communities. | ||
'''Important Note:''' If you plan to attend the Twitter afternoon session, you need to complete the [[Twitter authentication setup]] ''before'' the afternoon setup on Saturday. | |||
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=== Session 3: Data Analysis and Visualization (May 9) === | === Session 3: Data Analysis and Visualization (May 9) === | ||
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:'''Location:''' Morning in [http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260]; Afternoon in [http://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/cmu Communications (CMU)] 104, 126 and 242 | :'''Location:''' Morning in [http://uw.edu/maps/?sav Savery Hall (SAV) 260]; Afternoon in [http://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/cmu Communications (CMU)] 104, 126 and 242 | ||
The goal of data science is to use data to answer questions. In our final session, we will use the Python skills we learned in the first session and the datasets we've created in the second to ask and answer common questions about the activity and health of online communities. We will focus on learning how to generate visualizations, create summary statistics, and test hypotheses. The lecture outline can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_3_Lecture|here]], and the projects can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_3_Projects|here]]. | |||
The goal of data science is to use data to answer questions. In our final session, we will use the Python skills we learned in the first session and the datasets we've created in the second to ask and answer common questions about the activity and health of online communities. We will focus on learning how to generate visualizations, create summary statistics, and test hypotheses. | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 1 projects|Saturday April 11th projects]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 1 projects|Saturday April 11th projects]] | ||
* [http://www.codecademy.com/courses/python-beginner-en-kSQwt Introduction to Python CodeAcademy exercises] | * [http://www.codecademy.com/courses/python-beginner-en-kSQwt Introduction to Python CodeAcademy exercises] | ||
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