Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Day 2 SQL project

Building a Dataset using MySQL

In this project, we will explore a few ways to gather data from Wikimedia and StackExchange projects using MySQL and the Quarry and Data Explorer applications. Once we've done that, we will download the results of our queries in CSV format which can be used to ask and answer questions and visualize data in the final session.

Goals

• Learn how to use MySQL (a Structured Query Language) to build datasets.
• Get set up to run MySQL queries to gather data from Wikimedia and StackExchange projects.
• Practice running MySQL queries on your own to get data about who is editing particular Wikipedia articles and answering questions on StackOverflow.
• Create a few collections of Wikipedia data that you can do research with in the final section.

Prerequisite

To participate in the afternoon session, you must have an a Wikimedia account. If you do not have an account already, you can create one by following these steps.

Practice

If you would like to practice SQL on your own, you can do so in the tutorial section of SQLZoo.