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The '''Community Data Science Workshops in Spring 2015''' are a series of project-based workshops being held at the University of Washington for anyone interested in learning how to use programming and data science tools to ask and answer questions about online communities like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [http://twitter.com Twitter], [[:w:Free software|free and open source software, and]] civic media. | The '''Community Data Science Workshops in Spring 2015''' are a series of project-based workshops being held at the University of Washington for anyone interested in learning how to use programming and data science tools to ask and answer questions about online communities like [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [http://twitter.com Twitter], [[:w:Free software|free and open source software, and]] civic media. | ||
== Registration == | == Registration == | ||
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'''Interested in being a mentor?''' We are still interested in mentors, however. If you already have experience with Python, please consider helping out at the sessions as a mentor. Being a mentor will involve working with participants and talking them through the challenges they encounter in programming. No special preparation is required. And we’ll feed you! Because we want to keep a very high mentor to student ratio, recruiting more mentors means we can accept more participants. If you’re interested, [https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cdsw-sp2015-mentors sign up on our mentor mailing list] or email makohill@uw.edu. Also, thank you, thank you, thank you! | '''Interested in being a mentor?''' We are still interested in mentors, however. If you already have experience with Python, please consider helping out at the sessions as a mentor. Being a mentor will involve working with participants and talking them through the challenges they encounter in programming. No special preparation is required. And we’ll feed you! Because we want to keep a very high mentor to student ratio, recruiting more mentors means we can accept more participants. If you’re interested, [https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cdsw-sp2015-mentors sign up on our mentor mailing list] or email makohill@uw.edu. Also, thank you, thank you, thank you! | ||
The workshops are for people with absolutely no previous programming experience and they bring together researchers and academics with participants and leaders in online communities. The workshops are run entirely by volunteers and are entirely free of charge for participants, generously sponsored by the [http://www.com.washington.edu/ UW Department of Communication] and the [http://escience.washington.edu/ eScience Institute]. Participants from outside UW are encouraged to apply. | |||
== Schedule == | == Schedule == | ||
There will be a mandatory evening setup session '''6:00-9:00pm on Friday April 10''' and three workshops held from ''' | There will be a mandatory evening setup session '''6:00-9:00pm on Friday April 10''' and three workshops held from '''9am-4pm on three Saturdays (April 11 and 25 and May 9)'''. Each Saturday session will involve a period for lecture and technical demonstrations in the morning. This will be followed by a lunch graciously provided by the [http://escience.washington.edu/ eScience Institute at UW]. The rest of the day will be followed by group work on programming and data science projects supported by more experienced mentors. | ||
=== Session 0: Setup and Programming Tutorial (April 10 evening)=== | === Session 0: Setup and Programming Tutorial (April 10 evening)=== | ||
:'''Time''': 6- | :'''Time''': 6:00-9:00PM | ||
:'''Location''': | :'''Location''': TBD | ||
:'''Material''': <font size="+1">[[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 0 setup and tutorial|Click here for the the setup and tutorial material.]]</font> | :'''Material''': <font size="+1">[[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 0 setup and tutorial|Click here for the the setup and tutorial material.]]</font> | ||
: Note: Because we expect to hit the ground running on our first full day, we will meet to help participants get software installed and to work through a self-guided tutorial that will help ensure that everyone has the skills and vocabulary to start programming and learning when we meet the following morning. | |||
: | :During this session, mentors will help you: | ||
During this session, mentors will help you: | |||
* set up your development environment | ::* set up your development environment | ||
* learn how to execute Python code from a file and interactively from a Python prompt | ::* learn how to execute Python code from a file and interactively from a Python prompt | ||
* learn about printing and using Python as a calculator | ::* learn about printing and using Python as a calculator | ||
=== Session 1: Introduction to Programming (April 11) === | === Session 1: Introduction to Programming (and April 11) === | ||
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:Programming is an essential tool for data science and is useful for solving many other problems. The goal of this session will be to introduce programming in the [http://www.python.org/ Python programming language]. Each participant will leave having solved a real problem and will have built their first real programming project. | |||
Programming is an essential tool for data science and is useful for solving many other problems. The goal of this session will be to introduce programming in the [http://www.python.org/ Python programming language]. Each participant will leave having solved a real problem and will have built their first real programming project. | |||
=== Session 2: Importing Data from web APIs (April 25) === | === Session 2: Importing Data from web APIs (April 25) === | ||
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: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 and Twitter in the session, the principles and techniques are common to many other online communities. An outline for the lecture can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Lecture|here]], and some info about the projects can be found [[Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Spring_2015)/Day_2_Projects|here]]. | |||
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 | |||
=== Session 3: Data Analysis and Visualization (May 9) === | === Session 3: Data Analysis and Visualization (May 9) === | ||
:Time: TBD | |||
:Location: TBD | |||
: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]]. | |||
Our goal is that, after the three workshops, participants will be able to use data to produce numbers, hypothesis tests, tables, and graphical visualizations to answer questions like: | |||
* Are new contributors in Wikipedia this year sticking around longer or contributing more than people who joined last year? | |||
* Who are the most active or influential users of a particular Twitter hashtag? | |||
* Are people who join through a Wikipedia outreach event staying involved? How do they compare to people who decide to join the project outside of the event? | |||
An earlier version of the workshops was run in Spring and Fall 2015 and [[CDSW|the curriculum we used for both are online]]. | |||
== 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] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 2 lecture|Saturday April 25th lecture]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 2 lecture|Saturday April 25th lecture]] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 2 projects|Saturday April 25th projects]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 2 projects|Saturday April 25th projects]] | ||
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* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 3 lecture|Saturday May 9th lecture]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 3 lecture|Saturday May 9th lecture]] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 3 projects|Saturday May 9th projects]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)/Day 3 projects|Saturday May 9th projects]] | ||
== About the Organizers == | == About the Organizers == | ||
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