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= Course Information = | = Course Information = | ||
:'''COM | :'''COM 574: Introduction to Programming and Data Science''' | ||
:'''Location:''' BRNG 2273 | :'''Location:''' BRNG 2273 | ||
:'''Class Hours:''' | :'''Class Hours:''' Tuesdays; 5:30-8:20pm | ||
== Instructor == | == Instructor == | ||
:'''Instructor:''' [https://jeremydfoote.com Jeremy Foote] | :'''Instructor:''' [https://jeremydfoote.com Jeremy Foote] | ||
:'''Email:''' jdfoote@purdue.edu | :'''Email:''' jdfoote@purdue.edu | ||
:'''Office Hours:''' | :'''Office Hours:''' Thursdays; 12:30-2:30pm; BRNG 2156 | ||
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'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
book = open('Python for Everybody', 'r') | book = open('Python for Everybody', 'r') | ||
for chapter in book: | for chapter in book: | ||
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'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* Go over last week's assignment. | * Go over last week's assignment. | ||
* Spend time on [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Day 5 Coding Challenges|Day 5 Coding Challenges]] | * Spend time on [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Day 5 Coding Challenges|Day 5 Coding Challenges]] | ||
== Week 6: Jupyter and | == Week 6: Jupyter and Data Visualization (February 18) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Turn in (on Brightspace) your solutions to the Day | |||
* Turn in (on Brightspace) your solutions to the Day 4 coding challenges | |||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* | * Kieran Healy and James Moody (2014). “Data Visualization in Sociology.” American Review of Sociology. 40: 105-28. | ||
* | * (Optional) * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW29067qVWk Intro to Jupyter Notebooks video] | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW29067qVWk Intro to Jupyter Notebooks video] | |||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* Introduction to Jupyter notebooks | * Introduction to Jupyter notebooks | ||
* | * Start [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intermediate-python-for-data-science DataCamp Intermediate Python - chapter 1] | ||
== Week 7: | == Week 7: Pandas and dataframes (February 25) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Finish | * Finish [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intermediate-python-for-data-science DataCamp Intermediate Python - chapter 1] | ||
* Final Project Proposal. | |||
'''Readings:''' | |||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* Introduction to data frames | * Introduction to data frames | ||
* We will be discussing this data set: https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/aries-crash-data-2007-2017/resource/cc90589c-72d8-4d92-a5fe-73254b555c73 | * We will be discussing this data set: https://hub.mph.in.gov/dataset/aries-crash-data-2007-2017/resource/cc90589c-72d8-4d92-a5fe-73254b555c73 | ||
* [https:// | * Begin work on [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intermediate-python-for-data-science DataCamp Intermediate Python - chapter 2] | ||
== Week 8: | == Week 8: Dictionaries and networks (March 3) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Second [[Self_Assessment_Reflection|self-assessment reflection]] is due. | * Second [[Self_Assessment_Reflection|self-assessment reflection]] is due. | ||
* Finish [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intermediate-python-for-data-science DataCamp Intermediate Python] | * Finish [https://campus.datacamp.com/courses/intermediate-python-for-data-science DataCamp Intermediate Python - chapter 2] | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* | |||
* Python for Everybody, chapters 9 and 10 | |||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* Spend time on [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Day 8 Coding Challenges|Day 8 Coding Challenges]]. | * Spend time on [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Day 8 Coding Challenges|Day 8 Coding Challenges]]. | ||
== Week 9: Collecting data with APIs (March 10) == | == Week 9: Collecting data with APIs (March 10) == | ||
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'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Project Planning Document Due | * Project Planning Document Due | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* Python for Everybody, Chapter 13 | * Python for Everybody, Chapter 13 | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* Start [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/ | * Introduce the [https://2.python-requests.org/en/master/ requests] library | ||
* Discuss the main kinds of online data gathering: downloading, scraping, and APIs. | |||
* Start [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Reddit API assignment|Reddit API assignment]] | |||
== March 17: SPRING BREAK == | == March 17: SPRING BREAK == | ||
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== Week 10: Cleaning data and operationalization (March | == Week 10: Cleaning data and operationalization (March 24) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020) | * [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)|Reddit API assignment]] | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* Robert K. Merton. 1948. | * Robert K. Merton. 1948. “The Bearing of Empirical Research Upon the Development of Social Theory.” American Sociological Review 13(5): 505-515. | ||
* | * Sara Klingenstein, Tim Hitchcock, and Simon DeDeo. 2014. The civilizing process in London’s Old Baily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(26): 9419-9424. | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Measures and variables in social science | ||
* Creating measures from online data | |||
== Week 11: Storing code and data (March 31) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * We will learn about using the version control system Git and the Git hosting site Github | ||
== Week 12: | == Week 12: Screen scraping (April 7) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Third self-assessment reflection is due. | * Third self-assessment reflection is due. | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Introduction to BeautifulSoup | ||
== Week 13: Statistical summaries and tests (April | == Week 13: Statistical summaries and tests (April 14) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Using pandas for basic statistical tests | ||
== Week 14: Introduction to computational text analysis (April 21) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
== Week 15: Project presentations ( | |||
== Week 15: Project presentations (April 28) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Final project presentations | * Final project presentations | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* We will listen | * We will listen to each of the final project presentations. | ||
== Week 16: Finals week (May | == Week 16: Finals week (May 5) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Final paper due | * Final paper due | ||
= Administrative Notes = | = Administrative Notes = |