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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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'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Project Planning Document Due | * Project Planning Document Due | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
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* (Optional) Williams, M. L., Burnap, P., & Sloan, L. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517708140 Towards an Ethical Framework for Publishing Twitter Data in Social Research: Taking into Account Users’ Views, Online Context and Algorithmic Estimation]: Sociology. | * (Optional) Williams, M. L., Burnap, P., & Sloan, L. (2017). [https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517708140 Towards an Ethical Framework for Publishing Twitter Data in Social Research: Taking into Account Users’ Views, Online Context and Algorithmic Estimation]: Sociology. | ||
* (Optional) Salganik, M. [https://www.bitbybitbook.com/en/1st-ed/ethics/ Ethics] chapter from Bit By Bit. | * (Optional) Salganik, M. [https://www.bitbybitbook.com/en/1st-ed/ethics/ Ethics] chapter from Bit By Bit. | ||
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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)/Twitter Assignment|Twitter API Assignment]] | * [[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Spring 2020)/Twitter Assignment|Twitter 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. | ||
* Christopher A. Bail et al. 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804840115 Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization]. PNAS 115(37): 9216-9221 | * Christopher A. Bail et al. 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804840115 Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization]. PNAS 115(37): 9216-9221 | ||
** Discussant: Tian | ** Discussant: Tian | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Measures and variables in social science | ||
* Creating measures from online data | |||
''' | '''Snack:''' | ||
* | * Yanxin | ||
== Week 11: Storing code and data (March 31) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* | * DellaPosta, D., Shi, Y., & Macy, M. (2015). [https://doi.org/10.1086/681254 Why Do Liberals Drink Lattes]? American Journal of Sociology, 120(5), 1473–1511. | ||
** Discussant: Cassidy | |||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * We will learn about using the version control system Git and the Git hosting site Github | ||
'''Snack:''' | |||
* Courteney | |||
== Week 12: | == Week 12: Web scraping (April 7) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Third self-assessment reflection is due. | * Third self-assessment reflection is due. | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* | * Shaw, A., & Hill, B. M. (2014). [https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12082 Laboratories of oligarchy? How the iron law extends to peer production]. Journal of Communication, 64(2), 215–238. | ||
** Discussant: | ** Discussant: Jeonghyun | ||
* [https://towardsdatascience.com/ethics-in-web-scraping-b96b18136f01 Ethics in Web Scraping] by James Densmore | |||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Introduction to BeautifulSoup | ||
'''Snack:''' | |||
* Hanna | |||
== Week 13: Statistical summaries and tests (April | == Week 13: Statistical summaries and tests (April 14) == | ||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
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'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* | * Using pandas for basic statistical tests | ||
* | |||
'''Snack:''' | |||
* Jeonghyun | |||
== Week 14: Introduction to computational text analysis (April 21) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
* | * Sara Klingenstein, Tim Hitchcock, and Simon DeDeo. 2014. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4084475/ The civilizing process in London’s Old Baily]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(26): 9419-9424. | ||
'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
== Week 15: Project presentations ( | '''Snack:''' | ||
* Weijia | |||
== Week 15: Project presentations (April 28) == | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Final project presentations | * Final project presentations | ||
'''Readings:''' | '''Readings:''' | ||
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'''Agenda:''' | '''Agenda:''' | ||
* We will listen | * We will listen to each of the final project presentations. | ||
'''Snack:''' | '''Snack:''' | ||
* Cassidy | |||
* Jeremy | |||
== Week 16: Finals week (May 5) == | |||
== Week 16: Finals week (May | |||
'''Assignment Due:''' | '''Assignment Due:''' | ||
* Final paper due | * Final paper due | ||
= Administrative Notes = | = Administrative Notes = |