Wrangling and Tidying Data

Week 2 (23 Sep 2024 - 27 Sep 2024)

Getting started with data science by wrangling data, Yee-Haw!

Lectures

No.
Title
Slides
Additional
03 Tidy Data and Data Wrangling Raw
04 Data Types and Classes Raw

Lecture Recordings
Lecture recordings are only available for IDS students via the University of Edinburgh virtual learning environment. To access the recordings, go to the Introduction to Data Science area on LEARN ULTRA and select Lecture Recordings under the Course Content section. This will open echovideo where you will find a list of all lecture recordings to watch once they become available.

Tasks

If you have not completed the first time setup instructions found on the Setup & Troubleshooting page, please follow these now.

  1. Watch the Videos and readings.
  2. Complete the Assignments.

Videos and readings

Some of this material is required and some of it is optional. We expect you to watch the required videos and read the required reading. This required material is part of the course so it may be assessed in the assignments and it may not be covered in the lectures. The optional material is extra reading for those that are interested!

R4DS: Chp 4 - Workflow: basics Optional
R4DS: Chp 5 - Data transformation Required
R4DS: Chp 15 - Factors Required
R4DS: Chp 16 - Dates and times Required
Computerphile: The problem with time and timezones Optional
1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility Optional

Workshop

The lab sheet can be accessed the day before the workshop, and the solutions the day after the workshop.

Laboratory Title
Links
Date
Lab01: UK Attractions
  • Instructions
  • Repository
  • Solutions(Raw)
  • Fri, 27 Sept