General Information

The goal of this workshop is to initiate wet-lab scientists, such as biomedical researchers, to reproducible data analysis with R. The Data organisation in spreadsheets section will focus on tabular data structure and management. We will then introduce OpenRefine and how it can be used for initial data exploration and cleaning. The biggest part of the workshop will focus on R. We will start with a general presentation to the RStudio software, a popular interface and editor for R, will introduce the basics of R, and then move on to analysing data in tabular format, as defined in the first section. We will focus on dplyr and ggplot2, two widely used packages for data manipulation and analysis, and data visualisation.

Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems.

For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing".

Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers. You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop.

Where: Salle centre faculté (niveau -1), Woluwé, Brussels. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: May 20-21 2019. Add to your Google Calendar.

Registration and payment The workshop is now full.

Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).

Code of Conduct: Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.

Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:

• The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible.
• Accessible restrooms are available.

Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.

Contact: Please email contact-cbio@uclouvain.be for more information.

Acknowledgment: This workshop is organised with the support and in collaboration with UCLouvain, VIB Bioinformatics Core and ELIXIR Belgium.

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Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Pre-workshop Survey

Post-workshop Survey

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Schedule

We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.

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The RStudio project of the course is available here.

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Syllabus

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Setup

To participate in a Data Carpentry workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.