Week 1
Foundation & The Power of Numbers
September 2-4
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Programming Concepts and Learning Outcomes:
R Introduction
Scatterplot creation
Understanding Functions
Understanding data types
tuesday Class Section
tuesday Class Section
Foundation & The Power of Numbers
link for course materials today: FirstDayData
link for the slides we used: Week1Day1
Topics:
Course Introduction
Data vs. Information
Government Data Collection Systems
Thursday Class Section
Thursday Class Section
Foundation & The Power of Numbers
Topics:
Who gets counted
Historical Evolution of Data Collection
Basic Programming Concepts
link for course materials today: SecondDayCode and BrunswickEmploymentData2023.csv
link for preference form for Behind the Number Presentations
links for slides and handouts used today: Week1Day2
🔔Next Week:
First Behind the Number Presentation (BMI)
Link to folder: "Behind The Number Presentations"
"Raw Data + Calling Bullshit" Reading Due
10,000 Steps Presentation
TUESDAY SEP 9
THURSDAY SEP 11
📚To read before next Tuesday:
Gitelman, L. (Ed.). (2013). “Raw data” is an oxymoron. MIT Press.
Link: "Raw Data"
Link: "Quick reading Guide" (AI-generated)
Reading goal: This book is 12 years old, an eternity in terms of technological changes. Do the claims still resonate? Which ones do or don't?
Bergstrom, Carl T., and Jevin D. West. Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World, Random House Publishing Group, 2020.
Link: "Calling Bullshit" (Link to pdf in case e-copy is in use)
Link: "Reading guide" (AI-generated)
Reading goal: Decide for yourself - is data the antidote to bullshit?
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