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GeoPandas: Parts 1-2

Geospatial data are an important component of social science and humanities data visualization and analysis. This workshop will introduce basic methods for working with geospatial data in Python using GeoPandas, a relatively new Python library for working with geospatial data that has matured and stabilized in the last few years. In the workshop we will import geospatial data stored in shapefiles and CSV files into geopandas objects. We will explore methods for subsetting and spatial reshaping these objects.

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Introduction to Pandas

Pandas is a Python package providing fast, flexible, and expressive data structures designed to make working with 'relational' or 'labeled' data both easy and intuitive. It enables doing practical, real world data analysis in Python.

In this workshop, we'll work with example data and go through the various steps you might need to prepare data for analysis.

We plan to cover:

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R Functional Programming

Overview

This workshop helps you to step up your R skills with functional programming. The purrr package provides easy-to-use tools to automate repeated things in your entire R workflow (e.g., wrangling, modeling, and visualization). The end result is cleaner, faster, more readable and extendable code. I highly recommend you to take this workshop (1) if you still write copy-and-paste code, (2) exclusively rely on for loops for automation, and (3) want to know about the joy and power of R functional programming.

Prerequisites

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Frontdesk Info

Hello! Thank you for stopping by the D-Lab.
 
We are currently closed to the public for the summer break (virtual space, frontdesk, workshops, new consulting requests, and consulting drop-ins).
 
We plan to re-open our doors and begin providing services when fall semester begins in August 2021. Our re-opening date is still to be determined, but we will let you all know our plan as we get closer to early August.
 

Intro to Machine Learning in R Part 1-2

Machine learning often evokes images of Skynet, self-driving cars, and computerized homes. However, these ideas are less science fiction as they are tangible phenomena that are predicated on description, classification, prediction, and pattern recognition in data. To social scientists, such methods might be critical for investigating evolutionary relationships, global health patterns, voter turnout in local elections, or individual psychological diagnoses.

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Introduction To Data Visualization in Python

*NOTE: Due to limited resources and staff, we are only able to offer workshops to UC Berkeley affiliates, partners (LBL, UCSF), and invited guests. We respectfully ask you not to register if you are not affliliated with UCB, LBL or UCSF.*

Overview

For this workshop, we'll provide an introduction to visualization with Python. We'll cover visualization theory and plotting with Matplotlib and Seaborn, working through examples in a Jupyter (formerly IPython) notebook. The following plot types will be covered:

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Impactful Data Science: What I Learned through Data Science for Social Good

Posted: Nov, 04, 2020

By: Hikari Murayama

It’s times like these when I like to think about how I can bring together all the technical work I like to do and the impact I want to make.

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