Summary and Setup

One of the primary challenges with the utilization of digital datasets in the social sciences is a lack of data literacy skills in collecting data. This includes both data collection from existing data repositories and field-based data collections such as observation data, interviews, and surveys. This module will provide learning materials on both sides to prepare the researchers with data collection skills at beginner, intermediate, and expert levels.

Getting Started

These modules are intended to be hands-on through the use of Jupyter notebooks. Many of these modules build on concepts and datasets that have been introduced in the Data Collection module. Learners are encouraged to work through those modules first.

Data Sets


Each lesson will provide instructions on where to access and download the relevant datasets.

Software Setup


Details

We will be utilizing Jupyter notebooks for most of the hands-on activities. A public JupyterHub server has been setup for these lessons, where you can login with your institutional credentials.