Marx Science and Social Science Library Stat Lab - Part Three of Working with US Census data in R: “Implementing Your Skills to Download, Analyze, and Map US Census Data from Start to Finish”

Event time: 
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 10:00am
Location: 
Zoom Session See map
Event description: 

The Marx Science and Social Science Library Stat Lab presents Sara Gottlieb-Cohen, Yale University Library:

“Implementing Your Skills to Download, Analyze, and Map US Census Data from Start to Finish.”

This is part three of a special three-part Zoom series on working with US Census data in R.  Register here:  https://schedule.yale.edu/event/7199780

This workshop is the third in a three-part series on working with US Census data in R. This workshop will use skills acquired during the first two sessons to work through an example analysis and visualization using US Census data.

This workshop assumes experience and comfort with using R for data analytic work. If you are new to R, you should start with the “First Steps in R,” “Second Steps in R,” and “Manipulating Data in R using the Tidyverse” workshops.

Software Used: R, RStudio

This workshop covers:

  • Downloading US Census data
  • Wrangling and cleaning data using tidyverse tools
  • Summarizing and visualizing Census data
  • Mapping Census data

 

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
Open to: 
Yale Community Only