Intro:
Do you want to learn more about U.S. Decennial Census and American Community Survey and use it to support your research? Do you want to see how modern technology can enhance your census research?
This workshop will teach you basics of U.S. Decennial Census and American Community Survey, as well as showcase how to use the choroplethr package developed by Ari Lamstein as well as Census API to visualize Census demographic data in R.
Online Registration https://library.rice.edu/requests/kelley-center-showcase-mapping-census-data-choroplethr
Date and Time:
Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Zoom. Zoom meeting ID and password will be emailed to you a day before the workshop if you sign up.
Prerequisites:
Experience with R would be helpful, but not required. Please installed RStudio before the class: Download the RStudio IDE - RStudio
Cost:
Free
Contact Information:
Instructor:
Alden Sears is a third-year undergraduate studying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University. He develops LibGuides and other online training materials for the Fondren Library’s Kelley Center for Government Information, Data, and Geospatial Services, in collaboration with other Fondren staff and students. As part of the Federal Depository Library Program, the Kelley Center connects Fondren Library patrons to different types of U.S. government information, including government data. Alden adapts this mission to resources useful for data analysis and visualization in the R programming language.