Workshop Handouts

Data@Rice Workshop Materials

This page contains slides and handouts from workshops sponsored by Research Data Services and Digital Scholarship Services. Find the current workshop schedule here.

Programming with Python

• Python Fundamentals - Part 1: Introduction to Programming - Jan. 24, 2025
• Python Fundamentals - Part 2: Loops and Conditions - Jan. 31, 2025
• Data Analysis and Visualization with Pandas in Python - Feb. 21, 2025
• Python for Absolute Beginners - Part 1 - Feb. 5, 2024
• Python for Absolute Beginners - Part 2 - Feb. 14, 2024

Managing and Cleaning Data

• Document

  Research Data Management
• Cleaning Data with Open Refine

Analyzing and Visualizing Data

• Document

  Basic Statistics in R
• Document

  Visualizing Data with ggplot in R
• Introduction to SQL

Sharing and Preserving Data

• Document

  Storing, Backing Up, and Archiving Data

Center for Research Computing Resources

• For materials from workshops presented by the Center for Research Computing, please contact the CRC.

Text Analysis

• Introduction to Text Analysis - Slides
• Intermediate Text Analysis With Python - Slides
• Intermediate Text Analysis With Python - Colab notebook

ChimeraX: Molecule Visualization

• Introduction to Biological Visualization with ChimeraX

Software Carpentry and Lunch HouR Workshop Resources

• Document

  R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis - Workshop Notes
• Resources for learning to code in R

Lunch HouR materials - Spring 2025:

1. Document

   Basics of R and RStudio
2. Document

   Importing and Indexing Data in R
3. Document

   Cleaning Data in R (3 parts)
4. Document

   Wrangling Data in R with dplyr (2 parts)
5. Document

   Programming Basics in R
6. Document

   Basic Statistics in R (2 parts)
7. Document

   Data Visualization in R (2 parts)

Additional Resources

We also recommend these external training resources:

• Penn State Data Management Plan Tutorial
• DataOne Primer on Data Management
• New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum