Open data

This week we will get into the weeds about data. Danica Evering from McMaster’s Research Data Management Services will join us for a lively discussion and in-class exercise using one of McMaster’s recently developed data exploration tools.

Our goals are to:

• understand what is meant by open data, as well as potential barriers to publishing open data

• discuss best practices in data management

• explore the wealth of datasets freely available online

Slides from this week are available here: [NOTE: Will be updated as course progresses]

Assignments and Exercises

Before next class

By now, you should be at least partially done with the pre-registration assignment. Do not forget that it is due after reading week, before our next class!

NOTE: this assignment will require substantial effort - do not put it off until the last minute!

Read Experimentology Ch. 11, if you haven’t already.