In this tutorial, you will
General discussion about the key take-aways from the readings. What do you think the most important things to know about spreadsheets is? How do you effectively care for your data? If you are planning to share data, what do you need to think about?
What was difficult working with the data in Assignment 1, 2, 3? Beyond the difficulties in compiling your report! What did you find tricky, or take longer than expected, or had to ask someone else how to do? This could also be extended to the data you worked with during tutorials.
What would you as data curator do to make it easier? Were there any wild data that was easy to work with? What made it easy? Come up with a check-list, as a class, for making data available, including any additional resources that should be provided. Share your checklist either in GitHub or as a Google doc, and share it with your tutor and Dr. Saunders.
“To infinity and beyond” Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story
Discussion about issues likely to be faced in the workforce. What would you do if your workplace was doing something unethical with data? Do you expect that your workplace will have a data repository? Would a code versioning system be something you might encounter? What role on a data analytics team would you like to play?