Class 3: Basics of Data Management

Published

January 20, 2026

Today we’ll practice some basics of data management like importing, basic data cleanup, merging, variable creation, and reshaping

Objectives

  • Explain the difference between absolute and relative file paths
  • Import data using proper file paths
  • Summarize and visualize data for common pitfalls
  • Be able to merge and reshape data in R or Python

Activities

  • Confirm ability to commit and push changes to GitHub
  • Work through data management notebook in Google Colab,
  • Initiate respository for Homework 1