Potentials and Challenges of Analyzing Public Data

This workshop discuss the potentials and challanges of working with the Calgary Policy Crime Statistics which are publicaly available. A problem of mapping crime incidence is considered. Some useful R functions and techniques needed for working this problem are shared. Note that the basic types of data objects are briefly reviewed for new R learners. Finally, the problem of data quality assurance, importance of data dictionary, and issues on deriving information from data are addressed for further analysis. More information can be found from http://people.ucalgary.ca/~chelhee.lee/pages/crug.html