#TidyTuesday Practical Session

We are very excited to announce a new event format by R-Ladies Cape Town: #tidytuesday. The #tidytuesday initiative was created by R for Data Science (#R4DS) - they release a data set every Tuesday with the challenge to create a unique visualisation based on the data set. We will be doing just that! Bring along your laptop - we will be downloading the #tidytuesday data set released that day (or you could use a previous one if you like) and using it to practice our visualisation skills. We will provide a short script to get you started. You are welcome to work on your own or collaborate, and bring your own data and questions along if you'd like. If you can, please bring something to drink and/or some snacks to share!

From R4DS: "Join the R4DS online learning community in the weekly #TidyTuesday event! Every week we post a raw dataset, a chart or article related to that dataset, and ask you to explore the data. While the dataset will be “tamed”, it will not always be tidy! As such you might need to apply various R for Data Science techniques to wrangle the data into a true tidy format. The goal of TidyTuesday is to apply your R skills, get feedback, explore other’s work, and connect with the greater #RStats community! As such we encourage everyone of all skills to participate!”

We encourage a mix of regular useRs and total beginners to encourage a collaborative co-learning space. Follow #tidytuesday on Twitter for some examples of visualisations created in the past. If you feel up to it, we encourage posting your own visualisation :)