Data manipulation in R with dplyr and tidyr

This is the inaugural meetup of RLadies RTP!

This meetup will feature a few 5-minute presentations followed by a hands on data manipulation in R workshop presented by Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel. The workshop will focus the dplyr and tidyr packages.

If you're interested in giving a 5-minute presentation featuring your work in R (ideally related to the workshop topic, but we're flexible), please email mine@rladies.org and/or elaine@rladies.org with your brief pitch.

Agenda:

• 6:30pm - 6:45pm - Networking

• 6:45pm - 7:05pm - Presentations

Lucia Gjeltema - Computational cost of everyday code

Megan Robertson - Analyzing NBA Spatial Data

Elaine McVey - A reusable gender gap analysis of race results

• 7:05pm - 7:15pm - Set up (install R packages, etc.)

• 7:15pm - 8:15pm - Workshop

• 8:15pm - 8:30pm - Wrap up

Dinner will be provided by Duke University's Women in Quantitative Sciences Initiative, and space is provided by Duke University Libraries.

Parking information: We recommend parking at the Bryan Center. See https://parking.duke.edu/parking/visitor/index.php for more information.

All events are intended for women as leaders, mentors, members, and attendees. We are emphatically queer and trans friendly. Men are welcomed to attend as guests.