Teach Me How to Google

Workshop description:

Googling for code help is something that all data scientists (at all career stages) do. But figuring out how to get the information you need back can be incredibly challenging, particularly for new coders. In this talk, we’ll discuss strategies for refining your queries to increase your chances of finding informative solutions.
https://samanthacsik.github.io/teach-me-how-to-google/slides/RLadiesSTL-2022-02-22.html#1

About the speaker:

Sam Csik (pronounced “chick”) is the Data Training Coordinator at the National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) located at UC Santa Barbara, where she is working to develop and teach data science training curricula for the Master’s of Environmental Data Science (MEDS) program and other data science initiatives across NCEAS and UCSB. She is also co-organizer of R-Ladies Santa Barbara, a local data science group which works to promote diversity in the R community. In her spare time, you’ll typically find her hiking with her pup or cooking family dinners with friends.