Agenda

Tuesday, August 2

• Join the online office hours

Pre-workshop tutorials. Completing the following tutorials before Wednesday will make your time with us that much more productive.

• R basics
  
• R chart basics
• R data basics

1:00–5:00 pm Eastern Time

Office hours. We are available for answering questions about MIDFIELD and resolving problems you encounter installing R or working with R in the three tutorials listed above.

If you haven’t completed the tutorials, please consider using this time on Tuesday to work on them while we are available to answer questions in real-time.

Wednesday, August 3

• Join the online meeting

1:00–2:00 Eastern Time

Introductions. Introduce facilitators and participants, objectives, and MIDFIELD.

• Download PDF slides

2:00–3:00

Exploring data structure. Exploring data excerpts manually.

• Download PDF slides

3:00–5:00

Guided practice. Self-paced case study using midfieldr and midfielddata. Real-time help.

• Case study: Goals A short reading.
  
• Case study: Data A midfieldr tutorial.

Please check in with us before leaving the virtual meeting.

Homework

• Complete the guided practice “Data” tutorial.
• Optional (FYI). Topics from today’s guided practice are developed in greater detail in midfieldr package vignettes [link].

Thursday, August 4

• Join the online meeting

1:00–1:30 Eastern Time

Metaphors and metrics. Pipelines, pathways, and ecosystems.

• Download PDF slides

1:30–2:30

Guided practice. Continue the case study.

• Case study: Results A midfieldr tutorial.

2:30–3:30

Data visualization session 1

• Creating more effective charts Introduction.
• Download PDF worksheets

3:30–5:00

Operationalizing a research question. Define a problem in the data that interests you with our assistance, form small groups. Report out your research questions and discussion.

• Data dictionaries for the four practice data sets.
• Exploring the variables using R. The midfieldr “Getting started” page illustrates how to examine possible values for a variable.
  
• Download PDF slides

Please check in with us before leaving the virtual meeting.

Homework

• Complete the guided practice “Results” tutorial.
• Refine your plan for working on your research question.
  
• Optional (FYI). Topics from today’s guided practice are developed in greater detail in midfieldr package vignettes [link].

Friday, August 5

• Join the online meeting

1:00–2:00 Eastern Time

Data visualization session 2

• Expanding your graphical repertoire Introduction.
• Download PDF worksheets

2:00–3:30

Work on your research question. Consult with us on your progress, discussion

3:30–4:30

Progress report shared with the group.

4:40–4:45

Wrap up.

• Download PDF slides

After the workshop

• R resources Additional links and books you might find useful
• Links to slides are listed above under the relevant session