Data Analytics Workshop for Teens
Federal City Public Service Foundation and DC Data+Women
#innoMAYtion Hackathon
Workshop Time: 10:45 - 12:45pm
In this 2 hour introductory workshop you will learn about data analytics through a combination of presentations, hands on training, and group exercises. Laptops will be provided and at the end of the session you will have built an interactive visualization using real data about DC.
**Space is limited, please sign up at the bottom of this page**
Agenda:
Icebreaker Activity
What is data analytics, why is it important, and how can it be used in the world around us?
What jobs are available in the field of data and what tools are used in data fields?
Hands on: Let’s analyze a data set together, using Tableau.
About Us:
DC Data + Women
Twitter: @datapluswomen
Meetup.com for future events
- Erin Simpler-Kellett
- Brittany Fong
- Emily Kund
- Julie Kim
Federal City Public Service Foundation
- Kay Henley
- Shadonna Logan
Workshop Resources:
Slides
Tableau Workbook
Tableau Dashboard Overview
Emergency Work Requests Data
*Workshop Survey
Shared Folder (includes takehome resources and the data set)
Additional Resources:
GoFundMe - Did you like our workshop? or Would you like local teens to have the opportunity to attend? Consider donating to help us run these workshops in the future.
Tableau Software Website - Free tutorial videos
Tableau Public Website - Free download of Tableau Public, gallery of example visualizations
Cool Data Sets:
Open Data DC
Data is Plural
Buzzfeed Data (GitHub)
Retail Data: http://research.nrffoundation.com
Sports Data: http://www.opensourcesports.com
Open Federal Gov’t Data: https://www.data.gov
Data.World: https://data.world