View source for Edit-a-Thon (June 4, 2019)

This edit-a-thon - June 4, 2019, 2-4pm Eastern Time - will focus on open and ethical tools for working with data, including data wrangling, data analysis, and data visualization. 

== RSVP ==

If you can make it, edit this section and add your name below. (You'll need to [[:Special:UserLogin|log in or create an account first]]. Check your spam folder if you don't receive an account confirmation.) Be sure to let us know how you'll be participating.

* Rachel Starry ([[:User:Rstarry]])
* Erin Glass ([[:User:Erinroseglass]])
* Nathan Schneider ([[:User:Ntnsndr]])
* Dan Shipley ([[:User:DanShipley]])
* Chris Werry ([[:User:Cwerry]])

== Agenda ==
* 30 min: Videoconference introduction on [https://meet.jit.si/ethicaledtech Jitsi]
** Etherpad notes for discussion of data tools: https://etherpad.net/p/ethicaledtech-datatools
* 1.5 hrs: Edit, coordinating on [https://chat.ethicaledtech.info chat]

== Data Tools ==

Check out the list of [[Meta:Contribute#Data|Data Tools]] to be added, including:

* Data Wrangling
** [http://openrefine.org/ OpenRefine]: free, open-source, desktop tool for mass data transformation - [https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/ OpenRefine source code] (NOTE: wiki page exists - https://ethicaledtech.info/wiki/OpenRefine)
** [https://shancarter.github.io/mr-data-converter/ Mr. Data Converter]: free, open-source, browser tool for turning Excel or CSV data into web data formats like HTML, XML, and JSON (also Python dictionaries or MySQL tables) - [https://github.com/shancarter/Mr-Data-Converter Mr. Data Converter source code]
** [http://geomancer.io/ Geomancer]: free, open-source, browser tool for adding geographical data to a spreadsheet - [https://github.com/associatedpress/geomancer/ Geomancer source code]

* Data Analysis
** [https://www.r-project.org/ R programming language], [https://www.rstudio.com/ RStudio], and the [https://www.tidyverse.org/ Tidyverse packages]: R is a widely used open-source language with a robust, global community of users and contributors; RStudio is a free, open-source, integrated development environment (IDE) for working with R (note: there is also a commercial version of RStudio with additional features and customer support); the Tidyverse packages are used for data manipulation, exploration, and visualization
** [https://www.scilab.org/ SciLab]: free, open-source, desktop alternative to MATLAB for statistical analysis and data visualization

* Data Visualization
** [https://rawgraphs.io/ RAWGraphs]: free, open-source, browser tool for simple data visualization
** [http://timeline.knightlab.com/ TimelineJS]: free, open-source, [https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/ Knight Lab] browser tool for creating interactive timelines (ethical issue: requires use of Google sheets)
** [https://plot.ly/online-chart-maker/ Plotly Chart Studio]: freemium browser-based tool for data visualization; also available as [https://plot.ly/graphing-libraries/ open-source graphing packages] for use with Python, R, JavaScript, and MATLAB
** [https://leafletjs.com/ Leaflet]: open-source JavaScript package for creating interactive maps