R Census Data Fundamentals

November 25, 2024, 2:00pm to 4:00pm

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Location: Remote via Zoom. 

Recordings: This D-Lab workshop will be recorded and made available to UC Berkeley participants for a limited time. Your registration for the event indicates your consent to having any images, comments and chat messages included as part of the video recording materials that are made available.

Date & Time: This workshop runs from 2pm-4pm:

• Mon, November 25

Start Time: D-Lab workshops start 10 minutes after the scheduled start time (“Berkeley Time”). We will admit all participants from the waiting room at that time.

Description

In this workshop, we provide an overview of conducting U.S. Census data analysis and visualization in R. First, we’ll cover the basic concepts of U.S. Census Data. Then, we’ll demonstrate how to call the census data API directly from R by using the R tidycensus package.

Prerequisites: D-Lab’s R Fundamentals or equivalent knowledge; previous experience with base R is assumed.

Workshop Materials: https://github.com/dlab-berkeley/R-Census-Data

Software Requirements:Installation Instructions for R and RStudio

Is RStudio Not working on your laptop? Attend the workshop anyway, we can provide you with a cloud-based solution until you figure out the problems with your local installation.

Questions? Email: dlab-frontdesk@berkeley.edu