ETC5513: Collaborative and Reproducible Practices

This unit develops teamwork skills, through instruction on reproducibility and version control to conduct collaborative data analysis. These skills are practised in a team setting with a data analysis project.

Learning outcomes

  1. Develop skills to create reproducible data analyses
  2. Understand the operation of version control systems
  3. Utilise version control to integrate data analysis efforts of team members
  4. Effectively work with a group to construct a collaborative data story

Teachers

Weekly schedule

  • 2 hour workshop, Thursdays 10am-12pm each week
  • 1.5 hour tutorial, one of:
    • Tuesday 6pm-7.30pm
    • Wednesday 4pm-5.30pm
    • Wednesday 5.30pm-7pm

Consultation

  • Michael Lydeamore: Thursday 3pm-4pm hybrid
  • David Wu: Tuesday 4-5pm in-person (See Moodle for details)
  • Naveen Kaushik: Monday 5.30-7pm online
Date Show_Tutorial Topic Tutorial Reference Assessments
26 Feb TRUE Introduction to collaborative and reproducible practices
04 Mar TRUE Reproducible reports using Quarto
11 Mar TRUE Introduction to version control systems: git and GitHub Assignment 1
18 Mar TRUE Reproducible reporting using Quarto, git and GitHub
25 Mar TRUE Deeper git knowledge, stashing and tools
01 Apr FALSE Mid-semester break
08 Apr TRUE Reproducible reporting and version control systems
15 Apr TRUE Workflows for reproducible data analysis
22 Apr TRUE No class (University Holiday) Assignment 2
29 Apr TRUE Reproducible reporting for specialised and broad audiences
06 May TRUE Advanced collaborative practices Assignment 3
13 May TRUE Reproducible workflows in consultancy
20 May TRUE Course recap Interview