Workshop: Introduction to programming
| Dates: | 10 April 2017 - 11 April 2017 |
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| Times: | 09:30 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| How much: | Free |
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There is more to programming than simply writing lines of code. This workshop will provide you with a basic set of skills which are aimed at making the coding process more effective, less error prone and more maintainable.
This workshop is intended for researchers who are looking to obtain a basic understanding of the approach to be taken when designing a program as well as actually writing small programs to solve specific problems.
The format of the workshop will be a mixture of PowerPoint presentations and hands-on practical exercises using the Python programming language, open source datasets and social sciences datasets from the UK Data Service.
This workshop will provide an overview of:
Day 1
Specifying the problem to be solved
Creating flowcharts and pseudo-code
Documentation
Basic Python coding constructs
Testing and debugging
Processing data from files
Day 2
Creating functions and using parameters
Introduction to object oriented programming
Introduction to the Pandas and Matplotlib Python packages.
Creating and running complete programs
This course will be of interest to those in social science research who have previous experience with writing SPSS or Stata code but with no formal training in programming. It is free to attend and refreshments, but not lunch, will be provided. Lunch can be purchased from nearby cafes or you can bring your own.
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Computer lab 2.2
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
