Day 2 - Introduction to GitHub, Correlation, and Basic Clustering
Managing source code and first steps towards data analysis.
Topics
Introduction to GitHub
- Rationale for version control and collaboration
- Source code version control
- Collaboration using GitHub
Correlation
- Measures of correlation
- Causality vs correlation
Introduction to Clustering
- Basic clustering workflow
- R data structures for hierarchical clustering
Materials
Notes Exercises SolutionsYou need to be logged into your GitHub account to be able to access materials hosted in the private class repository.
Logistics
Date 16 August 2016
Time 10 am to 12 pm (Instruction) / 1 pm to 2 pm (Intro to Exercises and Q&A) / 4 pm to 5 pm (Q&A)
Room Countway 403 (morning) and Countway 424 (afternoon)
Teaching Staff
Nils Gehlenborg (Course Director)
Chamith Fonseka (Teaching Assistant)