Getting Started

Last updated on 2023-11-16 | Edit this page

Overview

Questions

  • What makes us understand the context of data?
  • How do you approach an unknown dataset?

Objectives

  • Getting familiar with the example dataset.
  • Facing a common challenge when exploring an unknown dataset.

Challenge 0: What do you see?

Your collaborators sent you a link to one of their tabular datasets with the request to inspect and comment on the collected data.

  • Download the data: exampleDataObject.csv (csv file, delimiter: “,”)

  • Open the CSV file with your day-to-day data analysis tool (Python, MS Excel, R, Matlab, etc.)

  • Inspect the data

  • Ask yourself the following questions:

    • Do you get information out of the data?
    • Which challenges do you face?
    • Do you think that something is missing?

  • Write down your answers and impressions. You will have the opportunity to discuss them with everyone in the lesson.

Important: There is no right or wrong in this task. Just note down whatever comes to your mind!