Data Science for WASH - An opportunity for the sector

Date
29th of July, 2021
Time
15:00 - 16:00, GMT +1
Cost
free
Link
https://larnsce.github.io/co-wash-symposium-2021/
A few details

Time:

  • 7 AM (MST - Boulder, USA)
  • 3 PM (CET - Zurich, Switzerland)
  • 5 PM (EAT - Nairobi, Kenya)
  • 9 PM (ICT - Hanoi, Vietnam)
  • 1 AM (NSW - Sydney, Australia)

As part of the workshop you will:

  • Follow along an example to produce a data analysis report using data of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
  • Learn how to use the R Markdown document format to produce an HTML document, and how to publish it as a website
  • Get a taste of the benefits of using R as a modern data science tool for reproducible data analyses and reporting
Prework

We assume that you have:

  • Created a free account on RStudio Cloud (create one here)
  • One of Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge (just not the Internet Explorer)
  • Read the Code of Conduct for this workshop
  • We do not expect any prior knowledge of using R or RStudio.

These materials were prepared for a workshop hosted at the Colorado WASH Symposium 2021. This workshop is hosted by Lars Schöbitz.