1. Open Source Tools for Data Analysis
July 14, 2016
DC Data Summit
Data Analyst Track
Ben Robinson

2. Introductions

3. Introductions – About me
I work at OSSE

4. Introductions – About me
I work at OSSE
I have a Master’s degree in public policy

5. Introductions – About me
I work at OSSE
I have a master’s degree in public policy
I know some STATA and Excel

6. Introductions – About me
I work at OSSE
I have a Master’s degree in public policy
I know some STATA and Excel
My aspiration: I want to make cool graphs.
This is my background before learning R. Engage audience – ask for show of hands in a few categories – who are you?

7. WHAT IS Open Source?

8. Definition
Free distribution
No cost to users

9. Definition Free distribution No license restrictions No cost to users
Allows innovation and experimentation

10. Definition Free distribution No license restrictions No cost to users
Allows innovation and experimentation
Supports use with software, regardless of platform

11. Benefits
Wisdom of crowds
Tap into broader developer knowledge

12. Benefits Wisdom of crowds No cost Tap into broader developer knowledge
Remove barriers to entry

13. Benefits Wisdom of crowds No cost Transparent development
Tap into broader developer knowledge
No cost
Remove barriers to entry
Transparent development
Build tools collaboratively

14. Benefits Wisdom of crowds No cost Transparent development
Tap into broader developer knowledge
No cost
Remove barriers to entry
Transparent development
Build tools collaboratively
Community of users
Learn from the successes and challenges of others

15. Tools for Today

16. Tools GitHub Version control Distributed information
Open access/sharing

17. Tools GitHub R/RStudio Version control Distributed information
Open access/sharing
Statistical programming
Data work/packages
Open source technology

18. Workshop
Proceed to live work in browser on GitHub and in R for interactive exercise

19. INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO LEARN?
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Thanks to:
Adam Bethke, Josh Boots, Alex Engler, Jared Knowles, Andrew Martin, Jon Robinson, Aaron Schumacher, and Tommy Shen for thought partnership.
FOCUS DC, OSSE, and REL Mid-Atlantic for hosting!