01-class.Rmd

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title: "Class 1: Evaluation and the causal revolution"
author: "Andrew Heiss"
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.box-5.large[Join the Slack workspace]

.center.large.sp-after[[andhs.co/slack](<https://andhs.co/slack>)]

.box-5.large[Join the RStudio.cloud workspace]

.center.large[[andhs.co/rstudio](https://andhs.co/rstudio)]

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# In-person<br>session 1

.class-info[

**August 22, 2022**

.light[PMAP 8521: Program evaluation<br>
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
]

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# Plan for today

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.box-5.medium.sp-after-half[Data science and program evaluation]

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.box-6.medium.sp-after-half[Community building and getting help]

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.box-1.medium.sp-after-half[Navigating the course]

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.box-2.medium.sp-after-half[R time!]

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# Data science and<br>program evaluation

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.box-5.huge[Who am I?]

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.box-5.huge[What is<br>“data science”?]

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# What is "data science"?

.box-inv-5.medium.sp-after[Turning raw data into<br>understanding, insight,<br>and knowledge]

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.pull-left-3[
.box-5.medium[&emsp;Collect&emsp;]
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.pull-middle-3[
.box-5.medium[&emsp;Analyze&emsp;]
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.pull-right-3[
.box-5.medium[Communicate]
]

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# What's the difference?

.pull-left.center[
<figure>
  <img src="img/01/ds-venn.png" alt="Data science Venn diagram" title="Data science Venn diagram" width="90%">
</figure>
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.pull-right[
.box-inv-5.medium[Collect]

.box-inv-5.medium[Analyze]

.box-5.medium[Communicate]
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.box-5.large[It's *not* scary/complex<br>machine learning,<br>artificial intelligence,<br>neural network stuff!]

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.center[
<figure>
  <img src="img/01-class/data-science.png" alt="Data science according to R4DS" title="Data science according to R4DS" width="70%">
</figure>
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.center[
<figure>
  <img src="img/01-class/ds4ps-life-cycle.png" alt="DS4PS life cycle" title="DS4PS life cycle" width="100%">
</figure>
]

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# Community building<br>and getting help

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# Why is the R community special?

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.box-inv-6.large[Intentionality]

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.box-inv-6.large[\#rstats]

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.box-inv-6.large[\#tidytuesday]

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.box-inv-6.large[RStudio community forum]

???

- <https://www.rstudio.com/champion/community-building>
- <https://www.rstudio.com/conference/2022/talks/everything-learned-community-building-learned/>
- <https://community.rstudio.com/>

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# Creating our own class community

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.box-inv-6.large.sp-after-half[Work and ask questions in public]

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.box-inv-6.large.sp-after-half[Be supportive]

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.box-inv-6.large[**Don't suffer in silence**]

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# Slack guidelines

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.box-inv-6.large[Ask questions in #help]

.box-6.small[Avoid DMs with me!]

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.box-inv-6.large.sp-before[Don't be shy or scared!]

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.box-inv-6.large.sp-before[Respond in threads]

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.box-6.huge[30 minute rule]


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.box-6.huge[How to<br>ask for help]

.center[[Guidelines](https://evalf22.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2022-08-22_getting-help.html)]

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# Navigating the course

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# Navigating the course

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.pull-left[
.box-inv-1.less-medium[What's on iCollege?]

- Assignment submission
- Grades
- Exams
- Answer keys
- Copyrighted materials
]

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.pull-right[
.box-inv-1.less-medium[What's on the website?]

- Everything else!
- Forever!
]

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- multiple links to assignments and content
- news
- links to Slack and RStudio Cloud
- zip files
- slides

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# R time!

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# Intro to R labs

.box-inv-2.less-medium[Lab 1: Markdown and universal writing]

.box-inv-2.less-medium[Lab 2: Getting started with R and RStudio]

.box-inv-2.less-medium[Lab 3: Data basics]

.box-inv-2.less-medium[Lab 4: Visualize data with ggplot2]

.box-inv-2.less-medium[Lab 5: Transform data with dplyr]