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This course introduces the principles and practice of data management.

 We cover the following:

• Motivation for data management
• Data principles, life-cycle, protection and regulation
• Data creation
• The data technology ecosystem
• Presenting with data

We present and demonstrate Git and GitHub, a distributed version control system for source code that facilitate collaboration and version control among software development and data science teams.

This course comprises the following modules:

• Version Control
• Git
• Local Repository
• Remote Repository

We setup R and RStudio and establish the foundation for writting and organizing R programs. 

• 9 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present R data structures and demonstrate their use in data manipulation.

• 14 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present best practices for setting up and using projects in RStudio for reproducible analysis. We also introduce Git, a version control system built into RStudio.

• 5 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present and use tibble, a data structure similar to data frames but with some improvement.

• 2 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present and demonstrate data manipulation with dplyr package.

• 10 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present and demonstrate ggplot2, R graphics system for publication-ready static data visualization that is based on the grammer of graphics.

• 6 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We demonstrate tools in tydyr, a package for tyding messy data, for working with variety of wide and long data formats.

• 1 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We introduce Microsoft Office Excel, a popular spreadsheet application, and deliver a comprehensive overview of the interface, features and options. We are carefull to establish the proper usage of terms with respect to Word and writing as a basis for clear communication.

• 9 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present tools and options that streamline and simplify a data entry task ensuring high quality data. 

• 15 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present tools and options for computing with functions and formulas to analyze data, create and use models and optimize solutions. 

• 11 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present tools and options for formatting tabular data and presenting interactive charts and summaries with consistent style. 

• 10 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present tools and options for managing collaboration and review involving remote teams. 

• 13 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We introduce Microsoft Office Word, a popular word processor, and deliver a comprehensive overview of the interface, features and options. We are carefull to establish the proper usage of terms with respect to Word and writing as a basis for clear communication.

• 11 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We explore content types and formatting options in Word and draw attention, through demonstrations, to approaches that communicate structure as opposed to emphasis and how knowing the difference can help you avoid unnecessary complexities. We emphasise approach that is simple, efficient and consistent.

• 15 Videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We emphasis the features of a professional document and demonstrate tools and options in Word for document, layout and page formatting and emphasise approach that is simple, efficient and consistent.

• 6 videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present tools for creating navigable documents that benefit from the simplicity of a consistent formatting. We also present built-in tools that simplify reference management, citations, cross-referencing among others.

• 7 videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice

We present and demonstrate tools features and options in Word that help you seamlessly create, setup and manage documents in a collaborative environment with the highest levels of simplicity, flexibility and consistency.

• 10 videos
• 1 Quiz
• 1 Practice