DATAWorks Speakers and Abstracts

Ms. SherAaron Hurt

The Carpentries
R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis
Day 1, Room: C 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

SherAaron (Sher!) Hurt is the Director of Workshops and Instruction for The Carpentries, an organisation that teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide. As the Director of Workshops and Training she provides strategy, oversight, and overall management, planning, vision, and leadership for The Carpentries Workshops and Instruction Team. She oversees and support all administration, communications, and data entry aspects for workshops. Sher! oversees and supports all Instructor and Trainer training aspects, including curriculum development and maintenance, certification, and community management. Sher! supports the certified Instructor community by developing appropriate programming, communications processes, and workflows. She develop resources and workflows to ensure the overall health of workshops and the Instructor Training and Trainer Training programs. She earned her B.S. in Business Management at Michigan Technological University and M.A. degree in Hospitality Management at Florida International University. Sher! resides in Detroit, MI where she enjoys travel and fitness.

Abstract: R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis

The Carpentries more introductory R lesson. In addition to their standard content, this workshop covers data analysis and visualization in R, focusing on working with tabular data and other core data structures, using conditionals and loops, writing custom functions, and creating publication-quality graphics. As their more introductory R offering, this workshop also introduces learners to RStudio and strategies for getting help. This workshop is appropriate for learners with no previous programming experience.