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Dear Colleagues,
**With apologies for cross-posting**
The ESRC-funded
Consumer Data Research Centre
at the University of Leeds will be offering the following data visualisation course in May:
Explaining Brexit and Trump with Tidy Data Graphics
2nd May 2018 @ 9:30 am -
4:30 pm
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds
Course Tutor:
Dr
Roger Beecham
2016 was an eventful year. The narrow votes in favour of Brexit in the UK and Trump in the US were a shock to many. You’ve probably heard commentators remark on the underlying causes for why people voted
as they did. A familiar caricature is of blue collar disaffection (Leave and Trump) versus liberal, metropolitan values and relative affluence (Remain and Clinton). But is this true of the entirety of the UK and US?
In this workshop you'll analyse datasets describing UK Local Authority and US county voting behaviour alongside key area-level socio-demographic variables. You'll compare and evaluate the extent
to which those demographics explain area-level variation in the vote. Importantly, you'll explore whether explanations vary for different parts of the UK and US. You'll do so by developing a family of data graphics (in R) that together reveal a data story
behind the vote.
10th May 2018 @ 9:30 am -
4:30 pm
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds
Course Tutor: Dr Daniel Arribas-Bel
This course will introduce the participants to the nascent field of Geographic Data Science using the industry standard, the Python programming language. We will cover the key steps involved in solving
practical problems with spatial data: design, manipulation, exploration, and modelling. These topics will be explored from a “hands-on” perspective using a modern Python stack (e.g. geopandas, seaborn, scikit-learn, PySAL), and examples from real-world spatial
and tabular data.
Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis
for Retail Applications
14th June 2018 @ 9:30 am -
4:30 pm
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds
Course Tutors: Drs Les Dolega, Nick Hood and Andy Newing
This one-day course provides an introduction to applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis in understanding retail sector dynamics. We focus on the visualisation
and analysis of data related to retail supply (e.g. store catchments) and demand (including geodemographics) at national, regional and local scales. We consider commercial and public sector applications of retail analytics and introduce increasingly sophisticated
analysis tools with a series of fully supported hands-on practical sessions, interspersed with short lectures and group activities.
Please click on the title
for more information on content and how to book.
Please email
Kylie Norman for further information
or if you are booking using an internal account.
Best Wishes,
Kylie
Kylie Norman
Administrative Assistant
Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC)
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA)
Level 11, Worsley Building
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel:
0113 3430242
Please visit our website:
http://cdrc.ac.uk