Class exercise - collecting data - individual

1. Class exercise - collecting data - individual Peter Fox (Marshall Ma attending) Data Science – ITEC/CSCI/ERTH-4350/6350 Week 5, September 23, 2014

2. Modes of collecting data, information • Observation • Measurement • Generation • Driven by • Questions • Research idea • Exploration

3. Management • Creation of logical collections • Physical data handling • Interoperability support • Security support • Data ownership • Metadata collection, management and access. • Persistence • Knowledge and information discovery • Data dissemination and publication

4. Practical details for this week • Preparation was your plan (A1) and some of you have feedback • This week is practical – scope your effort so that you can ~ conduct it within class hours if possible (not required) • Ground rules • ONE data collection • No one off collections • This is an individual exercise

5. Practical details for this week (ctd) • A write up is required, details are in Assignment 2 and presented in week 6 (i.e. keep detailed notes) • No analysis is required • Questions?

6. What is next • Assignment 2 is due next week • Presentation is due after you present it (4 groups) • No reading this week • Participation for the week 6 is very important as you will learn a lot from your peers

7. Presenting your data • ~8-10 min each • Split into 4 groups – so everyone needs to be prepared to present • 4-5 slides MAX • Present • The goal, and the mode of collection • How data was acquired • Physical and logical organization • Other ‘management’ aspects • Metadata and documentation collected/ stored • Some data in some form