Data handling tutorials

Data handling in Python 3

Python tutorial, August 2024, authored by Cerys Jenkins, University of Edinburgh.

The course covers:

  1. Basic Operations in Python
  2. Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
  3. Data Transformation
  4. Data Visualization and Plotting

Python Practical Exercise - Introduction [HTML]
Python - Exercise 1 [HTML] - Basic Operations in Python
Python - Exercise 2 [HTML] - Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
Python - Exercise 3 [HTML] - Data Transformation
Python - Exercise 4 [HTML] - Data Visualization and Plotting
Data files for Python tutorials [CSV] (21.5 KB)

Data handling in R

The course covers:

  1. RStudio Navigation and Project Setup
  2. Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
  3. Data Transformation
  4. Data Visualization and Plotting

R tutorial, July 2024, authored by Cerys Jenkins, University of Edinburgh.

R Practical Exercise - Introduction [HTML]
R - Exercise 1 [HTML] - RStudio Navigation and Project Setup
R - Exercise 2 [HTML] - Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
R - Exercise 3 [HTML] - Data Transformation
R - Exercise 4 [HTML] - Data Visualization and Plotting
Data file for R tutorials [CSV] (21.5 KB)

Data handling in SPSS 29

SPSS tutorial, November 2024, authored by Dr Bob Sanders, University of Edinburgh.

The course covers:

  1. Finding and opening data
  2. Describing and documenting data
  3. Exploring and describing variables
  4. Common data management tasks (e.g. recoding variables, deriving new variables)
  5. Data linkage

Workbook: Handling data using SPSS [PDF] (48 pages)

Zipped data file and example folder structure (87.4 KB expands to 1.41 MB unzipped)

Data handling in ArcGIS Pro 3.3/3.4

ArcGIS tutorial, October 2024, authored by Katie Self, EDINA.

The course covers:

  1. Setting Up a New Project and Importing to a Geodatabase
  2. Query Data, Derive New Datasets and Perform Multi-Criteria Analysis
  3. Organising and Styling a Map
  4. Creating a Metadata Record for Our Output
  5. Sharing and Exporting
Complete ArcGIS Pro tutorials [PDF] (36 pages)
Zipped data files for ArcGIS Pro tutorials (6.74 MB expands to 29.9 MB unzipped)
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