Data handling tutorials
Data handling in Python 3
Python tutorial, August 2024, authored by Cerys Jenkins, University of Edinburgh.
The course covers:
- Basic Operations in Python
- Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
- Data Transformation
- Data Visualization and Plotting
Data handling in R
The course covers:
- RStudio Navigation and Project Setup
- Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
- Data Transformation
- Data Visualization and Plotting
R tutorial, July 2024, authored by Cerys Jenkins, University of Edinburgh.
Data handling in SPSS 29
SPSS tutorial, November 2024, authored by Dr Bob Sanders, University of Edinburgh.
The course covers:
- Finding and opening data
- Describing and documenting data
- Exploring and describing variables
- Common data management tasks (e.g. recoding variables, deriving new variables)
- Data linkage
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Workbook: Handling data using SPSS [PDF] (48 pages) |
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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:
- Setting Up a New Project and Importing to a Geodatabase
- Query Data, Derive New Datasets and Perform Multi-Criteria Analysis
- Organising and Styling a Map
- Creating a Metadata Record for Our Output
- 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) |

