Program Overview

University Program Information

The University of Cape Town offers a variety of programs, including data analysis and data curation training.

Data Analysis Training

The data analysis training program includes courses such as:

• Introduction to Stata
• Econometrics
• Complex Social Survey Data
• Understanding Panel Survey Data
• Measuring Consumption
• Measuring Economic Welfare
• Understanding the South African Labour Market
• Dealing with Missing Values
• Introduction to R
• Analysing Spatial Data using R

Analysing Spatial Data using R

This is a two-day course that covers the manipulation of spatial data (vector, raster) using R. The course content includes:

• Loading and operations on spatial vector data (points, lines, polygons)
  • Loading spatial vector data into R
  • Map plotting
  • Define spatial projection
  • Sub-setting polygons
• Loading and operations on raster (grid) data
  • Loading a raster layer
  • Basic exploration of raster data
  • Define and changing raster projection
  • Plotting raster data
  • Crop and mask raster data
  • Extract values from raster data
  • Multiple layers of raster layers - raster stack, raster brick
• Application using the DMSP-OLS night-time lights series

Course Details

• Prerequisites: Course participants should be familiar with R and with basic statistical tools.
• Dates: To be confirmed
• Mode of Delivery: This course will be offered online.
• Course Fees: The cost of the course is R 4,500.00.
• Closing Date: Not specified

Program Reservation

DataFirst reserves the right to postpone or cancel this course due to lack of demand.