5  Class 1

Activities recap before Class 1

Note that this is a repeat of the activities already mentioned in ‘Importance of RDM’ (total estimated time: 80-100 minutes)

• Watch the presentation on ‘Why is RDM important’? (8 minutes)
• Read (Markowetz 2015): Five selfish reasons to work reproducibly OR Watch the presentation (50 minutes)
• Create a GitHub issue (see Assignment 1) (10-30 minutes)
• Respond to GitHub discussion #125 with your data challenge and respond to any challenges of your peers where they resonate (1-5 minutes)

5.1 Class 1 (120 minutes)

• Introductions
• Discuss why RDM is important to you
  • Do you find the horror stories or the benefits more convincing?
  • Do you have a horror story to share?
• Introduction Data Flow Map assignment
• Check GitHub Issue
• Importance of Documentation

References

Markowetz, Florian. 2015. “Five Selfish Reasons to Work Reproducibly.” Genome Biology 16 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-015-0850-7.