Class Journal Week 5
Jake Woodlee
- Which of these core competencies (if any) were you familiar with before taking this class? How did you become familiar with them?
- Which of these core competencies (if any) did you gain a deeper understanding of by doing this exercise? What about the exercise taught you about them?
- Which of these core competencies (if any) do you want to know more about? Why?
Jwoodlee (talk) 09:31, 5 October 2015 (PDT)
Veronica Pacheco
Which of these core competencies (if any) were you familiar with before taking this class? How did you become familiar with them? I was familiar with Data Preservation, Analysis, Visualization, and Ethics. I became familiar with it mainly in the context of research and publication. It is very important for research to be able to maintain, keep and publish reliable research. Its both for the experiment to be doable by other scientists to produce the same or similar results and it must be done in honor meaning that they have to have honest data.
Which of these core competencies (if any) did you gain a deeper understanding of by doing this exercise? What about the exercise taught you about them? I think I got a better understanding of Data Management and Organization and Data Format because I understand that organization plays an huge role in terms of efficiency. It is more frustrating for a new person to go through data when its very hard to find or use. Even if the data can be complicated, if it is organized and user-friendly it makes it less frustrating to go through the motions.
Which of these core competencies (if any) do you want to know more about? Why? I would like to learn more about Quality Insurance. I think it is important for any information that goes into a database that it is honest and useable data. That is why I would like to know more about the Quality Insurance and how it plays a role in the greater science community.
Vpachec3 (talk) 09:22, 6 October 2015 (PDT)
Emily Simso
- Which of these core competencies (if any) were you familiar with before taking this class? How did you become familiar with them?
- I was familiar with Discovery and Acquisition of Data, some Data Analysis, Data Visualization, and Ethics. I was primarily exposed to these areas through various classes I've taken in the past. I also learned more about data, and the importance of keeping it organized, at an internship I had over the summer.
- Which of these core competencies (if any) did you gain a deeper understanding of by doing this exercise? What about the exercise taught you about them?
- I learned about Databases and Data Formats, Data Management and Organization, Data Conversion and Interoperability, Data Curation and Re-use, and Cultures of Practice for the first time through this assignment. I also learned more about Data Analysis, Data Visualization, and Discovery and Acquisition of Data. I think the assignment did a good job of exposing me to a type of database I had never seen before. It also gave me a greater appreciation for the behind-the-scenes work that goes into making a database and the cycle of data. The readings that went along with this week and last week also taught me about the different types of data and languages that exist.
- Which of these core competencies (if any) do you want to know more about? Why?
- I would like to learn more about Quality Assurance and Metadata because I think those both apply to the general population and involve the necessity for data to be accessible. I think that the information comprised in any database should be available for anyone, even if they are not trained in that specific field.
Emilysimso (talk) 22:42, 6 October 2015 (PDT)
