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Further Resources

Some of the tools we'll be using at DSSG might be new to you, but don't worry if so -- this summer will be a great opportunity to pick up some new skills that will be useful in the future as well! Below are a few resources we've collected to help you get familiar with some of these tools:

Terminal and the Command Line

• Hitchhiker's Guide intro to the command line
• General command line navigation
• Secure Shell (ssh): You’ll need this to connect to AWS/cloud computers.
• grep/awk/sed: Quickly find and manipulate files, without ever leaving the command line.

Git and GitHub

• Hitchhiker's Guide intro to git
• Installing Git
• Complete Beginner’s Guide to Git and Github
• 10-minute Hello World Tutorial to using Git and Github
• Github’s interactive web tutorial

Python

• Python Programming Resources:
  • Hitchhiker's Guide intro to python
  • Writing efficient Python
  • Tips for Idiomatic Python
  • Introduction to Python debugging tools
• Jupyter Notebooks and Jupyter Lab
  • Beginner's Guide to Jupyter Lab
  • Example of how IPython notebooks are used in data science
  • Tutorial for setting up and opening IPython notebook
  • Amazing examples of IPython notebooks

Databases and SQL

• Hitchhiker's Guide intro to SQL
• Another useful SQL introduction
• SQL Cheatsheet

Machine Learning Concepts

• A few useful things to know about machine learning
• Survey of machine learning tools for social scientists
• Machine Learning book chapter from Big Data and Social Science

Causal Inference

• Intro to Causal Inference
• Causal Inference in Social Science