Week 6 - Web scraping and iteration
Web scraping, functions, and iteration 🕸
Schedule
| Lec 11 | Harvesting data from the web | |
| Lab 06 | University of Edinburgh Art Collection | Due: Fri, 25 Oct, 17:00 |
| Lec 12 | Functions and iteration | |
| HW 06 | Money in politics | Due: Wed, 30 Oct, 17:00 |
| RT 05 | Interactive tutorial covering week’s material: Write functions (Function basics, How to write a function, and Arguments) + Iterate (Introduction to iteration, Map, and Map shortcuts) | |
| OQ 06 | Scrape and iterate | Due: Fri, 1 Nov, 17:00 |
Readings
| 📄 | Selector Gadget | Required |
| 📄 | Ethical challenges in online research: Public/private perceptions | Required |
| 📖 | R4DS: Chp 19, Functions | Required |
| 📖 | R4DS: Chp 21, Iteration - Only the following sections: 21.1, 21.2, 21.5.1, and 21.5.2 | Optional |
Miscellaneous
| 🔘 | Peer evaluation 01 | Due: Fri, 25 Oct, 17:00 |
