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Update Workflows to Version 0.16.2

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:robot: This is an automated build Update Workflows from sandpaper version 0.11.15 -> 0.16.2 - Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1] on 2024-02-27T00:20+00:00 [1]: https://github.com/carpentries/create-pull-request/tree/main

carpentries-bot

rm trailing slash

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Remove a trailing slash that breaks a link.

maneesha

Update slack links

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The Carpentries recently updated their Slack domain URL and invite app URL. This PR updates the links to match the new domains.

froggleston

The Contributing Guide, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, contains two links with URLs that should be updated: 1. the _How to Contribute to an Open Source Project on GitHub_ link leads to a 404...

tobyhodges

Grammar, clarity and other updates

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Fix up typos, grammar and improve clarity for lessons 1, 2, and 4. Replace function to calculate the volume of a cube with a function more relevant to Social Sciences.

mariadelmarq

This Issue is about this section of a course: https://datacarpentry.org/python-socialsci/08-Pandas/index.html In detail: When importing a csv-file with this function, it is necessary to ensure, that the csv file is encoded...

RouvenPankrath

The Matplotlib lesson is outdated (not the section on pandas plotting API). The official recommendation is to use the object-oriented API; e.g. see this [basic official tutorial](https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/introductory/usage.html#sphx-glr-tutorials-introductory-usage-py). Since the matplotlib...

suvayu

I think method chaining should be introduced, either after the [aggregation](https://github.com/datacarpentry/python-socialsci/blob/gh-pages/_episodes/10-aggregations.md) or [join](https://github.com/datacarpentry/python-socialsci/blob/gh-pages/_episodes/11-joins.md) episodes. It's a very effective practice to organise pandas code, leads to very clear logical flow, and...

suvayu

There should be a short but dedicated discussion warning about setting a value on copies: `df[“a”][“b”] = 5`. This is one of the most common mistakes made by beginners, and...

suvayu

This is about the episode on [selecting data](https://github.com/datacarpentry/python-socialsci/blob/gh-pages/_episodes/09-extracting-data.md) - Using [boolean arrays for indexing](https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/user_guide/indexing.html#boolean-indexing) is a foundational concept. It is also used many times later in the material (e.g. filtering/selecting...

suvayu