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Using Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Data to Analyze Sub-state Economies through Recession and Recovery

C2ER Webinar: Lecia Parks Langston presents “Using Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Data to Analyze Sub-state Economies through Recession and Recovery.” The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) welcome Ms. Langston as she shares how LED data can be used for detailed analyses of local economies and industries over the business cycle.

Submitting Articles to NIH's PubMed Central

NIH requires that all peer-reviewed articles published since April 2008 be made publicaly available through its PubMed Central repository.  While the basic premise is simple – taxpayer funded research should be available to all – the logistics are not.  This workshop will include a step-by-step guide and documentation of how to submit the article to the system, and how to link it to the NIH grant that at least partially funded the research.  Targeted audience:  Grantees who have received NIH funding as PIs, as key personnel, postdoctoral scholars and more fall into this category.

Introduction to Survey Research Design

There is an unfortunate common perception that "I've taken a survey so I can write one."  Yet there is a definite science to writing and fielding a survey that will result in high quality data.  Over one hundred years of experimental design research has informed questionnaire design and field work.  Books, scholarly articles, government working papers and conference presentations contain a wealth of information on wording, formatting, incentives, mode effects (e.g., web versus phone), length, interviewers and more.  In this workshop we will (a) discuss writing a questionna

Intro to Natural Language Processing (Text Mining)

This 4-hour workshop on "natural language processing" or "text mining” will explore the use of Python to extract meaningful information in text collections: interview transcripts, letters, pamphlets, newspaper articles, etc. Basic knowledge of python is required.

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Jack Burris

Jack Burris

Jack Burris

Jack Burris

Jack Burris
Jack Burris

R bootcamp

The workshop will be an intensive two-day introduction to R using RStudio. Topics will include

  • R basics - reading and manipulating data, working with R data objects, doing calculations, making plots
  • programming in R
  • doing statistical work in R
  • more advanced topics: efficiency, object-oriented programming, advanced graphics, batch jobs
  • parallel processing in R

No prior experience with R is expected, but some familiarity with programming concepts such as loops, if-then-else statements, functions, etc. will be helpful.

Dedoose Training Google Hangout 1 am Session

This is the sign up for the Dedoose Training Google Hangout. Sign up only if you cannot make to the training in person. There are several people who are out of town or even out of the country that have requested a Google Hangout of the training. You must have a gmail account and be on google +. There are only 8 spots available during each session.

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