Python Fundamentals: Part 1

This four-part, interactive workshop series is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. By the end of the series, you will be able to apply your knowledge of basic principles of programming and data manipulation to a real-world social science application.

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The Basics of Excel: Part 1

This two-part series will focus on how to set up database-like structures, navigate them, create models and build various types of reports in Microsoft Excel. By the end of this series, participants will be able to sort and look for information within large datasets, use character-based functions, pivot tables, and build basic financial models.

Technology requirement: Please arrive with Microsoft Excel installed on your laptop.

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Introduction to Qualtrics

This workshop will introduce students to the basics of designing a survey instrument using the Qualtrics platform, such as randomization and survey flow. We will also cover more advanced topics like implementing embedded data and using javascript, as well as tips and tricks on how to use your design to maximize the number of quality responses you get.

The last hour of the workshop will be left open to allow for feedback on any existing designs on which participants are working.

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Tableau Bootcamp

Add data visualization to your communication toolbox without learning to code. Tableau cuts down the time you need to spend creating visualizations through an intuitive graphical user interface. Learn the basics in this hands-on workshop.

  • No prerequisites

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Data Wrangling and Manipulation in R

It is often said that 80% of data analysis is spent on the process of cleaning and preparing the data. This workshop will introduce tools (notably dplyr and tidyr) that makes data wrangling and manipulation much easier. Participants will learn how to use these packages to subset and reshape data sets, do calculations across groups of data, clean data, and other useful stuff.

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R Graphics with ggplot2

This workshop will provide an introduction to graphics in R with ggplot2. Participants will learn how to construct, customize, and export a variety of plot types in order to visualize relationships in data. We will also explore the basic grammar of graphics, including the aesthetics and geometry layers, adding statistics, transforming scales, and coloring or panelling by groups. You will learn how to make histograms, boxplots, scatterplots, lineplots, and heatmaps as well as how to make compound figures.

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Data Wrangling and Manipulation in R

It is often said that 80% of data analysis is spent on the process of cleaning and preparing the data. This workshop will introduce tools (notably dplyr and tidyr) that makes data wrangling and manipulation much easier. Participants will learn how to use these packages to subset and reshape data sets, do calculations across groups of data, clean data, and other useful stuff.

Prerequisite: Prior experience with R is assumed such as R-Fundamentals Parts 1 through 4 or equivalent knowledge. 

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