LaTeX is a widely used document creation software which can help you improve the presentation of homework, papers, academic articles and even presentations.
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This is an archive of our past training offerings. We are looking to include workshops on topics not yet covered here. Is there something not currently on the list? Send us a proposal.
Workshop: LaTeX Fundamentals: Part 2
March 14, 2018
Author:
Isabelle Cohen
Workshop: The Basics of Excel: Part 1
March 14, 2018
Author:
Kimberly Rubens
This class will cover the basics of Excel, from simple formulas (SUM, COUNTIF) to more complex Excel features like Macros and the Data Analysis ToolPak. By the end of both sections, students will be able to employ Excel skills to open source policy data sets. These skills are transferrable to any sector.
Topics Covered Will Include:
March 14, 2018
Author:
Rachael Samberg
This training will help you navigate the copyright, fair use, and usage rights of including third-party content in your digital project.
Workshop: Georectifying Historical Maps
March 14, 2018
Author:
Susan Powell
Do you want to use historical maps in your digital mapping project? Georectifying is the process of “spatializing” scanned maps or aerial imagery so that they can be used in a geographic information system (GIS) for digital mapping. This workshop will cover the basic concepts involved in georeferencing/georectifiying a digital image and provide hands-on practice.
March 14, 2018
Author:
Chris Kennedy
Machine learning often evokes images of Skynet, self-driving cars, and computerized homes. However, these ideas are less science fiction as they are tangible phenomena that are predicated on description, classification, prediction, and pattern recognition in data.
Workshop: R FUN!damentals: Part 1
March 13, 2018
Author:
Evan Muzzall
Data are the foundations of the social and biological sciences. Familiarizing yourself with a programming language can help you better understand the roles that data play in your field. Learn to develop and train your data skills at the free D-Lab R workshops!
March 13, 2018
Author:
Stuart Shulman
Learn how to build custom machine classifiers for sifting Twitter data using Texifter and DiscoverText, presented by Dr. Stuart Shulman, Founder & CEO of Texifter.
The topics covered include how to:
March 13, 2018
Author:
Genevieve Graaf
Genevieve came to doctoral studies after obtaining Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Marriage and Family Studies degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and engaging in over five years of professional practice. Her current research focuses on child mental health policy and evidence-based practice.
March 13, 2018
Author:
Stuart Shulman
Learn how to build custom machine classifiers for sifting Twitter data using Texifter and DiscoverText, presented by Dr. Stuart Shulman, Founder & CEO of Texifter.
The topics covered include how to:
Workshop: Stata FUN!damentals: Part 2
March 13, 2018
Author:
Jackie Ferguson
This three-part series will cover the following materials:
Part 1: Introduction
Workshop: LaTeX Fundamentals: Part 1
March 12, 2018
Author:
Isabelle Cohen
LaTeX is a widely used document creation software which can help you improve the presentation of homework, papers, academic articles and even presentations.
March 12, 2018
This hands on workshop builds on part 2 by introducing the basics of Python's scikit-learn package to implement unsupervised text analysis methods. This workshop will cover a) vectorization and Document Term Matrices, b) weighting (tf-idf), and c) uncovering patterns using topic modeling.
Workshop: Python FUN!damentals: Part 1
March 12, 2018
Author:
Soumya Gupta
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.
Part 1 Topics:
March 9, 2018
Author:
Andrew Estrada Phuong
Join the Qualitative Methods Group and presenters Andrew Estrada Phuong, Judy Nguyen, and Dena Marie as they discuss applying mixed-methods within randomized control trials to study adaptive equity-oriented pedagogies.
Workshop: Web Maps with Leaflet in R
March 9, 2018
Author:
Patty Frontiera
Come learn how to turn your data into beautiful webmaps using R and Leaflet, one of the most popular libraries for creating web maps. We’ll cover how to build the entire workflow from raw data to interactive map all within R, so your analysis and mapping are entirely reproducible.
Workshop: Weighting Data
March 8, 2018
Author:
Thomas L. Piazza
This workshop will cover the main types of weighting, to correct for bias in sample data.
March 7, 2018
Author:
Evan Muzzall
Machine learning often evokes images of Skynet, self-driving cars, and computerized homes. However, these ideas are less science fiction as they are tangible phenomena that are predicated on description, classification, prediction, and pattern recognition in data.
Workshop: Stata FUN!damentals: Part 1
March 6, 2018
Author:
Saika Belal
This three-part series will cover the following materials:
Part 1: Introduction
March 5, 2018
This hands on workshop goes through the common “preprocessing recipe” that is used as the foundation for a variety of other applications as well as some basic natural language processing techniques. These include: a) digitization (utf 8), b) removal of stopwords, numbers, punctuation, c) tokenization, d) calculation of word frequencies / proportions, e) part of speech tagging, and f) concordan
Workshop: StoryMaps in ArcGIS Online
March 5, 2018
This worshop will build on the introduction to ArcGIS Online and introduce StoryMaps in ArcGIS Online. If you want to make a web map that people explore with a directed sequence that includes supporting mixed media, StoryMaps are an easy way to collaborate and share.
