Introduction to Focus Groups

Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »

Version Control with Git and GitHub

In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git and Github are applicable to any text-based programming or analysis language, including R, Python, Stata, Julia, and others. Participants should create a github account at... Read more »

Data Matters Workshop Series

Data Matters is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at students and professionals in business, research, and government. The short course series is sponsored by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, the National Consortium for Data Science, and RENCI. Registration is now open for the Data Matters series... Read more »