Odum Institute

Academics are increasingly asked to engage with public actors from policymakers to journalists. Rarely, however, are academics given any guidance or strategies for doing so. In this workshop, Dr. Rashawn... Read more »

This course will introduce you to extracting structured data from web pages, also known as “scraping” the pages. We will use the R programming language. The first portion of the... Read more »

Qualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the responses all from one place. In this course, we will cover basic Qualtrics functions including creating some of... Read more »

This course will provide participants with a broad overview of considerations and approaches for capturing sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). This includes examining the current best practices and approaches,... Read more »

This workshop will present proven strategies for mapping out a dissertation completion plan in any discipline. Workshop participants will learn how to develop relational success with the dissertation chair and... Read more »

Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you... Read more »

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 »

This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (v 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous... Read more »

This course will cover the features of MAXQDA (version 2022), a software program that supports qualitative data analysis and helps users systematically code, evaluate, and interpret textual data. Its capabilities... Read more »

This short course is designed to provide participants with fundamentals on how to design, conduct and analyze cognitive interviews. Participants will have the opportunity to practice specific cognitive interviewing techniques,... Read more »

Ruy Manrique is a PhD student at UNC’s Department of Sociology and a predoctoral trainee at the Carolina Population Center. He is also part of the team of graduate student consultants for the Odum Institute Stats Desk. Ruy has ample experience as an applied statistician and data analyst. Contact Jill Stevens with questions.