Cognitive interviewing is a methodology researchers use to gain a better understanding of how respondents think when answering specific survey items. This course is designed to provide participants with fundamentals... Read more »
Data Matters: Spring Ahead, will feature a selection of our most popular two-day courses. The traditional Data Matters series will return in August 2023. Data Matters gives students the chance to learn about a wide range of topics in data science, analytics, visualization, curation and more from expert instructors. Sponsored by the Odum Institute for... Read more »
In this two-part (3/21, 3/23) 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. This course will be a soft pre-requisite for the upcoming “Modular Design and Automated Testing in R” on 4/18 and 4/20. Please visit... Read more »
Visual imagery has an expanding role in social science research methods. Keeping in mind the needs of a researcher who has little or no formal training in the visual arts, this course will offer criteria for the use of visual methods in qualitative inquiry that will help researchers sharpen their analytical skills. Analyzing images requires... Read more »
In this two-part (3/21, 3/23) 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. This course will be a soft pre-requisite for the upcoming “Modular Design and Automated Testing in R” on 4/18 and 4/20. Please visit... Read more »
This 2-part course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Attendees will learn to structure their R code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Attendees will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and... Read more »
This course will offer an overview of big data types and sources and discuss their potential for survey and social science research (social media data, digital trace data, administrative data and sensor data through a total data quality lens). Presenters will address quality issues with each type of data, possible error frameworks to use in... Read more »
This 2-part course will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Attendees will learn to structure their R code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Attendees will learn to write automated tests for their functions, to help confirm that results are as expected and... Read more »
This course will take place over three mornings (5/15/23, 5/17/23, and 5/19/23), 2.5 hours per morning, and will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not... Read more »
This course will take place over three mornings (5/15/23, 5/17/23, and 5/19/23), 2.5 hours per morning, and will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not... Read more »
This course will take place over three mornings (5/15/23, 5/17/23, and 5/19/23), 2.5 hours per morning, and will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded. Integrated mixed methods are used to answer questions that necessitate more than one method to achieve a holistic understanding. Combining qualitative and quantitative... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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, the National Consortium for Data Science, and RENCI. Registration is now open for Data Matters, which will be held August 7 – 11. Data... Read more »
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, the National Consortium for Data Science, and RENCI. Registration is now open for Data Matters, which will be held August 7 – 11. Data... Read more »
