Introduction to Focus Groups with Emily Geisen Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics … Read more
Introduction to Census Concepts Do you know that variables like income and educational attainment are no longer part of the decennial census? Do you understand the differences between the decennial long form methodology and that of the American … Read more
Making an Impact with Data Visualization Collecting data is now easier than it has ever been. But, as data becomes more prolific, datasets become larger and more complex. How do we find meaningful patterns in our data? How … Read more
Basics of Pulling Census Data Prerequisite: Introduction to Census Concepts or equivalent knowledge Hands-on workshop to help users understand the strengths of various Census data retrieval tools, both freely available ones and those to which the library … Read more
R Open Lab Open labs are (mostly) unstructured workshops designed to help you learn R. Each week brief instruction will be provided, followed by time to practice, work together, ask questions and get help. Participants can join the … Read more
Academic Publishing 101: From Idea to Article....and Beyond 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
Tableau I Tableau is a user-friendly software application used to create static or interactive visualizations and dashboards. Examples can be found here. Tableau’s drag-and-drop interface provides tools to build a variety of visualizations with no coding required, … Read more
R Open Lab Open labs are (mostly) unstructured workshops designed to help you learn R. Each week brief instruction will be provided, followed by time to practice, work together, ask questions and get help. Participants can join the … Read more
