Thomas M. Carsey Graduate Student Symposium Tom Carsey, former director of the Odum Institute and esteemed political scientist, was an advocate of graduate student research and support throughout his professional career. In collaboration with the University Libraries’ Research Hub, … Read more
Introduction to Qualtrics Description: This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. We will create a contact list for distributing survey … Read more
Logistic Regression This short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not demonstrated. This is not a course on software, but … Read more
Humanitarian Mapathon Whether you are new to geography or a GIS expert, come to the Davis Library Research Hub and contribute to the largest existing open source map of the world. Contrary to popular belief, large parts of the … Read more
R Open Labs 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 lab … Read more
Introduction to Qualtrics Description: This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. We will create a contact list for distributing survey … 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 publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted … Read more
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, and visualizations can be … Read more
This workshop will cover some of the most useful functions, shortcuts, and other tools to navigate, manipulate and summarize data more effectively in Excel. General computer skills are required, but specialized prior knowledge is not required. This is a hands-on … Read more
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 of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on … Read more
In accordance with the new UNC policies due to the COVID-19 situation, the March 19 session is cancelled. From March 26, R Open Labs will be offered virtually via Zoom at the following address: https://unc.zoom.us/j/642896505 Meeting ID: 642 896 505 … Read more
