The Center for Social Science Computation and Research

Workshops Descriptions

CSSCR Short Workshops for Winter Quarter 2025

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***Workshops are listed in the order of the dates they will be delivered***

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Introduction to R using R Studio

Description: This workshop will teach you how to get started with R using the free integrated development environment called Rstudio. The workshop will cover the basic organization of R and RStudio, where to find good help references, and how to begin a basic analysis. This class is ideal for users who have little or no experience with R.

  • Instructor: Alireza Aminkhaki, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Tuesday,  January 28, 2025
  • Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Making Dynamic Maps using QGIS

Description:   This course will show you how to bring your spatial data to life! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create captivating animated time-series maps using QGIS, a powerful open-source GIS platform perfect for beginners and experienced GIS users. No prior experience with QGIS is required.

  • Instructor:  Yuying Xie, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Wednesday, January 29, 2025
  • TIme:  3:30pm – 5:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Introduction to Text Analysis using R

Description:  This workshop will introduce the basics of text analysis in R using the tools from the “tidytext” package. Participants will learn how to manage and clean text data, perform sentiment analysis, and calculate descriptive statistics on a body of text.   Basic level of using R/RStudio is assumed.

  • Instructor:  Victoria Sass, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
  • Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Data Visualization in R with ggplot2

Description: This CSSCR workshop introduces students to data visualization in R using ggplot2, emphasizing both scientific and aesthetic principles for creating effective graphs. Topics include scaling various visual properties in ggplot2, choosing colors, utilizing small multiples and diagonalization, and other techniques to highlight patterns and tell stories with data. A basic understanding of R/RStudio is assumed.

  • Instructor: Brian Leung, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Monday, February 3, 2025
  • Time: 10:30am – 12:00 noon
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Data Wrangling in R

Description:  This workshop will cover some of R’s useful tools for data management and exploration. Most of class will be devoted to learning Hadley Wickham’s excellent “tidyr” and “dplyr” packages. Attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with R/RStudio.

  • Instructor:  Crystal Yu, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Tuesday, February 4, 2025
  • Time:  1:30pm – 3:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Introduction to Stata

Description: This workshop will teach you how to get started using the statistical package Stata. The workshop will cover a) reading in data files from different sources, b) basic data manipulation, and c) some basic common statistical procedures. No previous Stata experience required.

  • Instructor: Biying Zheng, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Wednesday,  February 5, 2025
  • Time: 9:30am – 11:00am
  • Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
  • Register here.

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Direct Coding of Audio Data using ATLAS.ti

Description: This workshop focuses on the ability to directly code audio data (e.g. interviews) using ATLAS.ti software. Direct coding of the data can make transcripting unnecessary, hence, can be initiated soon after data collection. If time permits, some visualization techniques ( such as Word Clouds) will be introduced. The workshop assumes a base knowledge of ATLAS.ti . While the workshop does not require having access to Atlas-ti it is helpful. For UW students/researchers/faculty access to ATLAS.ti on CSDE terminal server is available, please contact CSDE (Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology).

  • Instructor:  Baishakhi Basu, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Wednesday, February 5, 2025
  • Time:  3:30pm – 5:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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Using AI to Help Program/Code in R

Description: This workshop will provide an engaging demonstration of how AI-powered assistants can facilitate your R programming! Discover how tools like GitHub Copilot can enhance coding efficiency, streamline workflows, and provide intelligent suggestions. This session is designed for both beginners and seasoned R programmers.

  • Instructor: He Ren, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date: Thursday,  February 6, 2025
  • Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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A Continued Introduction to Python

Description:  The workshop adds to the Autumn Quarter’s “Introduction to Python” but does not require prior experience with Python. We will build off of the first workshop, in which we introduced basic syntax and data structures to move into some visualization and analysis. We will work with a sample dataset to run regressions and introduce the machine learning library scikit-learn. We will also touch upon using AI for generating starter code and debugging. (Note: “start up” knowledge of Python is helpful but no familiarity with Python is required nor did you have to attend the prior session).

  • Instructor:  Tynan Challenor, CSSCR Consultant
  • Date:  Friday, February 7, 2025
  • Time:  10:30am – 12noon
  • Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)
  • Register here.

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If you have questions or problems registering please send a note to CSSCR@uw.edu.
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