{"id":1075,"date":"2023-03-28T22:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T22:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:59:58","slug":"csscr-newsletter-spring-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/2023\/03\/28\/csscr-newsletter-spring-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CSSCR Newsletter Spring 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Director<\/p>\n<p>Spring Quarter and the UW Cherry Blossoms have arrived!\u00a0 We are running our normal services. We are in-person for consulting drop-in&#8217;s at Savery Hall 119 and also providing online services during our daytime drop-in hours. To access us online during daytime hours (basically 8AM to 5PM) just send a note to CSSCR@uw.edu with a brief description of your problem and we will make contact via email to set up a zoom meeting. We are running an evening online consulting service from 6PM to 9PM Monday through Thursday; this is an online service only. To access help in the evening just send an email note to <a href=\"mailto:csscr_evening@uw.edu\">csscr_evening@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our Main Office (Savery 110) and the drop-in computer lab (Savery 118) are open from 8AM to 6PM; Friday&#8217;s until 5PM.\u00a0 \u00a0Our two computer classroom labs are open for reservations during our daytime hours; just send a note to csscr@uw.edu if you wish to reserve classroom space.<\/p>\n<p>Spring Quarter we will offer a set of in-person workshops (see list of workshops below).\u00a0 These workshops are generally of an introductory nature and designed to get you started on a variety of software and are in person. (If you have a specific workshop need or something you be interested in us providing send me a note at csscr@uw.edu and we will see what we can for Spring or later quarters.)<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the workshops is provided below.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed the spring break, albeit too short I am sure!<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Herting<\/p>\n<p>*************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CSSCR Short Workshop Offerings Spring Quarter 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***Workshops are listed in the order of the dates they are delivered***<\/p>\n<p>***************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to R using R Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor: Victoria Sass, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date: Wednesday,\u00a0 April 12, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time: 1:30pm \u2013 2:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to QGIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description: \u00a0 This course will provide students with a broad overview of what geographic information systems (GISs) are and how social scientists can benefit from using them in their research. Students will explore basic GIS concepts through hands-on exercises using QGIS, a widely used GIS software package, as well as freely available data sets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Aya Masilela, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Thursday, April 13, 2023<\/li>\n<li>TIme:\u00a0 10:30am \u2013 11:30am<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<br \/>\n<strong>Introduction to Python<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description:\u00a0 This introductory workshop is designed to introduce you to basic Python commands, including reading in datasets, basic data manipulation, and common statistical tests and procedures. This will also cover common Python IDEs and comparisons to other popular programming languages such as Stata and R.\u00a0 This class will be ideal for users who have little to no experience with Python.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Kovid Puria, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Monday,\u00a0 April 17, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time:\u00a0 1:30pm \u2013 2:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Wrangling in R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description:\u00a0 This workshop will cover some of R&#8217;s useful tools for data management and exploration. Most of class will be devoted to learning Hadley Wickham&#8217;s excellent &#8220;tidyr&#8221; and &#8220;dplyr&#8221; packages. Attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with R\/RStudio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Youngwon Kim, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Tuesday,\u00a0 April 18, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time:\u00a0 2:30pm \u2013 3:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct Coding of Audio Data using ATLAS.ti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Baishakhi Basu, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Wednesday, April 19, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time:\u00a0 2:30pm &#8211; 3:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction to Text Analysis using R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description:\u00a0 This workshop will introduce the basics of text analysis in R using the tools from the &#8220;tidytext&#8221; package. Participants will learn how to manage and clean text data, perform sentiment analysis, and calculate descriptive statistics on a body of text.\u00a0 \u00a0Basic level of using R\/RStudio is assumed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Steve Karceski, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Friday, April 21, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time: 2:30am \u2013 3:30am<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<br \/>\n<strong>Basic Graphics and Data Visualization in R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description: \u00a0 This CSSCR workshop introduces students to ways of producing effect graphs and visualization graphs in R.\u00a0 Topics covered will include basic plotting functions (e.g. histograms, scatter plots), production of multi-panel graphs, and various means of exporting graphs to other presentation packages.\u00a0 A basic user level of R \/ RStudio is assumed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor: Zhaowen Guo, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date: Monday, April 24, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time: 1:30pm \u2013 2:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*******************************<br \/>\n<strong>Introduction to SPSS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description: \u00a0 This workshop introduces the SPSS statistical package including reading in datafiles, as well as basic data management and introductory statistical procedures. Additional topics include computing and recoding variables and selecting and filtering cases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Shaena Brun, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Tuesday, April 25, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time:\u00a0 1:30pm \u2013 2:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 117 (Big Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>****************************<br \/>\n<strong>Data Wrangling in R<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Description:\u00a0 This workshop will cover some of R&#8217;s useful tools for data management and exploration. Most of class will be devoted to learning Hadley Wickham&#8217;s excellent &#8220;tidyr&#8221; and &#8220;dplyr&#8221; packages. Attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with R\/RStudio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor:\u00a0 Anwesha Pan, CSSCR Consultant<\/li>\n<li>Date:\u00a0 Wednesday,\u00a0 April 26, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Time:\u00a0 10:30am \u2013 11:30am<\/li>\n<li>Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Register\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/registration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*******************************<br \/>\nIf you have questions or problems registering please send a note to CSSCR@uw.edu.<\/p>\n<h2>****************************<\/h2>\n<p>**********************************************************************************************<br \/>\n<strong>Recent and New Data at CSSCR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>NEW DATA:<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 5-Year (2017\u20132021) Summary File for WA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 5-Year (2017\u20132021) Summary File for US<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 5-Year (2017\u20132021) PUMS for WA (coming soon in February) <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 5-Year (2017\u20132021) PUMS for US (coming soon in\u00a0February) <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>RECENT DATA:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 1-Year Summary File for WA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 1-Year Summary File for US<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 1-Year PUMS for WA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2021 ACS 1-Year PUMS for US<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2020 ACS 5-year Summary File estimates for Washington State<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2020 ACS 5-year Summary File estimates for US\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2020 ACS 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files for Washington State\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2020 ACS 5-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)\u00a0files for US\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also see news regarding data availability for Census 2020 at our website under Data Archive Decennial Census\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/census\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/census\/\">http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csscr\/census\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*************************<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ICPSR access at CSSCR<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>CSSCR maintains the UW membership in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). All members of the UW community have direct access to ICPSR\u2019s data archive of over 9,900 studies. Please contact us (csscr@uw.edu) if you have questions or need more information about using this resource for accessing data or adding your data to the ICPSR repository. ICPSR new data releases and other news can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icpsr.umich.edu\/icpsrweb\/about\/news.jsp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Center for Social Science Computation and Research<\/strong>\u00a0(CSSCR) is an interdepartmental computer center in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington. CSSCR provides facilities and consulting support for computing activity related to teaching and research at the University.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hours of Operation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><em>CSSCR is an in-person service<\/em><strong>!\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Drop in In-Person Consulting<\/strong> (Savery 119) \u2014 no appointment needed just stop on by!<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Monday-Friday 8AM-6PM<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>If you prefer an online meeting during the above times&#8230;simply e-mail <strong> <a href=\"mailto:CSSCR@uw.edu\">csscr@uw.edu\u00a0<\/a> with your question\/problem and we will arrange a Zoom meeting or answer your questions via e-mail.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"block-9dfeb37a-e668-4f15-9597-66d1cda50ccb\">NOTE:\u00a0 Evening on-line consulting <strong> is available M-Th from 6PM-9PM just send a request to csscr_evening@uw.edu.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Main office and other services<\/strong> (Savery 110)<\/h4>\n<p>Main office is open\u00a0<strong>Monday-Friday 9AM-12PM and 1PM-5PM \u2014 Please send queries to <a href=\"mailto:csscr@uw.edu\">csscr@uw.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>We are closed weekends and for all University holidays.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>**********************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Center for Social Science Computation &amp; Research<br \/>\nUniversity of Washington<br \/>\n110 Savery Hall<br \/>\nBox 353345<br \/>\nSeattle, Washington 98195 U.S.A.<br \/>\n<a href=\"about:blank\">(206) 543-8110<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:csscr@uw.edu\">csscr@uw.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/csscr.washington.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/csscr.washington.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services, 448 Schmitz, 543-8924 (V\/TDD). If you have a letter from Disabled Student Services requesting academic Accommodations, please present the letter to Jerald Herting at CSSCR so we may discuss the necessary classroom accommodations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/online\/terms\">University of Washington Terms and Conditions of Use<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:csscr@u.washington.edu\">Send mail<\/a>\u00a0for questions or comments about this newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Director Spring Quarter and the UW Cherry Blossoms have arrived!\u00a0 We are running our normal services. We are in-person for consulting drop-in&#8217;s at Savery Hall 119 and also providing online services during our daytime drop-in hours. 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