Post by Ellie Ransom, Research Services Coordinator, Science and Engineering Libraries At last week’s R Open Lab, we visualized our data to test our assumptions of normality using two of of R’s native commands, qqnorm and qqline. We practiced using the built in dataset, trees, and looked at the variables Height and Volume separately. Notice how the Height […]
Category: Workshops & Training
R Open Labs: Loading Data
At last week’s R Open Lab, we explored two packages (Memisc and foreign) as well as some of R’s native commands for loading data files into our R Studio workspace. View Slides We practiced with ASCII, .TSV, .SAV, and .DTA files, all available from ICPSR, a data […]
R Open Lab: Week 1
Last week, we kicked off R Open Labs with a demo on Base Graphics, or how to make graphics using basic commands. We also gave a brief intro to Swirl, a great package for learning R. You can catch up here with these helpful slides: Base Graphics System Check back next week, Wednesday, Feb. 3 […]
R Open Labs this Spring in the DSSC
10am – 12pm Every Wednesday Digital Social Science Center Stop by any Wednesday this Spring for R Open Labs. We start off every Open Lab with a 10 minute exploration of an R package or dataset; the rest of the time is yours to work on homework, research or building your coding skills in good […]
Digital Music Lab – upcoming info sessions announced for 3/29, 4/5 and 4/12, 2-3pm
Curious about the type of work and research you can do in our Digital Music Lab? You're in luck; there are three upcoming info sessions on the resources of the Digital Music Lab in the Music & Arts Library this semester. The Digital Music Lab offers specialized music software, digital pianos, and a large-format scanner. […]
Check Out Summer Geographic Information System Workshops At The DSSC
by Jessica Gentile, Social Media Intern Over the summer, the Libraries’ are offering a variety of GIS workshops, covering both basic and advanced topics and technologies. Here’s a listing of what’s coming up this June, July, and August. To register for any of these workshops, visit the DSSC website. We hope to see you there! Working […]
Check out our Summer Workshops!
by Jessica Gentile Over the summer, the Libraries will continue to offer many free research and technology workshops to support students and faculty. Here’s a listing of what’s coming up this June and July. (You can find a complete listing of Libraries workshops and instructional classes on our website.) We hope to see you soon! […]
February Workshops
The Libraries continues to offer a series of free technology and research workshops to support students and faculty in their teaching, research, and learning. Here’s a brief selection of what’s available in February. (You can find a complete listing of Libraries workshops on our website.) We hope to see you soon! February 03, 2011 […]
October Workshops at the Libraries
Try a workshop at the Libraries this month! The following are just a selection of what’s offered. October 07, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EndNote Bibliographic Software 306 Butler Library The classic bibliographic citation software, still the best choice for managing large collections of citations and customizing citation styles and reference types. October […]
September Workshops
Check out one (or many) of the free library workshops this month. Offerings include various software, scanning, citation management tools (like Endnote and Zotero), GIS, Bloomberg, research tips, library resources, and more! September 13, 2010 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EDT EndNote Bibliographic Software 306 Butler Library September 14, 2010 from 3:30 […]