Registration for this workshop is closed.
Description:
In this two day (6-hour) workshop, participants will be introduced to the environment of Rstudio, and data management concepts and techniques using the R programming language. No previous experience with R is required.
The goal is to equip participants with R programming skills that will support their research. Sample data and worksheets will be provided. We will focus on getting familiar with Rstudio in the morning, and move to data management skills in the afternoon. By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to perform basic data management and generate histograms and scatterplots in R.
If participants have specific questions about using R for their own research projects following the workshop, they are encouraged to make appointments for individual consultations.
The following topics will be covered in the workshop:
- Introduction to the RStudio environment
- Reading and importing data from various sources, including Stata, csv, Excel, and SPSS
- Creating tables of descriptive statistics
- Data Management: selecting and reshaping data, merging datasets, and creating new variables
- Generating bivariate graphs, including histograms and scatter plots
Instructor: Hsin Fei Tu
Hsin Fei Tu is a PhD student in Sociology at UMass Amherst. She holds Masters degrees in Sociology and National development. She has taught a number of workshops on quantitative research methods, R, and social network analysis. Her research interests are inequality, research methodology, and social network analysis.
Questions? For more information about this or any of the ISSR Summer Methodology Workshops, please contact ISSR Director of Research Methods Programs, Jessica Pearlman (jpearlman@issr.umass.edu).
REGISTRATION FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS CLOSED.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION | 6-HOUR WORKSHOP
Important: If you are registering for more than one workshop, please verify that all workshops are in your cart with the correct institutional and career status selected, for accurate pricing.
Five College Students and Faculty
- Five College Undergraduate and Graduate Students: $75/person
- Five College Faculty and Staff: $125/person
Non-Five College Students and Faculty
- Non-Five College Undergraduate and Graduate Students: $150/person
- Non-Five College Faculty, Staff and Other Professional: $200/person
Registration note: The Five Colleges include: UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College. Registration closes for each workshop 2 full business days prior to the start date. If paying with departmental funds or personal checks, contact Sue Falcetti (sfalcetti@umass.edu).
Cancellation note: In cases where enrollment is 5 or less, we reserve the right to cancel the workshop. In cases where the registrant cancels prior to the workshop, a full refund will be given with two weeks notice, and 50% refund will be given with one week notice. We will not be able to refund in cases where registrant does not notify us of cancellation at least one week prior to the beginning date of the workshop.
