Events

Current Events

Spring 2025

Introduction to Regressions
When: Monday, May 5, 2025 1:00 PM Eastern Time
This workshop serves as a primer for commonly used regressions, including the basic linear regression, panel (multi-level, grouped etc.) data analysis, binary data analysis (logit and probit regressions), censored data analysis (tobit regressions), and experimental data analysis (diff-in-diff models). We cover the uses of each type of regression and how to choose the best analysis based on your data and your hypothesis. We will also cover the basic commands for each regression in R and how to interpret regression results from a simple model.

Cleaning and Organizing your Data in R
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 3:00 PM Eastern Time
Whether exporting from Qualtrics, downloading from a database, or using any other type of method to create or consolidate data, cleaning the data into a usable format is a vital step before any kind of analysis This workshop will explore different methods, reasons, and structures used to clean and organize data in R in order to help users better understand and prepare data for their various statistical purposes.

Past Events

Fall 2023

Introduction to Data Cleaning
When: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Registration Link 

Our 90-minute workshop will cover essential techniques and best practices for handling missing values, dealing with outliers, and addressing formatting errors. Through practical examples you will gain a solid understanding of pandas, a powerful Python library for data manipulation, and how to leverage its functions for effective data cleaning.
Spring 2023

Psychometrics
When: Feb 27, 2023 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Registration Link

This workshop will cover the topics of reliability and validity which are central to any measurement problem. These issues are especially problematic in social science since we are measuring things that are latent constructs such as personality or intelligence. The specific statistical topics that will be covered are chronbach’s alpha, inter item correlation, item to total score correlation, and factor analysis.

Regression
When: Mar 13, 2023 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Registration Link

This workshop serves as a primer for linear regression. We cover the intuition and fundamentals of linear regression methods, interpretation of results, and the underlying statistical assumptions, as well as methods to test whether those assumptions are met. We further discuss causal inference and methods for addressing possible unknown confounders.

Logistic Regression/Econometrics
When: Apr 3, 2023 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Registration Link 

This workshop builds on the Regression workshop held on March 13, 2023, but is accessible to those with at least a basic understanding of linear regression. We discuss alternative regression methods, with an emphasis on non-linear methods. These include logistic regression, multinomial logit models, ordinal logistic regression, poisson models, and cox proportional hazard models. We also discuss when application of each method is best utilized, and limitations of each method.

Spring 2021 Workshops

18 March
Working with Data in Excel
with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program

Thursday, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

This lab will teach you how to clean and analyze data in Excel. Come for a hands-on primer on the kinds of tools that are necessary when working with data, including formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP. A basic familiarity with Excel is useful, but not required to participate.

Spring 2020 Workshops

23 March
Working with Data in Excel
with the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program

Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Room 6418

This lab will teach you how to clean and analyze data in Excel. Come for a hands-on primer on the kinds of tools that are necessary when working with data, including formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP. A basic familiarity with Excel is useful, but not required to participate.

Spring 2018 Workshops

28 February
Teaching statistics and quantitative reasoning skills
with the Graduate Student Teaching Association of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP, APA Div. 2)

1 March
Writing in the Social Sciences
with the Office of Career Planning & Professional Development

28 March
ESL for Scientists
with the Office of Career Planning & Professional Development

26 April & 3 May
Statistics with R for Language Researchers
with the Linguistics; Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences; and Psychology Cognition, Language and Development Programs

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