2023-2024 DASH Workshops
Learn to analyze and visualize all kinds of data with the Data Analysis Support Hub’s 2023-2024 workshops. Register for the entire suite of DASH Workshops today.
Data Visualization in R using ggplot2
September 14, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Subhanya Sivajothy, Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian
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This virtual workshop will provide an introduction to ggplot2, an open-source data visualization package for the statistical programming language R. This workshop will go over basic tips for creating visualizations and customizing the design of those graphs.
Introduction to R Programming
October 18, 2023 | 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Vivek Jadon, Data Specialist
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This beginner-level workshop will focus on basic concepts of R programming using R Studio. Various Data Types and Data Structures will be discussed, as well as basic data analysis in R. No prior knowledge of R programming is required. This workshop consists of a synchronous workshop session, which will be recorded and shared publicly afterward.
Introduction to Data Analysis with SPSS
November 15, 2023 | 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Vivek Jadon, Data Specialist
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This beginner-level workshop will introduce you to the basics of SPSS statistical software, how it works, and some basic descriptive statistics, statistical procedures and chart building features. No prior knowledge of SPSS is required. This session will be recorded and made available openly.
Introduction to Making and Sharing Maps with ArcGIS Pro – In Person
November 22, 2023 | 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Christine Homuth, Spatial Information Specialist
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ArcGIS Pro is a professional desktop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program. It is a powerful data visualization tool that maps and analyzes data, depicting patterns and trends. This workshop is geared towards beginners new to ArcGIS or ArcMap users making the switch to ArcGIS Pro. Attendees will become familiar with ArcGIS tools that are available on campus, learn the ArcGIS Pro interface, symbolize data, and share the resulting map.
Creating Animated Plots in R using ggaminate
January 11, 2024 | 1:30-2:30pm
Facilitator: Subhanya Sivajothy, Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian
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This virtual workshop will build on the Fall 2023 workshop “Data Visualization in R using ggplot2” to provide an introduction to gganimate in the statistical programming language R. This workshop will go examples on how to create visualizations that change over time and how to and customize the design of those graphs.
Map Making for Absolute Beginners using QGIS – In Person
January 16, 2024 | 1:30-3 p.m.
Facilitator: Saman Goudarzi, Cartographic Resources Librarian
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Designed for those who are curious about making maps but haven’t yet had the opportunity to learn. This workshop will provide a friendly introduction to geographic data and the mapping of this data using the geographic information system (GIS) software, QGIS. Absolutely no geography or quantitative background is necessary for an engaging experience.
Introduction to Python
February 14, 2024 | 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Vivek Jadon, Data Specialist
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This beginner level workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of the world’s most popular Python programming language. You’ll learn to store data in Python data types and variables, as well as learn how to perform operations on numbers and strings. Python IDE Anaconda will be briefly discussed. No prior knowledge of Python is required.
Web Scraping with Python’s Beautiful Soup
February 15, 2024 | 10:30 a.m. -12 p.m.
Facilitator: Chelsea Miya, Sherman Centre Post-Doctoral Fellow
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This workshop will introduce attendees to techniques for scraping information from the web using Python’s Beautiful Soup (bs4) toolkit. We will begin with a basic overview of the “anatomy” or structure of a webpage. Students will then learn how to write a script for extracting textual data from websites like Reddit and organizing it into spreadsheets. The second half of the workshop will explore how to use Python’s Pandas library to clean and analyze your data. In addition to technical skills, students are encouraged to engage with critical questions like: What is web scraping for and what can we, as researchers, learn from publicly available data? What are the potential ethical and legal challenges of data harvesting, and how do we do it responsibly?
Introduction to Document Typesetting and Scientific Publishing with LaTeX
March 13, 2024 | 1:30-3 p.m.
Facilitator: John Fink, Digital Scholarship Librarian
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LaTeX is a typesetting programming language used to produce beautiful documents. It especially excels at scientific, mathematic, and engineering specific layouts, but can be used to produce nearly any sort of document. This workshop will teach you the basics of LaTeX, including how to render things like chemical formulas with ease.