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D-Lab Newsletter 12/15/2016
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Hooray! It's the end of finals week! That means a well-deserved break. D-Lab wishes you all a very happy holiday and New Year! See you in 2017!
Spring 2017 Tours & Orientations

D-Lab is here to support and advance research in the social sciences, humanities and related disciplines. If you are a faculty, student, or advisor the D-Lab team is available in the Spring Semester to come to your department and give an orientation of our services. We are also happy to host your group at the D-Lab for a formal or informal tour of our space and to discuss our services. Email us to arrange a visit.

January Intensives

D-Lab is starting our Spring Semester strong. We will be holding the following workshop intensives during the week of January 9th.

Programming FUN!damentals, Monday, January 10, 2017
This workshop is a perfect introduction to programming and covers the basics that many instructors often assume you know. Register here!


Creating Maps in R, Monday, January 10, 2017
Get busy making maps with this introduction to methods and libraries for mapping spatial data in R. Register here!


Python for Everything, Tuesday - Friday, January 10 - 13, 2017
A four-part, interactive workshop series, Python for Everything is your complete introduction to programming Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. Register here!


R Fundamentals, Tuesday - Friday, January 10 - 13, 2017
This four-part introductory series will teach you R from scratch with clear introductions, concise examples, and support documents. Get more info and register here!

Text Analysis Fundamentals, Monday - Friday, January 9-13, 2017
This workshop series will prepare participants to move forward with text analysis research, with a special focus on humanities and social science applications. Check our calendar to register.


Qualitative Data Analysis Workshops

D-Lab will also be hosting a variety of January workshops on QDA topics, from research presentations showing examples of how QDA software was used on real projects to hands-on workshops on sharing your qualitative findings. The specific workshops are listed below or check out out calendar.

January Workshops


Python Workshops:
Programming FUN!damentals
Mon, January 9, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 1
Tues, January 10, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 2
Wed, January 11, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 3
Thurs, January 12, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Python for Everything Part 4
Fri, January 13, 2-17 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

R Workshops:
Creating Maps in R
Mon, January 9, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 1
Tues, January 10, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 2
Wed, January 11, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 3
Thurs, January 12, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
R Fundamentals Part 4
Fri, January 13, 2017 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

QDA Workshops
Preparing Your Data for Qualitative Analysis
Mon, January 23, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
How I Used Max QDA: A Research Presentation
Mon, January 23, 2017 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
How I Used Atlas.TI: A Research Presentation
Mon, January 23, 2017 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Hands-On Workshop: Qualitative Interview Guides
Tue, January 24, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Qualitative Data Analysis with MaxQDA
Tue, January 24, 2017 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Qualitative Data Analysis with Dedoose
Wed, January 25, 2017 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Hands-On Workshop: Sharing Your Qualitative Findings
Thu, January 26, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Hands-On Workshop: Sharing Your Qualitative Data and Methods
Fri, January 27, 2017 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Qualitative Data Analysis with Atlas.TI
Fri, January 27, 2017 - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

See our calendar for more workshops in Spring semester.
Special Events & Announcements
D-Lab Consulting Over Winter Break
If you have any questions for a D-Lab consultant over the break, there may be limited response (they need a break too!). Consultants will be back at full capacity for the first week of classes, the week of Jan. 17th.
D-Lab is looking for Instructors and Consultants
In If you feel inspired to help fellow researchers and students learn about research tools, methods and techniques we are interested in hearing from you. We are especially looking for UCB students with a strong knowledge of R, Python, Qualtrics or Stata. See this blog post for more details.
Working Groups
Get Involved in Spring 2017
Working groups are a great way to get involved in a community of like-minded researchers. You can always join at any time! See a listing of working groups on our website.
 
Registered for a workshop and can't make it? No problem! Login to our website and visit My Registrations to cancel your registration.

What is D-Lab?

We help faculty, staff, and graduate students move forward with world-class research in data-intensive social science. We strive to be inclusive, equitable, and to facilitate access to information and resources. We live by the phrase: It’s okay not to know! (IOKN2K)

Check out our free workshops, join our working groups or book an appointment with our consultants today.

Calendar
Keep up to date with the  
D-Lab Calendar for upcoming workshops, working groups, and special events!

Consulting

Need help with your project? We have consultants who can work with you on areas including:

  • Research/study design
  • Python, SQL
  • R, Stata, SPSS
  • Qualitative methods
  • Network analysis
  • Statistical literacy
  • Statistical modeling
  • Accessing datasets
  • GIS, spatial analysis
  • Web mapping

See our consultant page for more details.

Visit Us

356 Barrows Hall

Email us for questions or to suggest new offerings. Better, stop in if you would like to interview for a consulting slot, send us a CV / resume and cover note, and we'll be in touch.

Other Services


We have a variety of software installed in our computers for public use including R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, ArcGIS, Gephi, SPAD and more. Our collaboratory is also free for you to work on your projects or conduct discussions with your peers. See you there!
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