Data @ Rice Workshop Series - Summer 2024

Service Description

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This free workshop series sponsored by Fondren Library, the Office of Research, and the Center for Research Computing provides hands-on training on the basics of finding, managing, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing data as well as in using research computing resources.

To register, visit the Calendar of Events and Courses or follow the registration links below.

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Questions? Contact us at researchdata@rice.edu if you have any questions or want to cancel a class you registered.

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Summer 2024: Workshop Schedule

Lunch HouR Series

Beginning in July, we invite you to learn the basics of R and dive into programming skills for improving your research reproducibility and workflow!

Each online workshop lasts 45 minutes, is scheduled during the lunch hour (12:05 - 12:50 pm) to accommodate your busy schedule, and focuses on a single topic.  Attend as many workshops as you like; register for individual sessions with the links below.

  • July 9: Basics of R and RStudio
  • July 11: Importing and Indexing Data in R
  • July 16: Cleaning Data in R - Part 1
  • July 18: Cleaning Data in R - Part 2
  • July 23: Wrangling Data in R with dplyr
  • July 25: Programming Basics in R
  • July 30: Basic Statistics in R - Part 1
  • August 1: Basic Statistics in R - Part 2
  • August 12: Data Visualization in R - Part 1
  • August 13: Data Visualization in R - Part 2

Software Carpentry

  • Software Carpentries @ Rice (with R) - May 15-16
  • Software Carpentries @ Rice (with Python) - August 14-15 

Excel

  • Excel Pivot Tables - Asynchronous course available anytime on Canvas