R Programming for Researchers: Data Wrangling (online)
October 6th, 10:00am–12:00pm
Online instruction. Workshop link and satellite room location will be emailed to registrants.
Data is rarely perfect out of the box. This workshop will cover how to manipulate datasets using an R package called dplyr. After this session, you will be able to select rows and columns, add new columns, remove missing data and create summary tables of your data. A basic working knowledge of R and RStudio (functions, operators, data types) would be helpful for you to get the most out of this session. REGISTER HERE: https://go.wisc.edu/9qme74
Git/GitHub Mini-Workshop
Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation Managing projects and people
October 11th, 9:30am–12:00pm
Version control is the lab notebook of the digital world: it’s what professionals use to keep track of what they’ve done and to collaborate with other people. Learn how to use Git and GitHub to implement version control in your work.
How to Engage in Healthy Conflict
Graduate School Office of Professional Development
Career development Managing projects and people Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness
October 12th, 1:00pm–2:30pm
Learn early in your career to master the SKILL of healthy conflict so that you can effectively manage conflicts as they arise and avoid carrying around all of the negative energy, anger, and resentment in your mind and body. NCFDD events are free due to our university subscription. Advance registration is required: If it’s your first time using NCFDD, you’ll be guided to create your free account when you click on the registration link.
R Programming for Researchers: Data Visualization (online)
October 13th, 10:00am–12:00pm
Online instruction. Workshop link and satellite room location will be emailed to registrants.
So you’re familiar with R, but want to do more with your plots than the base graphics package. This workshop will show you how to use the ggplot2 package in R. After this session, you will be able to create a variety of plot types, alter their aesthetics, and create custom themes. A working knowledge of R, RStudio, and dplyr would be helpful for you to get the most out of this session. REGISTER HERE: https://go.wisc.edu/2t6347
R Programming for Researchers: Reports (online)
October 20th, 10:00am–12:00pm
Online instruction. Workshop link and satellite room location will be emailed to registrants.
One way to automate your reports is to create files with human readable text and machine readable code. This workshop will cover creating reproducible reports of this type using knitr. After this session, you will be able to create R markdown documents, add formatted text and executable code blocks, and render the document into a final report. A working knowledge of R and RStudio would be helpful for you to get the most out of this session. REGISTER HERE: https://go.wisc.edu/s99p53
Intro to Docker Mini-Workshop
Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation Managing projects and people
October 25th, 9:30am–12:00pm
This workshop aims to introduce the use of Docker containers with the goal of using them to effect reproducible computational environments. Such environments are useful for ensuring reproducible research outputs, for example.
Introduction to EndNote 21 (Windows) (Online)
Inquiry, discovery, and creation Managing projects and people
October 25th, 10:00am–11:00am
EndNote 21 (also known as EndNote Desktop) is a subscription-based citation manager that allows you to save, organize, and format citations for your research. This workshop will introduce some key EndNote 21 functions such as: creating a new library; customizing EndNote 21 for UW Madison; importing citations; organizing, managing, and sharing citations; creating a bibliography; and using the Microsoft Word plug-in while writing papers. Registration is required at https://go.wisc.edu/753ex6
Intro to Docker Mini-Workshop
Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation Managing projects and people
October 26th, 9:30am–12:00pm
This workshop aims to introduce the use of Docker containers with the goal of using them to effect reproducible computational environments. Such environments are useful for ensuring reproducible research outputs, for example.
Painting with Numbers: Visualizing Data with Excel
Software Training for Students (STS)
Inquiry, discovery, and creation Managing projects and people
October 26th, 5:30pm–7:00pm
(CMC) 2257, Helen C. White Hall
This workshop introduces visual formatting options options to make your data and spreadsheets presentable. It also introduces many useful features that allow you to look at your quantitative data in a more visual and qualitative way. Software Training for Students (STS) offers free technology classes for students. If you are a student and would like to attend this class, please enroll via the STS website (go.wisc.edu/sts).
R Programming for Researchers: README Files with R Markdown (online)
October 27th, 10:00am–11:30am
Online, connection information will be sent in advance
Documenting your analysis in a way that is understandable to a colleague (or yourself 3 months later) can be challenging. README files are text documents that record your computational environment, methodologies, and more. After this session, you will be able to use R markdown to create a README file template. A working knowledge of R and RStudio, and some experience with R markdown would be helpful for you to get the most out of this session. REGISTER HERE: https://go.wisc.edu/ysu69x