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Free Non-credit Courses Descriptions
Spring 2013
R Troubleshooting
Are you handed R code in classes, and puzzled when R gives you error messages,
or confused by what’s going on? Discover how to troubleshoot your way through R
code, whether you are using someone else’s code, or encounter errors while
writing code yourself.
Instructor: Kristan Seibel
Date: Tuesday, April 16
Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Place: Savery 121
Introduction to SAS
In this beginning class, some basic features of SAS and basic data analysis
procedures will be covered. The topics include: an overview of the SAS system,
how to create SAS data sets and access permanent SAS data sets, as well as
formatting data, concatenating and match merging data sets, and some basic
statistics procedures.
Instructor: Tina Tian
Date: Tuesday, April 16
Time: 2:30PM to 3:30PM
Place: Savery 121
Introduction to Multilevel Modeling
This seminar will give a very brief introduction to the multilevel modeling
capabilities of MPlus. Students should understand the basics of multilevel
modeling. The focus will be on the code used to implement a basic two-level
linear model in MPlus.
Instructor: Joe King
Date: Monday, April 22
Time: 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Place: Savery 117
Advanced Excel (and equations in Word!)
This class will cover some of Excel’s more advanced features including pivot
tables, functions for data management/analysis, and how to find or create custom
functions. I will also discuss the Word equation tool and how the intuitive
shortcut commands allow you to quickly write equations.
Instructor: Colin Beam
Date: Monday, April 22
Time: NOON to 1:00PM
Place: Savery 121
Dissertation Publishing
This lecture will help you format your thesis/dissertation to conform with the
UW Graduate School Style and Policy Guidelines for Theses and Dissertations.
Instructor: Dixielynn Gleason
Date: Wednesday, April 24
TIme: 9:30AM to 10:30AM
Place: Savery 121
Access: An Introduction to Simple Database Creation and
Use
We will discuss creating and using the database program, Access. Topics explored
will include importing data, structuring a database, and exporting to other
programs. No previous knowledge is assumed.
Angela Capoccia
Date: Thursday, April 25
Time: 10:00AM TO 11:00AM
Place: Savery 121
Introduction to SPSS
This course will cover the basics of the SPSS package. This is an ideal course
for students with no experience with this software. We will look at the
structure of SPSS and how to input, manipulate, analyze and show statistical
data.
Instructor: Stephanie Lee
Date: Monday, April 29
Time: 1:30PM to 2:30PM
Place: Savery 121
Atlas.ti
This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to qualitative analysis using
Atlas.ti. Topics covered will include terminology, importing documents, coding,
and visual analysis of multiple media formats.
Instructor: Jeff Mathias
Date: Tuesday, May 7
Time: 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Place: Savery 121
Intermediate SPSS
This will be a brief review of basic SPSS usage (data input, selection,
recoding, descriptive analysis), and then we will look at correlation and
regression analysis. I’ll show you both GUI (drop-down menus) and Syntax in SPSS
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Instructor: Shin Lee
Date: Friday, May 10
Time: 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Place: Savery 121
Geocoding in King County
Geocoding is the process of attaching latitude and longitude coordinates to a
list of addresses. This workshop will focus on geocoding in King County,
Washington. Workshop attendees will create a geocoder using ArcGIS and then
gecode a list of addresses. The addresses will then be mapped to visualize the
geocoding results. Though focusing on King County, this method is applicable for
use in other parts of the US as well. Workshops attendees are encouraged to have
some experience of working with ArcGIS 10.0.
Instructor: Mike Babb
Date: Friday, May 10
Time: 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Place: Savery 121
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