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Documentation & Handouts
Our documentation is written with the new user in mind. We strive for concise, jargon-free wording and are continually updating. If you have suggestions or corrections, please e-mail the documentation editor at: ascocarp@u.washington.edu Suggestions on new documents are also welcome! The documents you will find here are in .PDF formats. To view a .PDF file, you must first have a piece of freeware called Acrobat Reader installed on your hard drive. CSSCR's Web page has a link to Adobe's pages, where you will find a mini-utility which downloads Acrobat Reader to your computer. After downloading Acrobat Reader, just double-click on the title of the document you wish to read. If your computer memory is puny, this may take a while. In case you're interested, here's a quick explanation of .PDF: A .PDF document is in Portable File Format. One creates a .PDF file in a software package called Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat takes a PostScript file and makes it Web-ready. This file can't be edited on the Web, and it's not in HTML. To assist you in finding the help document you need, we have compiled several lists of our help documents which include brief descriptions. To view a help document, click on the underlined name of the document. Access for the Somewhat Befuddled Nadia Morgen Dixielynn Gleason Adobe Acrobat is a collection of software which allows you to put files on the WWW without using html. Acrobat's .pdf (Portable Document Format) files are especially useful if the material you are publishing gets updated often. Jonathan Glick ESRI ArcGIS is a comprehensive mapping and database system. This
document Companion to the UW Graduate School Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations Dixielynn Gleason This is Dixielynn's tips and tricks companion document to the Graduate School's Guidelines for publishing dissertations and theses. Creating a Web Page with Netscape Communicator 6.2 Adam Luedtke Use this document to guide you through making your very own site on the World Wide Web without needing to learn CGI or HTML. Tina Tian This document is a description of our collection of data sets, with instructions on how to locate and access these data sets Introduction to US Census Data Ning Gu This is a summation of the US Census data products available at CSSCR and how to obtain them. Yi-Chi Chen Eviews is a program designed to do time-series analysis for economics. You can use this software to manipulate data, estimate, forecast, do multiple regressions and read and write data files in a standard spreadsheet format Chris Rothschild Flash is used for creating web-based animations and for making web pages more interactive. This handout tells you about layout, drawing and manipulating shapes, animating, tweening and publishing. Jon Agnone InfoPath is a Microsoft Office program which enables you to create business forms, and share that information with web-based data collection. Jon Agnone Microsoft Excel is a powerful, integrated spreadsheet available both on Windows and Macintosh computers. This introduction refers specifically to the Windows environment; however, Excel for Macintosh operates in a very similar fashion. For beginning purposes, this document should be adequate for both Gregg Harbaugh The further adventures of Excel! This document shows you how to make your spreadsheets and charts more professional-looking and easier to read. Using Chart Wizard and linking worksheets are just two functions you can learn by reading this document. Gregg Harbaugh This document shows you how to make histograms more professional-looking by hand rather than using excel's default histogram program.
Facilities & Services at CSSCR Fred Nick A listing of our computers, software, consulting services and publications. Dixielynn Gleason This document is a collection of tips on turning off a lot of the "helpful" features in Microsoft Word 2000, and a few solutions to common problems. Deborah Blake Powerpoint is a presentation package which helps you create slides, transparencies, and electronic slide shows. Jeanette Burkett This is an overview of the software we have to help you research qualitatively. Analyzing words (as in actual text) rather than crunching numbers can seem overwhelming, but these applications (Folio Views, Nudist, Ethnograph, etc.) can cut down on the tedium. Introduction to R Statistics Package Jinyoung Kim This is a brief handout used to begin the process of using the R statistical package. Ta Liu & Jaechul Chang SAS (Statistical Analysis System) is a software package for data analysis. Marcos Torres This hand-out will give you step-by-step instructions on using the flatbed, negative and slide scanners at CSSCR. You may use the stand-alone scanner applications or go through Photoshop to scan and manipulate your images. Derek Chung S is a language and an interactive environment for data analysis and graphics. S is useful for computation in a wide range of applications. It's a very general tool, so that applications are not restricted to any particular subject area. S-Plus extends statistical tools like time-series, survival analysis, modern regression, classical statistical tests, graphical device drivers and dynamic loading. SPSS John Rigg This document has some basic instructions for using the Stata Statistical Package for Windows. |
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