Need help with your research data? Statistical Design and Data Specialist, Maria Sckolnick, offers Random Chats About Data – workshops that cover a variety of data related topics.
Maria says: Workshops are in person to facilitate conversations and discussions. I will touch on the big concepts and then we will look at the nuances on how to apply these bigger ideas to your data for your personal research goals. This will help you get comfortable with data analysis as well as help you understand and interpret data presented in the literature. Please come prepared to talk about your own specific data questions.
Spring 2024 Schedule:
Data Collection and Sample Size - Let’s chat about sampling concept, sample size and bias.
- Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
- Dana Health Sciences Library classroom (room 108)
Linear Models - Learn about ssumptions and concepts behind regression, ANOVA, t-test and other variations of linear models.
- Friday, January 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Howe Library Media Classroom (room 001B)
Priors for Bayesian Models - Let’s chat about what to consider when choosing priors in bayesian models.
- Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Dana Health Sciences Library classroom (room 108)
Data Projection and Ordination - Let’s chat about PCA, NMDA and other ordination methods.
- Friday, February 16, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Howe Library Media Classroom (room 001B)
Systematic Review & Meta Analysis - Let’s chat about how to synthesize results from cumulating studies.
- Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Dana Health Sciences Library classroom (room 108)
Non-Parametric Data Analysis - Let’s chat about what to do if data are not following a known distribution.
- Friday, March 29, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Howe Library Media Classroom (room 001B)
GIS - Let’s chat about geographical information systems such as ArcGIS.
- Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- Dana Health Sciences Library classroom (room 108)
Statistical Output - Let’s chat about how to report and interpret model output such as p-values, confidence intervals and parameter estimates.
- Friday, April 19, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Howe Library Media Classroom (room 001B)
Would you like a different topic or time? Reach out to schedule a workshop tailored to the questions of the students and researchers in your department.
Contact: Maria.Sckolnick@uvm.edu 802-656-2009