Did you know you can use Google to translate text, search by language or time period, sort images by usage rights, and more? Or that Google's algorithms try to predict which search results you want to see? Come learn how Google works, when and when not to use it, and how to get the most...
Hack Google (sixty minutes) Tuesday, January 24, 4–5 p.m. in Powell Library, Inq lab 3 Did you know you can use Google to translate text, search by language or time period, sort images by usage rights, and more? Or that Google's algorithms try to predict which search results you want to see? Come learn how...
Copyright for Creators (ninety minutes) Thursday, January 26, 12–1:30 p.m. in Young Research Library, Research Commons Classroom If you create works such as original writing, images or video that incorporates others’ work, and/or if you distribute your work widely, you should know the basic workings of copyright so you can use others’ work appropriately and...
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss commonly used techniques for handling missing data and common issues that could arise when these techniques are used. In particular, the se workshop will focus on the one of the most commonly used modern methods, multiple imputation. The workshop will cover multiple imputation using the multivariate normal...
Finding your way through the UCLA Henry J. Bruman Map Collection (sixty minutes) Wednesday, February 1, 2–3 p.m. in Young Research Library, East Electronic Classroom Need a map for your paper or project? Learn search strategies, tips, and tricks for locating print and digital maps: Sanborn maps of neighborhoods, single sheet in topographical series, aerial...
Many websites provide scholars with data (including text, images, sound files) that can be used for research. But capturing online content efficiently without resorting to copying and pasting can be a challenge. We will introduce Import.io, an application that allows users much of the functionality they need for basic web-scraping. Even if you can write...
Research Workshops – Winter 2017 Data collection: Web-scraping (sixty minutes) Wednesday, February 1, 5–6 p.m. in Young Research Library, Research Commons Classroom Many websites provide scholars with data (including text, images, sound files) that can be used for research purposes. But capturing online content efficiently without resorting to copying and pasting can be a challenge....
Shut Up and Write! Thursdays, February 2–March 16, 4–6 p.m. in Young Research Library, Research Commons Classroom Need motivation to sit down and start writing? Join us for a session of Shut Up and Write!, two hours of dedicated writing time to counteract the procrastination. Work on a draft of a paper, an article, a...
This workshop will show how descriptive analyses, both numerical and graphical, can be done with continuous and categorical variables. Subpopulation analysis will be discussed, and then examples of OLS regression and logistic regression will be considered. RSVP here!
This workshop will show how descriptive analyses, both numerical and graphical, can be done with continuous and categorical variables. Subpopulation analysis will be discussed, and then examples of OLS regression and logistic regression will be considered.
