Political Science

This workshop is an introduction to social network analysis. Participants will discuss core concepts (e.g., density and transitivity) as well as descriptive and inferential techniques, such as community detection, that can be used to understand and analyze networks. All coding will be done in R. Familiarity with R is encouraged but not required to participate in the workshop.

This virtual workshop introduces participants to the basics of creating clear and effective data visualizations in Stata. Through demonstrations, example code, and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to prepare data for visualization, create and customize common figures (including bar graphs, scatterplots, and other commonly used visualizations), and communicate findings through well-designed figures. The workshop will use Stata to demonstrate visualization techniques, but the principles for choosing, preparing, and effectively presenting visualizations are applicable across other statistical programs. This workshop is intended for students, researchers, and anyone who works with data and wants to improve their ability to present results visually. Basic familiarity with Stata is encouraged, but not required.