The WVU Libraries’ Research Commons will offer a series of online workshops to provide faculty and students training in finding data resources, data management, and data visualization and analysis.
Data Management and Organization for Theses and Dissertations
This workshop will explain how to keep data organized while carrying out a major research project, like a thesis or dissertation.
Register for this Friday, Oct. 2, from 2-3 p.m. workshop.
Introduction to Election Data Resources
This introductory workshop will show attendees popular resources for data on electoral returns, and also data on voter turnout and administration of elections.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. workshop.
Text Mining with Python and Hathitrust
An introductory text mining workshop that will demonstrate common methods and tools used in this area of scholarship.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 15, from 3:30-5 p.m. workshop.
First Steps with R and R Studio for Data Analysis
This workshop will introduce participants to basic R tasks such as reading data into R, analyzing data, and plotting data.
Register for this Thursday, Oct. 29, from 3:30-5 p.m.
A Primer in Data Visualization with Tableau
This workshop is designed to teach users new to Tableau how to prepare their data, navigate the Tableau Desktop interface, create basic visualization and combine visualizations into a dashboard.
Register for this Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 1:30-3 p.m. workshop.
Find the full description for each workshop and links to register.