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Data Topics

This guide provides links to the "Data Topics" series of workshops by Ryan Womack, Data Librarian.

Data Analysis 1

Coming Spring 2026

Data Analysis 2

Data Analysis 2 (statistical tests, distributions, regression, bootstrap, and more + comparison with Python)

Start at the data analysis 2 page of the data topics website, or consult the data_analysis_2 folder of the data_topics github repository.

Watch the Screencast version of the workshop.

For background on installing R and RStudio, see this video and accompanying guide.

This workshop reviews statistical tests, regression, sampling and bootstrap methods, and more. The focus here is on implementing statistics using R, with a comparison to Python techniques for accomplishing similar tasks.

First presented, Spring 2024