Data & methods support for PAE/SYPA writers 📊
The Library's Data & Methods Course Assistants provide quantitative and qualitative support to MPP and MPA/ID students working on PAE or SYPA.
Eleanor Krause is the Quantitative Course Assistant. She can help you:
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Clean administrative and survey data.
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Calculate summary statistics.
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Perform regression and other quantitative data analysis.
Kailah McGee Adefolalu is the Qualitative Course Assistant. She can help you:
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Draft interview guides, consent forms, and other research instruments.
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Design surveys.
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Code and organize qualitative data.
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Conduct qualitative data analysis.
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This Friday: Making your PAE/SYPA accessible 📄
HKS students must create accessible copies of their PAE and SYPA, per Harvard University's Digital Accessibility Policy and degree requirements. Ensuring your PAE/SYPA is accessible will allow people of all abilities to engage with your work in equally meaningful ways. Beyond your PAE/SYPA, knowing how to create accessible digital content will be an important element of your public policy toolkit.
Join the HKS Library and Harvard Digital Accessibility Services (DAS) this Friday to learn how to make your PAE/SYPA accessible. | | | |
Making Your PAE/SYPA Accessible: Workshop
Friday, February 2, 2024
10:30AM-11:30AM ET
Malkin Penthouse (Littauer, 4th Floor) + Zoom
Attend in person or on Zoom. The workshop will be recorded. | |
Can't make it this Friday? Join us for another workshop on Tuesday, February 13. | | | |
Next week: Transcribing sensitive content with Whisper 🗣️
If you're conducting interviews or focus groups that will generate sensitive data, there are limitations on which tools you can safely use to transcribe audio recordings of those sessions. Whisper, from OpenAI, is a desktop transcription tool you can safely use to transcribe sensitive data.
Join the HKS Library for a hands-on workshop to get Whisper installed and working on your laptop. We'll introduce the tool, what it can do, and why you might want to use it.
These workshops are only open to HUID holders. | | | |
Transcribing Sensitive Content with Whisper (Virtual)
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
3:00PM-4:30PM
Zoom | | | | | |
Transcribing Sensitive Content with Whisper (In Person)
Friday, February 9, 2024
12:00PM-1:30PM
Wexner 102 (HKS Campus) | | | | | |
Next week: Introduction to GIS 🗺️
Learn the foundations of geographic information systems (GIS) with Belle Lipton, GIS Outreach Librarian at the Harvard Map Collection.
In this workshop you'll learn common geographic file formats, the basics of GIS software, and how to start styling maps. | | | |
Introduction to GIS
Friday, February 9, 2024
1:30PM-3:30PM
R-G-21 (Neustadt Classroom, HKS Campus) | |
Ready to take your GIS skills to the next level? Join us on February 16 for a workshop on how to clean and prepare your data for geographic analysis. | | | |
Next week: Programming + Pizza 🍕
Programming + Pizza is a
collaborative space for building computational research skills. Folks of all experience levels are welcome to bring their questions, insights, and projects. Our goal is to learn together (and also eat pizza). In addition to your peers, your Research & Data Librarians will be there to provide expert support.
This event is open to all. | | | |
Programming + Pizza
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
5:00PM-7:00PM
Wexner G-02 (HKS Campus) | | | | | |
New collection: Children's Books! 🎒
Based on community request, the HKS Library now has a collection of 20+ children's books available for HKS students, staff, faculty, and your families to check out.
Half of the books are considered modern children's classics, while the other half represents a diverse array of identities, cultures, and familial structures in an age-appropriate way.
Find details on the collection and explore the full list of HKS children's books in HOLLIS. | | | | |
New book display: Black History Month 📚
This February, the HKS Library is celebrating Black History Month with a digital book display on Black resistance.
The display features texts that recount struggles for Black self-determination in the U.S., from rebellions of enslaved people, to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, to Black Lives Matter, and beyond.
Explore the display online and find even more books on Black history and identities in the Library Commons. | | | |
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