Having trouble accessing government information? See the Libraries’ guide to Alternative Sources for Federal Information and Data.

ECON 551: Economics of Education: Data Analysis Help

Need help analyzing data?

Contact the data analysis librarian or the data librarian to the right >>>>>

Online User Guide for Stata & R

Getting Started in Data Analysis using Stata and R
Tutorials and help guides for Stata, R, etc.
from Oscar Torres-Reyna at Princeton University

Library Data Services

Library Data Services cater to researchers interested in working with data, mapping, texts, visualization, and technology. Many of these services are available online. Davis Library Data Services, located on the second floor of Davis Library, offers:

A computing lab with specialized software for GIS and data visualization & analysis.
Walk-in assistance provided by knowledgeable student consultants during set hours.
Consultations with specialists for more in-depth inquiries (by appointment).
Spaces for collaboration and presentation, complete with white boards and external displays.
Technology short courses and programs that promote digital scholarship. .

Services from Actual People for Using/Wrangling/Analyzing Data

Library Data Services
See details of our staff's areas of expertise: data acquisition; data analysis; data visualization; GIS mapping; and digital humanities. Virtual appointments available.

Data Services in Davis Library offers a computer lab with special software and a service desk to help with data projects on the second floor. See hours here.

Browse our Events and Short Courses to see our upcoming (and past) workshops.
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Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
Offers advanced expertise in research design, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and more. In addition to research consultations with staff, Odum provides online "walk-in" help; short courses on a wide variety of research methods and software packages; and repository services for data.

Advanced graduate students are available to answer your statistical analysis and programing questions Monday through Friday during the hours noted in the schedule at the bottom of the page. We offer both in-person and online assistance.

For IN-PERSON assistance, please visit us at the Odum Institute in Davis Library, Wednesdays, 9am – 12pm (Micah).

ONLINE assistance is available Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-5pm. Use the zoom links below to access the virtual helpdesk.

9am – 1pm: https://go.unc.edu/StatsMicah

1pm – 5pm: https://go.unc.edu/StatsSteven

Data Analysis Librarian

Matt Jansen

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(919) 962-3745

Davis Library

Subjects: Data Science

Michele Hayslett

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Subjects
Data Management
Numeric Data
Census Data
Locating Data

If you would like to request we acquire data, please carefully read the guidelines at http://library.unc.edu/data/purchase/.

Subjects: Numeric Data, Population, Statistics (Numeric Data)