Hey Carpentries Community, There is an opportunity to mentor undergraduate students who are learning R. If you are interested and/or have any questions please contact Nayena Blankson at [email protected].
You can find more about the program below: The INSPIRE U2 Program is an NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates summer program that aims to provide a learning pathway that will set underrepresented, female students on a track towards graduate studies and careers in statistical fields. (More details here https://sites.spelman.edu/inspireu2-reu) *Structure of Program. *Over the course of the summer, INSPIRE U2 Scholars will take an adapted version of the QAC201 course that was developed at Wesleyan University. QAC201 is an innovative project-based approach for the teaching of statistics. Similar to the existing course, INSPIRE U2 Scholars will take a Statistics Bootcamp. The focus of the Bootcamp will be on training students how to conduct basic visualizations and statistical analyses using RStudio (some lessons adapted from Data Carpentry). INSPIRE U2 Scholars will work on an independent research project using freely available Big Data sets. They will be expected to develop their own research question, conduct data analyses to answer those research questions, and prepare a presentation. Students will develop their research questions with guidance from their Senior Mentors (faculty). Students will present their project at the end of the summer (July 29). Program dates are June 5-July 28, 2023. The program is in person, although mentoring can happen virtually. *R**ole of **R**Studio **Mentor**s**. *There are 8 INSPIRE U2 Scholars for the summer 2023 program. Their majors are psychology (2), mathematics (1), biology (1), economics (1), accounting (1) and undecided (1). Students have been paired with faculty and the same pairing will be used for R-Studio Mentors. INSPIRE U2 Scholars will be required to contact their RStudio Mentors at least once per week or more, depending on the mentor/mentee agreements. Mentoring can take place via email, the Internet (e.g., Zoom), in person, and/or phone, depending on the preference/location of the mentors and mentee. As part of the Bootcamp and with their Senior Mentors, students will work on developing their projects and writing their RStudio scripts. R Studio Mentors can serve as supports for the students. The analyses that will be covered during the bootcamp will be basic. RStudio Mentors can make suggestions on student project plans. The Bootcamp will occur during the first 4 weeks of the program, so RStudio mentors will become especially important during the last few weeks of the program. Topics that will be covered during the R/RStudio Bootcamp: - Data Sets & Code Books - Literature Reviews & Research Plan - Data Management in RStudio - Univariate Statistics & Graphing in RStudio - Bivariate Statistics & Graphing in RStudio - Regression & Multiple Regression in RStudio - ANOVA& ANCOVA in RStudio -- *SherAaron N. Hurt **(She/Her/Hers)* Director of Workshops *The Carpentries* | www.carpentries.org *"We want to give back to the community and the best way to do that is through you." - Captain Thurston McClain* ------------------------------------------ This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tcfd4032b1e6c0e72-M5e27daca150505601d2f3b18 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
