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Data Capture and Surveys with REDCap at La Trobe Online

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Would you like to enable secure and reliable data collection forms and manage online surveys? Would your study benefit from web-based data entry? Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) might be for you.

This course will introduce you to REDCap, a rapidly evolving web tool developed by...

Beyond Basics: Conditionals and Visualisation in Excel at La Trobe Online

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After cleaning your database, you may need to apply some conditional analysis to glean greater insights from your data. You may also want to enhance your charts for inclusion into a manuscript, thesis or report by adding some statistical elements. This course will cover conditional syntax, nested...

Data Manipulation and Visualisation in Python at La Trobe Online

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Python has deservedly become a popular language for scientific computing. It has all the friendly features and conveniences you'd expect of a modern programming language, and also a rich set of libraries for working with data.

In this workshop, you will explore DataFrames in depth (using the...

Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R at La Trobe Online

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R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio and the Shiny web application framework.

In this workshop, you will learn how to manipulate, explore and get insights from...

Data Entry and Processing in SPSS at La Trobe Online

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This hands-on training is designed to familiarize you with the interface and basic data processing functionalities in SPSS. We will examine several “must know” syntax commands that can help streamline data entry and processing. In addition, we will explore how to obtain descriptive statistics in...

HeSANDA Monash Node User Guides

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This guide developed by the HeSANDA Monash node provides an overview for users of Health Data Australia (HDA).
HDA helps researchers discover and access health data. HDA is a registry and does not store the data itself but provides descriptions of the data from data owners' publishing partners....

Understanding your role as a Data Steward: the role of a Data Steward across the research data management lifecycle

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This presentation provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of Data Steward at the University of Adelaide across the six key phases of the research data management lifecycle.

The resource was developed by the University of Adelaide Library in December 2023 as part of the...