StatLab Articles

The StatLab has started publishing short online articles on various statistical topics.The articles aim to provide clear and accessible explanations of concepts that are sometimes hard to grasp. Some examples include Understanding Q-Q Plots, Simulating Endogeneity and Getting Started with Quantile Regression. To view the entire list of current StatLab articles, visit:

2015 VAMLIS Conference to be held at UVa

The Virginia Association for Mapping and Land Information Systems (VAMLIS) Annual Virginia GIS Conference will be held at UVa This year. The conference will be held on October 19-20,2015 at Newcomb Hall University of Virginia. Visit the VAMLIS 2015 Annual Conference website for more information:

http://www.vamlis.org/VirginiaGISConference2015.aspx 

Data Management Resources

Do you have questions about your research and data management?  Do you need assistance with a data management plan for a grant? Need to know about about data storage options? What about metadata?

Data Management Consulting has content that can answer many of your questions at:
http://data.library.virginia.edu/data-management/fall2014/. 

If you need more in-depth assistance reach out to us at dmconsult@virginia.edu.

Qualitative Research Software Changes

UVa has historically had an annual bulk license agreement with QSR International, publisher of NVivo. Going forward as of July 2015, UVa is not renewing the license agreement we have with with QSR International. All annual licenses of NVivo purchased through UVa will expire on October 31, 2015.

Dedoose, a web-based qualitative analysis package has been registered as a UVa vendor. Dedoose offers greater ease of collaboration for researchers, is accessible from any mobile technology, and is secure. For a list of Dedoose features, visit their features page.