Coding Seminars
We provide short seminars that cover a variety of coding techniques, which have become an essential element of research productivity in science and industry.
Cutting-edge. Hands-on. Complete.
Public Seminars & Onsite Training
Code Horizons offers public livestream courses and provides on-site seminars, training, and consulting services. We provide participants and clients with a solid understanding of coding methods.
Public Seminars
Code Horizons offers short seminars on a variety of important and timely coding topics. Each course features small group sizes, top-notch expert instructors, and extensive hands-on practice. Participants will use their own laptop computers, pre-loaded with relevant software and datasets provided prior to the beginning of the seminar.
Our upcoming seminars are listed below. Just click on the course titles for detailed information and registration. Please check back periodically for updates. All courses are livestreamed via Zoom. Video recordings of the sessions will be available to participants for an additional four weeks after the end of the seminar.
Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling
January 15–17, 2025
Check out Professor Smaldino’s post on the Code Horizons blog to learn how models can provide insight into human behavior. Understanding the behavior of complex social systems is tricky. Mathematical and computational models are used by a wide range of social...
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Reproducible Reports with Quarto and R Markdown
January 23-25, 2025
Reproducible reports provide a means to combine the code that produces a data analysis with the actual document that reports on that analysis. For most researchers, the work of doing analysis and writing up a report or paper about that...
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Python for R Users
February 6-7, 2025
R is a free and open-source language for statistical analysis that is widely used across industries and disciplines. For many, R is the go-to source for data analysis and data visualization. There are several important areas, however, where Python (which...
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Using Large-Language Models for Social Science Research
February 27-March 1, 2025
This seminar explores how to integrate large language models (LLMs) into research on human attitudes and behavior. It provides an introduction to LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, discusses the critical concept of prompt engineering, and teaches you how...
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Introduction to R for Data Analysis
March 12-13 & 15, 2025
R is a free and open-source package for statistical analysis that is widely used in the social, health, physical, and computational sciences. Researchers gravitate to R because it is powerful, flexible, and has excellent graphics capabilities. It also has a...
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Automatic Item Generation and Validation
March 12-13, 2025
A Network Integrated Approach using Large Language Models in R This innovative course introduces a new way to create and validate questionnaires and scales using artificial intelligence, specifically large language models (LLMs). In this course you will learn a fully...
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Interpreting and Communicating Statistical Results with R
March 27-28, 2025
Check out Dr. Arel-Bundock’s blog post, where he describes using the marginaleffects package for R to analyze a 2×2 factorial design. This seminar is designed to help you tackle the challenges of understanding and conveying complex statistical results. Coefficient estimates...
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Version Control for Data Analysis Using GitHub
April 24-25, 2025
Check out Dr. Gullickson’s blog post, where he gives a brief introduction to creating your first R project repository using GitHub. Git is a free, open-source distributed version control system that is used by programmers and data analysts to track...
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Interactive Visual Dashboards Using R Shiny
April 30-May 2, 2025
Solid statistical analysis, on its own, is no longer sufficient. Providing key decision-makers with the information and analysis they need often requires presenting complex concepts in a visually appealing way. Interactive dashboards are a great way to accomplish this. Interactive...
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