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QuantCamp

(QuantCamp 2023 has ended; content below is for informational purposes)

 

Tues, Sep 5, 2023 to Fri, Sep 15, 2023

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, daily (excluding weekends)

Meetings will be on Zoom

This summer, students will meet online on nine consecutive weekday mornings for 3-hour sessions via Zoom. Participation each day is required to remain in the program. An in-person gathering with refreshments is planned for all who complete QuantCamp. (Tentatively scheduled for Mon, Sep 18 at 1:00 PM in LFSC 1425.)

Session recordings will be available after QuantCamp ends on Fri, Sep 15th. Recordings and materials will be accessible through eLearn to those registered for the program.

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QuantCamp is designed primarily to prepare first-year graduate students for the graduate-level quantitative methods they will be using in their research. The program is an initial introduction for those with no experience in programming and statistics, but can also be a refresher course for those who have previously been exposed to the content. Participants will be introduced to foundational concepts routinely used and referenced by most quantitative methods in science, learning basic mathematical and statistical concepts combined with a practical introduction to data analysis using R.

The broader purpose of QuantCamp is to foster graduate student success in the first academic year by facilitating the transition from undergraduate work to the rigorous quantitative methods training that will be given in their home departments. The program also aims to acclimate incoming cohorts to the new academic environment at UCR and provide a space for incoming graduate students to meet and socialize with their fellow graduate students and future colleagues.

Graduate students beyond the first year in their programs are welcome to email the GradQuant program specialist (jason.chou@ucr.edu) for information about participating in QuantCamp.

 

Summer Statistics and Programming Bootcamp

[The Summer Statistics and Programming Bootcamp and GradEdge/JumpStart Program is on hold. Please check back in Spring 2024.]

 

GradQuant offers a Statistics and Programming Bootcamp as part of the GradEdge/JumpStart Program for incoming graduate students in STEM. Current UCR graduate students from any department/college are also encouraged to attend to this bootcamp which is designed for those new to statistics and programming as well as for those looking for a refresher. The bootcamp consists of a series of eight 2-hour workshops held weekly from July through early September. Students are introduced to the basics of descriptive and inferential statistics as well as some of their applications, and are introduced to Excel and R programming language.

This workshop series will help prepare you to take graduate-level statistical methods courses and to excel in your own research. There are absolutely NO prerequisites for this bootcamp – it is designed to take you from wherever you are now to a place where you feel confident in your ability to apply statistics and programming concepts.

Each workshop will apply to a range of scientific fields. This is a small class environment with reading and homework assignments. Throughout the bootcamp, you will have ample access to the instructor and to GradQuant resources and will develop tools to help you throughout your research career, both during and after graduate school.

Bootcamp Schedule

Week Topics Software Practice

1

Types of data; descriptive statistics

Excel

2

Probability

R

3

Probability distributions

R

4

Central limit theorem; confidence

R

5

Introduction to inference

R

6

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

R

7

Linear regression and correlation

R

8

Specialized topics

R

Note: There will be weekly reading and homework assignments. This workshop schedule may undergo minor changes as needed. 

If you have any questions, email Jason Chou at jason.chou@ucr.edu. 

Please check back for updates
 
Please also visit the GradSuccess Summer Programming page to see other summer programs such as our grant writing workshop series offered by the Graduate Writing Center