GVPT Maths Camp

Introductions and Set Up

Welcome

  • Welcome to the UMD GVPT PhD program

  • Gentle introduction to some of the tools you will use to conduct your research

  • Ask any and all questions

Introductions

  • Starting my fifth year in the program

  • Focus on trade dependence and foreign intervention in civil conflict

  • Favorite Smithsonian: the zoo

Learning objectives for today

  1. Meeting your cohort
  2. Introduction to R and friends

Why R?

  • Popular in academia, government, and private industry

  • Versatile

  • Free and accessible

R and RStudio

R

R is a free and open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

RStudio

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language.

A Tour of RStudio

Source: R4DS

Git and GitHub

Git

Git is a version control system used for tracking changes in software development projects.

GitHub

GitHub is a web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development using Git.

Summary

This session you:

  1. Learnt about new data science tools to help you conduct replicable and reproducible political science research

  2. Set up your data science tools