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Working with Data

What you need to know for Data Management and Data Wrangling

Data & Digital Scholarship Services (DDSS/DiSC)

Data & Digital Scholarship Services, helps researchers with creating, finding, and using data; geographic information systems (GIS); research data management and sharing ; digital humanities and digital project planning and management.

Location: 2700 Fenwick Library
DDSS manages a lab space which offers access to research software including: SPSS, Stata, SAS, R/R-Studio, ArcGIS, QGIS, NVivo, Tableau, digital humanities tools, and more.
Access our Workshop Calendar
Research Consultations available by appointment.

Questions?
For more information, check out dsc.gmu.edu
or contact us at
datahelp@gmu.edu

How to Ask Computer and Coding Questions

From Specific Forums

Advice on posting to Statalist
How do I ask a good question? from Help Center > Asking (stackoverflow)
How to ask good questions that prompt useful answers (R mailing lists)

From People

Writing the Perfect Question / Original (Jon Skeet)
How to Ask Questions the Smart Way (Eric S. Raymond & Rick Moen)
Getting Answers (Mike Ash)
How to share code online (Shlomi Fish)

Creating a Minimal Reproducible Example

Common Problems

The XY Problem - Ask about the actual problem, not what you think you should do about it.