InfoGuides: Working with Data: Get Help

Data Services

Located in the Digital Scholarship Center (DiSC), Data Services helps you find, access, and use statistical, geospatial and qualitative data as well as related software. Data Services staff instructs and consults on data discovery, acquisition and use, data management and data management plans, GIS, methodology, and more.

Research Assistance
- Research consultations are available by appointment.
- Pre-project meetings identify resources, software, and more for your project.
Lab Hours
- The lab is open and staffed as scheduled.
- Supported and installed software includes: SPSS, Stata, SAS, R/R-Studio, ArcGIS, QGIS, NVivo, Tableau, and more.
Workshops are offered as scheduled.
Data management planning, archiving and preservation of final research data services are offered.

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

Location:
2700 Fenwick Library

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.