This new CSDE workshop will be an introduction to R programming (e.g. writing functions, using loops) in the context of simple sample size and power calculations.

Prerequisite: The workshop assumes previous experience with R and RStudio.

Thursday November 10, 2016
10:30am – 12:30pm
Savery 121

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Betty Bekemeier, CSDE Affiliate and UW Assistant Professor of Psychosocial & Community Health, and Athena Pantazis, a CSDE Certificate Recipient, have published new findings from their health care research. The project examined the shifting battle against preventable disease at the local vaccination level. While the study was constrained by limited data, it both underscored the importance of maintaining accurate records in the field of public health and urged those involved to stay abreast of emerging opportunities for disease prevention.

James Gregory, CSDE Affiliate and UW Professor of History, was recently featured on seattlepi.com in a discussion of the city’s segregated foundations. Gregory explains how restrictive covenants prevented minorities from living in certain areas of Seattle. While the practice was outlawed in 1948, its impact on Seattle’s demography and layout persists today. Check out the full article for more on the covenants and the recovered loan maps that further divided the city along racial boundaries.

CSDE Affiliate and UW Associate Professor of Sociology Alexes Harris recently shared her expertise on socioeconomic policing practices with VICE. Harris’s work, compiled in A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor, outlines the troubling practice of debtors’ prisons and the racial divides they can exacerbate. Coverage in Harris’s research and VICE’s editorials helps shed light on an often-overlooked snare in America’s criminal justice system. Read the full article below for more on the subject.