As the Spring quarter begins, GradQuant offers an exciting lineup of programs. For UCR graduate students and postdocs, GradQuant is a valuable resource for data analysis. If you're unfamiliar with GradQuant, here's a brief introduction to our staff and programming.

GradQuant Consultants
At the core of GradQuant programming is our team of consultants. GradQuant consultants are advanced graduate students with expertise in a wide range of applied statistics and programming specialties. Visit our staff webpage and meet our consultants!

If you want to join our team of GradQuant consultants, look for our hiring announcement on our website, follow us on social media through GradSuccess (Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Instagram), and subscribe to the GradQuant Newsletter. We value the GradQuant consultants' expertise, but more importantly, we value their enthusiasm in helping their fellow graduate students with their research data needs.

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Pictured: Talk data with a GradQuant consultant!

Workshops
GradQuant offers workshops on specific statistics and programming topics every quarter, including introductions to R and Python. GradQuant consultants will host various workshops this spring, with more to come! Here is a snippet of what’s coming this quarter:

• Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing (Thursday, April 11, 3pm-5pm)
  Explore the basics of inferential statistics, including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and p-values, to make predictions about populations from samples.

• Make a Personal Website with GitHub (Tuesday, April 23, 3pm-5pm)
  A neat and customized website is a great platform to showcase your research projects and teaching experiences. Please join us to learn how to create a personal website using GitHub with CSS and HTML.

• Big Data Analytics (Thursday, May 2, 3pm-5pm)
  Learn the fundamentals of big data analytics, exploring how to process and analyze large datasets using Hadoop and Spark frameworks.

• Testing the Assumptions of Linear Regression (Wednesday, May 15, 10am-12pm)
  Explore the foundations of Linear Regression. Dive deep into validating key model assumptions: Linearity, normality, Homoscedasticity, and more.

• Singular Value Decomposition and Linear Regression (Wednesday, May 29, 10am-12pm)
  Description: Unlock the potential of Singular Value Decomposition for dimensionality reduction and enhancing Linear Regression analysis. Become a more efficient programmer and statistician.

• SPECIAL EVENT: Our Stata Workshop Series with Dr. Chuck Huber from Stata Corp. will be on May 28th, from 10am to 1pm.

You can also access recordings of past workshops online at our Previous Workshops Resources page. (Access to these recordings requires signing in to your UCR student, staff, or faculty account.)

One-on-One Consultations
There’s more! GradQuant consultants also consult! You can make 20 or 50-minute appointments to get help tackling your statistics and programming challenges. While our consultants may be able to enlighten you on the meaning of life, we ask them to keep the discussions focused on your research's statistical and programming needs. Make your appointment online at ucr.mywconline.com.

Drop-In Hours and Hacky Hours
GradQuant also has drop-in hours for your at-the-moment needs. No appointment is necessary, so check our drop-in times on our website, where you can also find the link that connects you to Da, our GradQuant Lead Consultant. Drop-in hours in the Spring are Tuesdays, 1pm to 3pm, from now until June 4th.

If you can’t make the Drop-In Hours, try jumping into one of this quarter’s Hacky Hours. Kat Koziar, data librarian with the UCR Library, and Da are available Wednesdays from 10am to 12pm. The link to the Hacky Hours sessions is also on our website.

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Pictured: GradQuant is here to get you through your coding questions.

Visit GradQuant
Lastly, we encourage you to attend one of our in-person workshops! In the Life Science Building Room 1425 (LFSC 1425), GradQuant’s new digital whiteboards are itching to be used. Attend one of our in-person workshops and see one of our amazing consultants in real life!

If you have any questions, contact GradQuant at gradquant@ucr.edu or the GradQuant Coordinator at jason.chou@ucr.edu. Hope to see you sometime this Spring!

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Pictured: Have a great Spring quarter!