Centre for Computational Social Science Student Resources

Stats Help Desk and P2P

If you are having any difficulties with the statistics and programming elements of your studies, then there are a number of ways in which we can support you.

In the first instance, students are advised to attend a Peer2Peer session. If you are still experiencing issues after that, then the C2S2 Stats Helpdesk is on hand to support you.

 

Peer2Peer

Peer2Peer sessions will restart the week commencing 7th October 2024

- Student-led “drop-in clinic”

- Sessions will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 16.30 - 18.30 in the Clayden lab. 

No booking required - just turn up. 

Stats helpdesk:

Stats Helpdesk will reopen from the week commencing 7th October 2024.

Sessions will take place in the Clayden Meeting Room (G.02) every Tuesday from 16:00 -18:00. Please not the following changes to the regular sessions:

Week beginning 4th November:

  • Monday 4th November 16:00 – 18:00 - for sessions on this date, please email c2s2@exeter.ac.uk as they are not on the booking page.
  • Tuesday 5th November 16:00 – 18:00 - please use the booking page for this date

Week beginning 11th November:

  • No sessions available this week

Week beginning 18th November:

  • Thursday 21st November 16:00 – 18:00 - for sessions on this date, please email c2s2@exeter.ac.uk as they are not on the booking page.

Week beginning 25th November (until the end of term):

  • Tuesday 26th November 16:00 – 18:00
  • 20 minute appointment with a dedicated C2S2 TA. 
  • Expertise in R and Python.
  • Please note slots will be allocated to HASS students as a priority, however we will accommodate students from other departments if availability allows.
  • Book using this link

If you are unsure if the Stats Helpdesk is suitable for you/your query please get in touch at: c2s2@exeter.ac.uk

ELE page

Our students have access to our C2S2 ELE page which has useful materials such as: Video registrations, slides, R/SPSS workbooks and more. ELE also includes more general resources to aid you in your studies.

Dissertation tools

Resources to support students in writing an original dissertation with elements of quantitative data analysis. Such a dissertation is a compulsory part of each of the C2S2 BSc degrees (in Politics & IR, in Sociology, in Criminology, in Social Data Science, or in Crime and Data Science). These resources can be accessed by visiting the C2S2 ELE Page.

National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) materials

National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) provides training activities that ensure wide geographic and subject expertise diversity. University of Exeter is undertaking the development and production of new online training content in order to contribute to NCRM’s target to expand its portfolio of Online Learning Resources.