Training

Here is a list of training sessions, workshops, or courses I have delivered or attended:


Handling Missing Data: A practical Introduction to techniques and methods

Type: Workshop Delivered
Date: May 13th 2025
Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description: This training event begins with a gentle introduction into handling missing data theory, covering the necessities to engage appropriately with the practical elements of the course. By the end of the session attendees will have a solid familiarity with the different types of missingness and how each may cause potential issues surrounding bias within statistical analysis.


Survey and Questionnaire Construction: the Shiny Package in R

Type: Workshop Delivered
Date: November 24th 2024
Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland

Description: This training event will cover teaching users about the Shiny package within the R environment. The Shiny package allows users to create their own applications free of charge and host them online. This training will focus on a key aspect of app creation – creating one’s own survey/questionnaire that can be used in their own research agenda.


Jupyter Notebook: Improving Workflow for Social Science Research

Type: Workshop Delivered
Date: October 20th 2023
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Description: This training will focus on setting up Jupyter Notebook on individual devices and importing the user’s data analysis software of choice (course taught in Stata) into the Notebook environment. After setup is complete, training will focus on establishing the various tools that Jupyter Notebook has to offer; demonstrating how Jupyter goes beyond the clunky and sometimes dysfunctional .do files of Stata and other software providers.


Introduction to Statistics in Stata

Type: Training Materials
Date: September 1st 2023
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Description: These files will provide a holistic undergraduate level understanding of quantiative methods.