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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCITI HSR Certification<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n R Programming<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Google Data Analytics Professional<\/strong> 09\/26\/24 As I mentioned in my “welcome” blog post, a key goal of my independent study is to gain real world skill in social research. Thus the week was a busy one for me as I worked on fulfilling my first official obligations to this program, while also pursuing several other interests. CITI HSR CertificationThis … Continue reading “Reflection 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This week I completed my CITI Program course \u201cHSR for Social & Behavioral Faculty, Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars,\u201d and received my official certification. The CITI HSR program provides core training in human subjects research, ethical issues, and regulatory guidance. To complete the training I had to prograss through a significant amount of reading and multiple choice tests (reminiscent of my SOC201 course.) The prize was a nifty digital certificate that makes a wonderful addition to my LinkedIn page\u2026 Actually, the MORE IMPORTANT aspect of this certification is that it\u2019s a stepping stone towards the completion of my independent study for this semester, where I will be conducting a focus group with the support of my advisor, Professor Melanie Lorek, as well as Professor Sara Martucci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week I also began my study of the \u201cR\u201d programming language within the RStudio integrated development environment<\/a>.\u00a0 R is a coding languague primarily used for statistical analysis – the kind social researchers find themselves frequently engaged in. My goal is to become proficient with R before my graduation next semester.\u00a0 So I’ve started watching YouTube videos, with the following two channels being my favorites.\u00a0 I\u2019ve spent about 8 hours learning and practicing so far and intend to keep up with about 4 hours per week until I start a more structured certificate program (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/mark-nelson-portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/139\/2024\/10\/Youtube-Learn-R-2.png\")
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I\u2019ve also signed up with the Queensborough Community College CEWD Grants Program<\/a> in order to obtain free access to the Google Data Analytics Professional <\/a>program.\u00a0 The skills provided through this certification are directly related to some fairly technical aspects of quantitative social research.\u00a0 While I feel comfortable learning these skills on my own, in today\u2019s credential-addicted society it is probably better to have this certification on my LinkedIn profile than to not have it\u2026 (Note that \u201cR\u201d is a component of the Google Data Analytics Professional program.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"