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On being supervised

A good relationship between HDR candidates and their supervisors is one of the keys to a successful research degree. This workshop explores ways in which HDR candidates can establish and maintain clarity in the supervision relationship during the course of their degrees.

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Health Sciences

HumSS

Professions
     
ECMS

Sciences

Waite Campus

Reviewing literature

Strategies and tips for getting organised and managing the process of locating the relevant literature, reviewing it with a critical eye and presenting the resulting critique in an appropriate document.

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Time management and procrastination
The process of the PhD is often both exciting and daunting. This workshop will offer strategies and ideas to help you along this journey. Key aspects such as procrastination, study-life balance, and getting back on track will be explored to help you deal with the 'ups and downs' of the PhD process.

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Wed 24 April           1-3:30pm

Smarte Room       School of Education

Questionnaire design for HDRs

This workshop provides participants with the knowledge and understanding of the elements of questionnaire design. Session contents include the concept of variable and its types, and their importance and implications in questionnaire development.

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Mon 25 March
1-5pm

Level 6
AGC Seminar Room
115 Grenfell Street

Writing a paper for publication: papers that analyse primary data
Focuses on 'packaging' results, identifying the most appropriate journal, identifying likely expectations of referees, and strategies for writing and revising. Example papers are analysed to highlight issues of structure, information flow and writing style.
Please bring along a paper from your target journal for analysis.

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Thurs 21 Feb

4-6pm

SMaRTE Room, School of Education Level 8, 10 Pulteney Street

Introduction to Qualitative Social Research Approaches

The course is aimed at students and researchers who are considering, or are in the initial stages of engaging in qualitative research.

This session provides an overview of some of the main issues relating to qualitative social research. In addition to considering various theoretical and methodological frameworks, a brief overview of key methods, including qualitative interviewing, observation and content analysis, will be provided.

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TBA

Basic statistics and research methods

This course consists of 5 x 2hr workshops.

Participants MUST enrol in and attend all workshops.

This course is a first introduction to basic statistical methods for research students with little or no recent exposure to mathematics and statistics. Experience with statistical computing is not assumed and the material is complementary to the introductory SPSS course.

For online materials click here.

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TBA

Statistics for research students

This course consists of 5 x 2hr workshops and is a more advanced course than the 'Basic statistics and research methods' course.

Participants MUST enrol in and attend all workshops.

For online materials click here. 

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 TBA

EMG13
Engineering and Maths building
Map reference D11

SPSS training linked to 'Basic statistics' course

This workshop provides some hands-on training in the SPSS statistical software package. It covers the basics: entering data, simple charts and data summaries. Students receive a worksheet to go through at their own pace with demonstrators to help when needed.

Only those who are enrolled in the full 5-part 'Basic statistics and research methods' course are eligible for this workshop. Students enrol in only one session.

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TBA

R

R provides a powerful environment for the statistical and graphical analysis of data. It is available on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and, although there are cosmetic differences in the interfaces, the material presented in this workshop will apply directly to any platform.


The purpose of this workshop is to provide an introduction to R. It is assumed that you have a general familiarity with computers and knowledge of introductory-to-intermediate level statistical analysis. Programming experience and advanced statistical theory are not needed.

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Thur 14 March
10.00-11.30am

Hub Central Training Room

Tues 16 April
10.00-11.30am

Nexus 10
Level 2 -20
Computer suite 1

Endnote for absolute beginners

This session provides a basic introduction to the EndNote program. It is aimed at those people with very basic computer skills and limited knowledge of referencing styles.

The Harvard UofA referencing style will be used in this session.
- Starting an EndNote (EN) Library
- Entering references into a Library
- Introduction to using styles provided with EN
- Find full text
- Attach files
- Using Cite While You Write in Word to insert in-text citations into a word document and produce a bibliography
- Editing citations – adding page numbers
- Saving an EN Library
- Getting help

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Fri 15 March
10.00-12.00pm

Hub Central - Training Room 2
North Terrace Campus

Wed 17 April
10.00-12.00pm

Nexus 10
Level 2 -20
Computer suite 1

Endnote: beginner
A demonstration for beginner users of Endnote. Session will be hands-on and no previous knowledge of EndNote is assumed.

The session will cover the following topics:
• Starting an EndNote (EN) Library
• Entering references manually into a Library
• Introduction to using styles provided with EN
• Using a connection file to search and download references from the University of Adelaide catalogue
• Exporting references from a database into an EN Library
• Using EN with Word to insert an in-text citation into a word document and produce a bibliography
• Editing citations - adding page numbers, excluding author and/or year
• Creating an independent bibliography from an EN Library
• Saving an EN Library
• Getting help

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Available  each Thursday afternoon during semester times: Endnote drop-in sessions are available in the Writing Centre - level 3 in the Hub

Now available to students we have a  libguide tutorial on using EndNote.

http://libguides.adelaide.edu.au/endnote

Contact lucy.zuzolo@adelaide.edu.au through the Barr Smith Library for further information.

Thurs 4 April
or
Fri 12 July
or
Mon 2 Sep

Nexus 10 Room 2.07
Computer Suite 4
10 Pulteney Street

NVivo 10 Beginners Workshop - A: getting started

For HDR candidates who [a] need to analyse literature for literature reviews, and/or [b] need to analyse qualitative data.

This hands-on workshop is a basic introduction to NVivo 10. It will provide you with the information and practice you need to get started with your own project. Using sample data, you’ll create a project in NVivo and will work with a range of material like documents, audio, video, pictures, spreadsheets and database tables.

Participants MUST be available to attend all three Workshops A, B, and C, as demand is very high. It is not acceptable to take a place and attend only part of the course.

NB: Participants must bring their own ear buds/headphones for the session.

1st of 3×3.5 hrs

Basic computer and keyboard skills are required. Working familiarity with fundamental principles of research is assumed knowledge. Working familiarity with qualitative research methodologies, methods and terms are useful.

**IF you are UNFAMILIAR with qualitative research approaches and lexicon, PLEASE EMAIL THE FACILITATOR ON cate.jerram@adelaide.edu.au to discuss what will be appropriate for you.

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Thurs 11 April
or
Fri 19 July
or
Mon 9 Sep

Nexus 10 Room 2.07
Computer Suite 4
10 Pulteney Street

NVivo 10 Beginners Workshop - B: beyond the basics

For HDR candidates who have already attended workshop A in this series.

This hands-on workshop takes you beyond the basics to asking questions of your data and your analysis, using grouping tools, text analysis, queries, and visualizations.

Participants MUST be available to attend all three Workshops A, B, and C, as demand is very high. It is not acceptable to take a place and attend only part of the course. You must attend NVivo Basics: Workshop A BEFORE you attend Workshop B, as the course is designed to be cumulative.

NB: Participants must bring
1. their own ear buds/headphones for the session, and 
2. their own research data on a USB (or have located in their U drive [eg: a1234567 (\\uofa\users$\users8) (U:)].

2nd of 3×3.5hrs

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Thurs 18 April
or
Fri 26 July
or
Mon 16 Sep

Nexus 10 Room 2.07
Computer Suite 4
10 Pulteney Street

NVivo 10 Beginners Workshop - C: integrating the elements 

For HDR candidates who have already attended workshops A & B in this series.

In Workshop C, coverage of the basics will be completed and revised, and you will also get a chance to practice what you've learned with your own data.

Participants MUST have already attended both Workshop A and Workshop B in this series, as the course is designed to be cumulative.

NB: Participants must bring
1. their own ear buds/headphones for the session, and 
2. their own research data on a USB (or have located in their U drive [eg: a1234567 (\\uofa\users$\users8) (U:)].

3rd of 3×3.5hr

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Wed 1 May         3:10pm-4:40pm

Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre Physics 103

Managing an HDR thesis with Word 2007 - Lecture This course will firstly help the user understand the concepts involved in managing a long document. It will then assist the user to develop the skills to implement these techniques using Microsoft Word 2007. Experience has shown that some HDR students have used Word to prepare shorter documents, but have never understood the rationale for some of the more complex features.

It is assumed that the user already has sound basic computer skills and familiarity with MS Word 2007. If a user lacks these skills, they should attend a preliminary course in Word 2007.

(Go here and then locate the Word courses in the ITS Training Team area.)

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Semester 2 2012

Flentje Lecture Theatre

NO NEED TO BOOK

The Right Questions about Statistics

Workshops for undergratuate students, postgraduate students and staff encountering statistics relating to research

There are a lot of people who want the right answers about statistics. Yet in order to understand statistics, or even just to use it, what you need is to ask the right questions. These workshops aim to teach you the sorts of questions you need to ask in order to decide what statistical procedures are appropriate for your research; and the sorts of questions to ask in order to understand a statistical procedure better. And yes, there will be some answers about statistics too.

To download the flyer in pdf form, please follow this link: The Right Questions about Statistics Flyer