From Survey to Publication: Gentle Introduction to R for Social Scientists

Training Title

From Questionnaire to Publication: A Gentle Introduction to R for Social Scientists

Date & Time

Saturday, June 20, 2026 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (WAT)

Event Description

Are you a researcher, student, or professional in the social sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, Economics, or Education) who wants to analyze survey data but feels intimidated by coding and complex statistics?
This session is designed specifically for you.

Many researchers stick to manual calculations or rigid software because they believe R requires a heavy background in mathematics or computer science. The truth? If you can ask a research question, you can use R to find the answer.
In this interactive, 2-hour beginner workshop hosted by the Ekiti R-Users Group, we skip the heavy math formulas and focus entirely on practical skills: getting your survey data into R, cleaning it up, and turning it into stunning, publication-ready charts.

What We Will Cover:

The Coding Myth: Why you don't need a math degree to use R successfully in the social sciences.

Importing Surveys: How to smoothly bring CSV or Excel questionnaire responses into R.

Counting What Matters: How to quickly calculate frequencies, percentages, and summaries for demographic data and Likert scales.

Visual Storytelling: Creating clean, beautiful bar charts and graphs that are ready for your journal articles or thesis.

Who Should Attend?

Absolute beginners with zero prior coding experience.
Social science researchers looking to upgrade their data analysis toolkit.
Students preparing for departmental seminars, projects, or dissertations.

Prerequisites:

None! To save time on software installations, we will show you how to use R directly in your web browser using a free Posit Cloud account. Just bring your laptop, an open mind, and your questions!

YouTube channel or streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z21DCnVBIK0

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