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CESR Resource Hub

A growing collection of resources designed by the Center for Excellence in Scholarship and Research for MSU, Mankato's scholarly community

AI & Research

Video: Integrating AI in Academic Research: Tools, Techniques, and Challenges
A 60-minute workshop with Dr. Rajeev Bukralia on generative AI terminology, issues with LLM-produced content, and best practices for using generative AI in research
Video: AI Prompt Engineering for Research
A 60-minute workshop facilitated by Dr. Lauren Singelmann on strategies for effective prompting for research tasks

Qualtrics

Video: Introduction to Qualtrics
A 60-minute workshop on the basics of Qualtrics, with a focus on building and distributing survey instruments

Advanced Qualtrics & TextiQ
PowerPoint slides from a 60-minute workshop building on the introductory workshop above; covers look and feel features, skip and display logics, carry-forward choices, piped text, and more

RStudio

Video: Introduction to RStudio
A 60-minute workshop on the basics of RStudio, including coding, data calling and visualization, installing and loading packages, and more

Taguette

Video: Using Taguette for Qualitative Data Analysis
A 60-minute workshop on getting started with Taguette for coding text-based qualitative data

Using Taguette for Qualitative Data Analysis
PowerPoint slides from the workshop above
Interview Excerpt 1
Sample data to use to follow along with the workshop above
Interview Excerpt 2
Sample data to use to follow along with the workshop above