Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab

E-mail: dasil@grinnell.edu Phone: (641) 269-9734 Physical Address: ARH 130 Mailing Address: 1226 Park Street, Grinnell, IA 50112

DASIL: Data Analysis and Social Inquiry Lab

DASIL provides support for the use of data in classroom exercises, student research, and student and faculty research collaborations.  The lab will:

• Locate and prepare data sets for use in class exercises. 
• Provide classroom assistance for teaching students how to use an agreed-upon set of software packages, including some suitable for qualitative, quantitative, and spatial analysis, or do student workshops.
• Provide speakers and workshops for faculty on new analytic and theoretical approaches to data analysis.
• Help students with data collection and analysis.
• Help students disseminate e-surveys used in IRB-approved research projects.
• Provide experiential learning for student tutors.

Staff Email Information

• Kathy Kamp, Director (on leave 2011-12) - kamp@grinnell.edu
• Julia Bauder, Interim Director - bauderj@grinnell.edu

Spring 2012 Schedule