Social Sciences Quantitative Laboratory

Economics, Political Science, and Sociology/Anthropology

Department Overview

The Social Sciences Quantitative Laboratory at Swarthmore College develops students’ skills in quantitative analysis and comprehension.

Workshops

Fall 2025 Workshops:
 
General Workshops:
Week 3                      Interpreting Regressions and How to Read Quantitative Papers
 
Stata Workshops (designed for Ec 31, but open to all students): 
Week 2 (Sep 10/12)           Intro to Stata
Week 3 (Sep 17/19)           Descriptive Statistics
Week 5 (Oct 8/9)              Sampling Distributions
Week 8 (Oct 23/24)          Interval Estimation
Week 9 (Oct 30/31)          Hypothesis Testing
Week 11 (Nov 13/14)          Regression
Week 12 (Nov 20/21)         Empirical Project
 
R Workshops:
Week 4, 8 and 12        Introduction to R and R Studio
Week 5, 9 and 12        Exploring Data in R
Week 6 and 10             Data Visualization with R and ggplot
Week 11                          Special Topics in Data Analysis with R

 

Sign up to get information about workshops you are interested in once the fall semester starts: http://tinyurl.com/ssql-interest.

Office Hours

Office hour information can be found here

Curriculum consultation

If you have questions about the types of classes that will provide data science skills, the SSQL can provide information about which classes you can take and the skills that might be helpful to acquire.

Employment

Teaching Assistant opportunities are available for students with strong Stata and R skills. If you’d like to TA for one of the workshops, please email ssql@swarthmore.edu.