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IRB Basics Part I: An Introduction to the IRB process at NC State

Register for this workshopThis workshop provides a basic overview of IRB history and operations. It is designed for individuals with little to no background in human subjects research practices at NC State University and serves as a foundation for all other IRB workshops offered through the NC State University Libraries, including the IRB Basics: Part…

Data Cleaning with R

Register for this workshopOften one of the most time-consuming aspects of doing research is cleaning your data. This workshop will provide participants with an overview and hands-on practice using data cleaning functions in R, specifically from the Tidyverse set of packages (https://www.tidyverse.org/). Topics will include loading data, subsetting, filtering, creating new columns, merging data, stripping…

Using Research Strategies to Make Your Literature Review Manageable

Register for this workshopResearch is infinite—but your literature review is not. How do you know what sources to review and how to access those sources? Come to this workshop to learn research strategies that will help you narrow your research topic, cover the essentials of that topic, organize your bibliography and set parameters that will…

IRB Basics Part III: eIRB Application Workshop

Register for this workshopThis session will go through the eIRB application question-by-question and provide targeted guidance for how to fill the application out and how to upload supporting documentation and what documents to upload. This session will focus on how to fill out the eIRB application for qualitative, quantitative, and clinical trials research; biomedical engineering…

Data Visualization with R

Register for this workshopThis workshop will provide an introductory overview and hands-on practice with making data visualizations with R, a statistical computing language. Topics covered will include an overview of visualization packages, including ggplot2, ggvis, plotly, leaflet, and others, and considerations for creating publication-quality graphics using R. The hands-on activity will consist of creating a…

IRB Basics Part I: An Introduction to the IRB process at NC State

Register for this workshopThis workshop provides a basic overview of IRB history and operations. It is designed for individuals with little to no background in human subjects research practices at NC State University and serves as a foundation for all other IRB workshops offered through the NC State University Libraries, including the IRB Basics: Part…

RED COI Users Training

This 1 hour instructor led course gives NC State faculty and staff, access to RED resources, and hands on practice with the RED System. This course is an introduction to the COI module in RED. At the end of this session users will be able to:Locate and utilize RED resources online including quick reference guides and online videoLog in…

IRB Basics Part III: eIRB Application Workshop

Register for this workshopThis online session will go through the eIRB application question-by-question and provide targeted guidance for how to fill the application out and how to upload supporting documentation and what documents to upload. This session will focus on how to fill out the eIRB application for qualitative, quantitative, and clinical trials research; biomedical…

IRB Basics Part II: Handling Your Data and Assessing Risks & Benefits

Register for this workshopThis online workshop discusses data management and risks/benefits ratios in human subjects research and further guidance on how to communicate those in your IRB application. Participants must have completed IRB Basics: Part 1 to attend.Instructor: Yael Allen

IRB Topical Workshop: Survey Research and the IRB

Register for this workshopThis online session will guide researchers on participant-centered study design related to implementing surveys and the compliance related IRB issues that should be addressed. We will cover:Survey recruitment methods including email and social mediaSampling frame uses and screening processes and how to describe that in the IRB applicationSurvey delivery modes: online, in…