{"id":2104,"date":"2025-08-25T18:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/?page_id=2104"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:24:23","slug":"data-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/data-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data &amp; R Support @ Mac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you working with data in a class, project, capstone, or honors? Need help cleaning, visualizing, or analyzing data in&nbsp;R?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is on campus support for this work! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: This support is not class-specific; see a course&nbsp;preceptor&nbsp;for tailored support.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Come drop by the Data &amp; R Support Drop-In Hours to get help with data and\/or R and RStudio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> See the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=macalester.edu_k7f54d0aeqnpvqb3kjl5kvnuvg%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America%2FChicago\">MSCS Events Calendar<\/a> for dates\/times and look for <strong><em>Data &amp; R Support<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/library\/\">DeWitt Wallace Library<\/a>, 1st Floor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/academic-success\/science-quantitative-center\/\">Science and Quantitative Support<\/a> (look for a sign)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Who<\/strong>: Student Data &amp; R Preceptors will be available to answer questions during the Office Hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Why should I seek support<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Independent research projects that involve data (students\/faculty\/staff)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honors projects that involve data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical R questions beyond course concepts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What I can ask about<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Data Acquisition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Wrangling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Visualization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data Modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Troubleshooting in R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming soon! We&#8217;ll post resources created by student preceptors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intro to R &amp; RStudio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working with Data in Python<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1wuUiUc68qipAtbo3w9Wn3BZsd08ZPKboD_i2Q-3mOYM\/edit?usp=sharing\">Intro to Tableau<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-505\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brianna Heggeseth\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/591\/2018\/07\/Heggeseth-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/facultystaff\/brianna-heggeseth\/\">Brianna Heggeseth<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor, Data Science Coordinator\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Statistics, Data Science, Correlated Data<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:bheggese@macalester.edu\" >bheggese@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6448<\/li>\n\t      \t      \t\t  <li>she\/her\/hers<\/li>\n\t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data &amp; R Support @ Mac Are you working with data in a class, project, capstone, or honors? 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