The D-Lab is closed for Presidents' Day. We will not have a frontdesk, workshops, or consultations on our closed days.
Monday, February 17 - Closed
D-Lab
Intelligent research design for data intensive social science
Who we serve D-Lab helps UC Berkeley undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff move forward with world-class research in data intensive social science and humanities.
What we do D-Lab assists the Berkeley community with the full range of research development, research design and data acquisition. We offer guidance in statistical methods and results to data visualization and communication.
Who we are D-Lab is comprised of scholars who create a learning community that teaches workshops and offers consultations. Join us!
by Bruno Smaniotto. Consider the following game: You are given the option to choose between two coins to flip. These coins are possibly biased, so the probability of getting Heads for each coin might differ from 50/50. Each time that you flip Heads, you win one dollar. There are a total of 10...Read more about Which Coin Should I Flip? The Multi-Arm Bandit
by Yue Lin. How do social science researchers conduct field experiments with private actors? Yue Lin provides a brief overview of the recent developments in political economy and management strategy, with a focus on filing field experiments within private corporations. Unlike conventional targets...Read more about Field Experiments in Corporations
by Valeria Ramírez Castañeda. This blog explores how AI detection tools in academia perpetuate surveillance and punishment, disproportionately penalizing non-native English speakers (NNES). It critiques the rigid, culturally biased notions of originality and intellectual property, highlighting how...Read more about The Creation of Bad Students: AI Detection for Non-Native English Speakers
by Jonathan Pérez. Reflecting on the complexities of the human experience is paramount to conducting research. Jonathan Pérez, through his exploration of a conspiracy subreddit, reflects on his experience trying to find the human behind the datum. Jonathan critiques the harmful effects of...Read more about Fritz_X_DargesBlue42… Who Are You?