D-Lab's workshops and consulting services are paused for the summer. Our core staff will be focusing on special projects and other endeavors. We look forward to seeing you in the fall and hope you have a great summer.
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 Daniel Lobo. Daniel Lobo, a PhD Student in Sociology at UC Berkeley, discusses his journey from growing up in the urban working class to making it to Harvard College and UC Berkeley. He credits his mentors who were able to see him in a way that he could not see himself as the keys to his success...Read more about On the Transformative Power of Seeing Others
by Farnam Mohebi. Grounded theory, a powerful tool for qualitative analysis, can enhance data science research by improving transparency and impact. Researchers can create a vivid record of their process by meticulously documenting the entire research journey, including the decisions they make and...Read more about Enhancing Research Transparency Inspired by Grounded Theory
by María Martín López. As large language models begin to engrain themselves in our daily lives we must leverage cognitive psychology to explore the understanding that these algorithms have of our world and the people they interact with. LLMs give us new insights into how conceptual representations...Read more about Conceptual Mirrors: Reflecting on LLMs' Interpretations of Ideas
by Hilary Faxon, Ph.D. & Win Moe. Non-Roman scripts pose particular challenges for text mining. Here, we reflect on a project that used text mining alongside qualitative coding to understand the politicization of online content following Myanmar’s 2021 military coup.Read more about Tactics for Text Mining non-Roman Scripts
by Kamya Yadav. With the increase in studies with experiments in political science research, there are concerns about research transparency, particularly around reporting results from studies that contradict or do not find evidence for proposed theories (commonly called “null results”). To...Read more about Transparency in Experimental Political Science Research