Instructional Support

For Students

If you’re taking a class that uses SSCC resources, you’ll get an email with instructions about how to activate your SSCC account. Contact the Service Desk if you run into problems.

Your account gives you access to Winstat, a remotely accessible cluster of Windows servers with Stata, R, and Python already installed. Use it if you don’t want to install software on your computer or run into trouble doing so.

You can also get help from the SSCC’s statistical consultants.

You are welcome to take any of SSCC’s free training workshops. “Introduction to Stata/R/Python” will prepare you for classes that use those tools. (The rest are mostly designed for graduate students, but you’re still welcome.)

The materials for those workshops and much more are available in the SSCC Knowledge Base. Stata for Students was specifically designed for undergrads taking classes that use Stata.

For Instructors

If you are teaching a class in the Social Science Division of the College of Letters & Science, you can request SSCC accounts for the students in your class by emailing the Service Desk. No need to send a class list–we can get that information.

This will give your students access to Winstat, a remotely accessible cluster of Windows servers with Stata, R, and Python already installed. You can have them use Winstat as a backup if they run into problems with their computer, or have them use it as their primary place to run the software and get out of the business of providing tech support for student laptops entirely. If they run into problems with Winstat, send them to the Service Desk.

SSCC’s statistical consultants are available for guest lectures, including introductions to Stata or R and other topics. Your students can also go to them for help directly.

If your class assumes students already know Stata, R, or Python, SSCC’s training workshops will help students who don’t have that background get up to speed.

The SSCC Knowledge Base is another useful resource for your students. Stata for Students was specifically designed for undergrads taking classes that use Stata.