Student Resources

Getting Started

The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry has several resources including a guide for getting started. 

The University Libraries provide several research guides and offer research coaching.

Feel free to reach out to SSI Assistant Director Ryan Ruddy or book an office hours appointment to discuss your sports related research. 

 

Learning Data Analysis Software

The Sports Analytics Association at Ohio State hosts workshops throughout the year.

Data Camp offers interactive courses on Data and AI skills. Datacamp for Universities offers free access for classes.

Posit (formerly RStudio) provides some free educational material for learning R. 

Coursera provides several free courses including this course in R.

Harvard offers several free online courses including this course in R. 

Udacity offers free courses in R, Python, SQL, etc.

Udemy offers free courses in several languages including R, Python, excel, etc. 

 

Creating a Research Poster

The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry provides poster templates for OSU students.

More templates for research posters are available at:

 

Creating a Research Presentation 

The OSU library provides some presentation tips. 

Other sources are also available  at:

Writing Resources

The Center for Study and Teaching of Writing can help with paper writing.