Online Tutorials

Free tutorials on quantitative methods and computational techniques for social scientists. We warmly invite you to contribute to this section — please contact us if you would like to share your tutorials, tips, or suggestions.

Coding texts with LLMs using quallmer

This tutorial introduces the quallmer package for coding texts with Large Language Models (LLMs) in R — a flexible tool for qualitative analysis at scale.

Seraphine F. Maerz

How to use quanteda.llm for text analysis in R

This tutorial provides some basic code in R to get started with using the quanteda.llm package for text analysis in R.

Seraphine F. Maerz

How to use an open-source LLM in R for text analysis tasks

This tutorial provides some basic code in R to get started with using open-source LLMs for text analysis tasks.

Seraphine F. Maerz

How to use GitHub for collaborative RStudio projects

In this highly simplified 3-step tutorial, we will provide a minimal guide on how to use the online platform GitHub for collaborative RStudio projects, i.e., to share code…

Seraphine F. Maerz

How to use R Studio with Quarto to write nice papers ready for submission in whatever format

This is a short and fun tutorial on how to create beautiful Quarto documents that effectively combine code, analysis, and narrative. No previous knowledge required. The…

Seraphine F. Maerz

How to code your own personal website with Quarto in less than 30 minutes and for free!

This tutorial provides a focused guide on how to code and publish your own personal website with Quarto and GitHub. No previous knowledge required. Shouldn’t take longer…

Seraphine F. Maerz