Research the Right Way Workshop

Research the Right Way Workshop#

A series of workshops about applied research techniques, with attention paid to replication and Open Science issues.

  • Accessing WRDS Data Programmatically

    • Date:

    • Workshop Materials: Jupyter Book

    • Summary: Covers connecting to WRDS from KLC, exploring libraries and tables, and working through a TAQ intraday analysis in Python and R.

  • Code Like a Pro: Remote Python Development on KLC with VS Code, GitHub, & Copilot

    • Date: May 2025

    • Workshop Materials: Jupyter Book

    • Summary: Walks through setting up VS Code with the Remote SSH extension to connect to KLC, managing code with Git and GitHub, and using GitHub Copilot to accelerate development workflows.

  • Consumer Panel Data the Right Way

    • Date: February 2025

    • Workshop Materials: GitHub repo

    • Summary: Covers working with Numerator consumer panel data, including writing SQL queries to access the dataset on the Athena and Redivis platforms.

  • Prompt Engineering the Right Way

    • Date: October 2024

    • Workshop Materials: GitHub repo

    • Summary: Covers practical prompt engineering techniques using the OpenAI API, including use of the OpenAI Batch API for large-scale, cost-efficient requests.

  • Open Source LLMs the Right Way

    • Date: April 2024

    • Workshop Materials: Jupyter Book

    • Summary: Covers selecting and running open-source LLMs on Quest and KLC, fine-tuning models to improve accuracy, and integrating external knowledge via Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).

  • OpenAI the Right Way

    • Date: November 2023

    • Workshop Materials: Jupyter Book

    • Summary: Covers using the OpenAI API for research tasks — including text classification, speech-to-text, and information extraction — with emphasis on scaling, validation, and reproducibility.