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Quantitative Reasoning Center

Students in the QR Center
 

Contact Info

Director
Dana Somers
 

Administrative Assistant
Becky White

Phone
717-245-1978

Location
Quantitative Reasoning Center,
Waidner-Boyd Lee Spahr Library

Mission

The Quantitative Reasoning Center supports students in any course with quantitative content—whether in mathematics, science, social science, or the humanities. Our QR tutors and Quantitative Reasoning Associates (QRAs) have been recommended by faculty and trained in techniques based in the science of learning. As such, they help students learn how to learn.

QR tutors have dual purposes:

  • To assist students in general quantitative areas
  • To assist students with discipline-specific courses based on the tutor’s area of expertise.

The general quantitative areas that our QR tutors can assist students with are:

  • Organizing an Excel spreadsheet
  • Making graphs in Excel
  • Using a scientific calculator
  • Computing statistics with or without a graphing calculator
  • Analyzing data sets
  • Calculating unit conversions
  • Understanding the order of operations
  • Reviewing for the quantitative portion of the GRE

Schedule for One-on-One Tutoring Appointments

If you would like an appointment, please . Please visit the "" and/or "General Quantitative Support" tabs to identify tutors who can help with your specific need.

Workshops Fall 2024

Title Dates/Times Location
Introduction to Pivot Tables Oct. 3rd 12:00 OR* Oct. 4th 12:00 pm Data & Scientific Reasoning Lab
Introduction to GIS Oct. 23rd 12:00 pm Data & Scientific Reasoning Lab
GIS Aesthetics and Analyses Oct. 30th 12:00 pm Data & Scientific Reasoning Lab
Introduction to R Nov. 13th 12:00 pm Data & Scientific Reasoning Lab
Faculty Development: SoTL Sept. 25th 12:00 pm Althouse 204
Faculty Development: Active Learning Oct. 16th 12:00 pm Althouse 204
*workshop repeats -- choose only one session to attend