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title: "Overview"
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**What the self-study period is for:**

- Practice AI-assisted coding on your own, at your own pace
- Get comfortable with the Positron + Copilot workflow before Day 2
- Accumulate specific questions and observations to bring back to the group

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## How It Works

The self-study period runs for **2–3 days** between the two sessions.
You work independently through the structured case studies below and document your experience.

### Teams channel

A live Teams channel is open throughout the self-study period.
Use it to ask questions, share screenshots of what worked or didn't, and pick up tips from colleagues.

## Case Studies

| Case study | Best for | Link |
|------------|---------|------|
| Reproducing old code with new data | Anyone with legacy scripts | [→](case-studies.qmd#reproducing-old-code) |
| Reproducing an analysis from an example | New to a topic or language | [→](case-studies.qmd#reproducing-from-example) |
| Trying a different language (R or Python instead of Stata) | Stata users wanting to expand | [→](case-studies.qmd#trying-a-different-language) |
