The Inter‑university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is pleased to announce the 2011 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
As many subscribers to this list already know, the main component of the ICPSR Summer Program is held on the campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics in research design, quantitative reasoning, statistical methods, and data processing are presented in two four‑week sessions. The first session runs from June 20, 2011 until July 15, 2011. The second session runs from July 18, 2011 until August 12, 2011. The contents of the two sessions are largely independent of each other, although some second‑session workshops do assume that participants are familiar with material from first‑session courses.
The 2011 ICPSR Summer Program will also offer a number of three‑ to five‑day workshops on both statistical and substantive topics throughout the summer. Most of these shorter workshops take place in Ann Arbor, but there are several that will be held in other locations: Amherst, MA; Bloomington, IN; Chapel Hill, NC; and (for the first time) Berkeley, CA.
We would like to draw your attention to several noteworthy features in the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program.
$ Three new four-week workshops: “Network Analysis” during the first session; “Applied Multilevel Models”, and “Causal Inference for the Social Sciences” during the second session.
$ A number of new three- to five-day statistical workshops, including: “Estimating Geometric Models of Choice and Judgment”, “Missing Data: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data SetsA (in Bloomington, IN), “Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: An Introduction”, “Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods” (in Chapel Hill, NC), “Item Response Theory”, and “Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Models of Interdependence Among Observations”.
$ Expanded offerings in the field of network analysis. In addition to the new four-week workshop mentioned earlier, we will have the following short workshops: “Network Analysis: An Introduction”, “Advanced Network Analysis” (offered for the first time), “Social Network Analysis: An Introduction”, and “Network Analysis: A Second Course”.
$ A new three-day workshop on “Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies” (in Chapel Hill, NC).
$ Two five-day workshops on the analysis of panel data: A new course on “Panel Data Analysis Using SAS and SPSS” and another on “Panel Data Analysis Using Stata.”
$ Continued emphasis on multilevel modeling. In addition to the new four-week workshop mentioned above, we offer the following short workshops: “Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction”, “Applied Multilevel Models Using SAS and SPSS”, “Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata”, and “Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics”.
In developing the course list for the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program, we are responding to the expressed interests of the social scientific research community, and providing coverage of statistical procedures that are receiving increasing attention within methodological circles. We hope you find something that will be useful for your own work in the 2011 Program. And, we are always interested in feedback: Please let us know if you have any thoughts about our current course offerings or new topics that you would like to see us include in the curriculum.
The current course list for the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program is provided below. This list gives the complete set of statistical courses that the Program will offer in 2011. Note that the roster of short substantive workshops is still being put together; additional information will be provided on the Summer Program web site as it becomes available.
Registration is now open for all of our statistical courses and for several of the substantive workshops. The application form, registration instructions, fee structure, and further information about the ICPSR Summer Program are all available on our web site:
http://icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/
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2011 ICPSR SUMMER PROGRAM COURSE LIST
All classes are held in Ann Arbor, MI, unless otherwise noted.
First Four‑Week Session (June 20‑July 15, 2011):
Lectures:
Mathematics for Social Scientists, I
Mathematics for Social Scientists, II
Introduction to Computing
Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment
Introduction to the LaTeX Text Processing System
Workshops:
Introduction to Applied Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences
Introduction to Game Theory
Maximum Likelihood for Generalized Linear Models
Methodological Issues in Quantitative Research on Race and Ethnicity
Network Analysis
Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice
Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society
Regression Analysis I: Introduction
Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
Scaling and Dimensional Analysis
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, I
Time Series Analysis
Second Four‑Week Session (July 18‑August 12, 2011):
Lectures:
Introduction to Computing
Introductory/Review Lectures on Matrix Algebra
Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment
Introduction to the LaTeX Text Processing System
Workshops:
Advanced Bayesian Models for the Social Sciences
Categorical Data Analysis
Causal Inference for the Social Sciences
Complex Systems Models in the Social Sciences
Advanced Game Theory
Longitudinal Analysis
Longitudinal Analysis of Historical Demographic Data
Advanced Topics in Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Applied Multilevel Models
Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods
Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
Regression Analysis III: Advanced Methods
Simultaneous Equation Models
Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, II
Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables
The Hubert M. Blalock Lecture Series in Advanced Methods of Social Research (Preliminary List of Topics):
Data Mining
Latent Class Analysis
Missing Data: Statistical Analysis of Data with Incomplete Observations
Statistical Graphics for Visualizing Data
Three‑ to Five‑Day Statistical Workshops:
Analyzing Developmental Trajectories (June 6-8, Amherst, MA)
Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Strategies (June 6-8, Chapel Hill, NC)
Panel Data Analysis Using SAS and SPSS (June 6-10)
Estimating Geometric Models of Choice and Judgment (June 13-17)
Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction (June 13-17, Amherst, MA)
Network Analysis: An Introduction (June 13-17)
Missing Data: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data Sets
(June 15-17, Bloomington, IN)
Advanced Network Analysis (June 20-24)
Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: An Introduction (June 20-24)
Causal Inference in the Social Sciences: Matching, Propensity Scores, and Other Strategies (June 27-July 1, Berkeley, CA)
Structural Equation Models and Latent Variables: An Introduction (June 27-July 1)
Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods (June 27-July 1, Chapel Hill, NC)
Applied Multilevel Models using SAS and SPSS (July 11-15)
Item Response Theory (July 11-15)
Introduction to Spatial Regression Analysis (July 11-15, Chapel Hill, NC)
Models for Categorical Outcomes Using Stata: Specification, Estimation, and Interpretation (July 11-15, Berkeley, CA)
Panel Data Analysis Using Stata (July 18-22)
Social Network Analysis: An Introduction (July 18-22, Chapel Hill, NC)
Time Series Analysis: An Introduction for Social Scientists (July 18-22)
Categorical Data Analysis: A Second Course (July 25-29)
Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments (August 1-5)
Latent Growth Curve Models (LGCM): A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (August 1-5, Chapel Hill, NC)
Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Models of Interdependence Among
Observations (August 15-19)
Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata (August 15‑19)
Network Analysis: A Second Course (August 17-19)
Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics (Dates TBD)
William G. Jacoby
Director
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Phone: 734-763-6281
Professor
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University
Phone: 517-353-3287
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