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2008 ACADEMIC PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
In 2008, the European Consortium for Political Research
will organise its third Summer School in Methods and Techniques
in cooperation with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
It is targeted at post graduate students, teachers and
researchers in political science and related disciplines.
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Wednesday 30 July -
Saturday 16 August 2008
Refresher
Courses (three days: 30 July - 01 August)
These courses offer an intensive introduction/ refresher on more
quantitative and formal tools and software environments. They are taught by
experienced instructors from the University of Ljubljana. They are particularly
recommended for participants who have little formal training and wish to take
one of the main courses, but may also be attended on a stand alone basis.small Ljubljana
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1. Introduction to SPSS
2. Introduction to R
3. Maths refresher (I): Linear algebra &
calculus
4. Maths refresher (II): Probability
5. Inferential Statistics
Research Design Seminars (one day: 02 August)
Participants will have the opportunity to attend up to four of the
following seminars, each of which is scheduled to last ninety minutes. The
purpose of this series of seminars is to offer a 'package' of useful
reflections, resources and practical tips at the different stages of one's
research.
A. Linking theories, methods and data in political
science.
B. How to
manage one's research planning.
C. How to write
a research proposal.
D. How to write
a journal article.
E. How to
present qualitative data.
F. Visualising
quantitative data.
Main Courses (two weeks: 04 August - 16 August)
6. Mathematical concepts and formal modelling
7. Configurational comparative methods: QCA and fuzzy
sets
8. Multiple regression analysis
9. Multivariate analysis and cross-national survey analysis
10. Network analysis
11. Case study analysis
12. Multilevel analysis
13. Expert interview (interview techniques) &
documentary collection and management
14. Mixed methods: methodology and applications
15. Event history and survival analysis
16. Advances in survey methodology: comparative survey
design and online survey design
17. Quantitative text analysis
18. Interpretive methods: the making of qualitative data and
analysis
19. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation
modelling
20. Interactive qualitative data: online and offline
ethnography, focus groups and interviewing
For detailed course descrptions and further information on tuition fees, accommodation
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About ECPR
The European Consortium
for Political Research (ECPR) is an independent, scholarly
association, established in 1970. It supports and encourages
the training, research and cross-national co-operation of
political scientists throughout Europe and beyond. The ECPR
currently has approximately 340 European institutional members
and associate members in over 40 countries, from as far
afield as New Zealand and Japan. These members together
form a network of thousands of individual political scientists,
international relations and European studies specialists.
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