2009 Schedule

• Four-Week Courses
• Three- to Five-Day Workshops

Four-Week Courses

First Session, June 22-July 17

Lectures:

11am-noon

• Mathematics for Social Scientists I
• Mathematics for Social Scientists II

1pm-2:30pm

• Introduction to Computing
• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Data Mining (June 29-July 10)
  • New Tools for Regression Analysis: Dimension Reduction and Inverse Regression (July 13-July 15)
  • Statistical Graphics for Visualizing Data

6pm-8pm

• Introduction to R Statistical Computing Environment (June 23-June 30)

Workshops:

9am-11am

• Introduction to Applied Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Generalized Linear Models
• Quantitative Historical Analysis

9am-1pm

• Introduction to Game Theory (June 22 - July 3)
• Advanced Game Theory (July 6 - July 17)

12:30pm-2:30pm

• Methodological Issues in Quantitative Research on Race and Ethnicity
• Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice

2:30pm-4:30pm

• Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis I
• Regression Analysis I: Introduction
• Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
• Regression Analysis III: Advanced Methods
• Scaling and Dimensional Analysis
• Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society

6pm-8pm

• Programming in R (June 23-July 3)

Second Session, July 20-August 14

Lectures:

8:30am-10am

• Introduction to Computing (July 20-July 31)

noon-1pm

• Review/Introductory Lectures on Matrix Algebra (July 20-August 7)

6pm-8pm

• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Missing Data: Statistical Analysis of Data with Incomplete Observations (July 20-24)

Workshops:

9am-10am

• Complex Systems Models in the Social Sciences

9am-1pm

• Categorical Analysis (July 20-July 31)
• Causal Inference for the Social Sciences (August 3-August 14)

9am-5pm

• Longitudinal Analysis of Historical Demographic Data

10am-noon

• Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis II
• Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
• Longitudinal Analysis

1pm-3pm

• Advanced Topics in Maximum Likelihood Estimation
• Advanced Bayesian Models for the Social Sciences
• Simultaneous Equation Models

3pm-5pm

• Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods
• Structural Equation Models With Latent Variables
• Time Series Analysis

Three- to Five-Day Workshops

Unless otherwise indicated, workshops are held in Ann Arbor Michigan, on the University of Michigan campus.

Three- to Five-Day Statistical Workshops
May 18-22	Empirical Models for Time-Series, Cross-Section Data
June 1-5	Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction (Amherst, MA)
June 1-5	Introduction to Spatial Regression Analysis
June 8-12	Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 15-18	Analyzing Developmental Trajectories (Amherst, MA)
June 15-19	Categorical Data Analysis in Stata
June 22-26	Multilevel Models for Longitudinal Data Using SAS (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 29-July 3	Panel Data Analysis Using Stata
July 6-9	Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics
July 6-10	Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (Bloomington, IN)
July 6-10	Latent Trajectory/Growth Curve Analysis: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 20-24	Structural Equation Models and Latent Variables: An Introduction
July 29-31	Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments (New Haven, CT)
August 3-7	Social Network Analysis: An Introduction (Chapel Hill, NC)
August 17-21	Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata
August 20-22	Network Analysis: An Accelerated Introduction
August 23-25	Network Analysis: A Second Course
Three- to Five-Day Substantive Workshops
June 1-3	Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files: 1997-2006
June 15-17	Dyadic Data Analysis: Models and Methods for the Study of Couples
June 18-19	Using Secondary Data for the Analysis of Marriage and Family
June 22-24	Longitudinal Explorations of Child Outcomes and Well-Being
June 22-25	Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): Investigating Cultural and Ethnic Influences on Mental Health
July 8-10	Data User Training for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
July 13-16	Documenting Data Using DDI 3.0: Supporting Research, Collection Management, and Access (Ithaca, NY)
July 13-16	Examining Quality in Publicly Supported Early Childhood Programs
July 20-23	Sentencing and Other Federal Case Data Analysis
July 27-29	Protecting Against Disclosure Risk in Shared Research Data Files