Odum Takes Part in Leading Criminal Justice Research By: Alana Edwards The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science contributes to innovative criminal justice research in partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based criminal justice policy research … Continued

Jerry Reiter Professor of Statistical Science Duke University Jerry Reiter is Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University. He received a PhD in statistics from Harvard University in 1999, and a BS in mathematics from Duke University in 1992. His … Continued

Trent Buskirk Director, Center for Survey Research Professor, Department of Management Science and Information Systems University of Massachusetts Boston Dr. Trent D. Buskirk is the Novak Family Professor of Data Science and the Chair of the Applied Statistics and Operations … Continued

Confirmable Reproducible Research (CoRe2) Environment: Linking Tools to Promote Computational Reproducibility   We are very excited to announce that Odum has been awarded $500,000 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a three-year grant project, Confirmable Reproducible Research (CoRe2) Environment: … Continued

Short Course Spotlight: Designing Multi-Item Scales with Bob DeVellis Date: April 12, 2018 Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Davis Library Room 219 This course provides an introduction to developing instruments with multiple items to measure a single construct. Examples include … Continued

Short Course Spotlight: Introduction to Survey Management with Lisa Thalji Date: March 22, 2018 Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm Location: Davis Library Room 219 This course will focus on the application of project management principles and techniques to the management of … Continued

Remembering Thomas M. Carsey 1966 – 2018 Tom Carsey, the Odum Institute’s director from 2011 to 2017, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018, after a long battle with ALS. Tom was the Odum Institute’s leader (and biggest cheerleader) during a difficult … Continued

March Short Courses * indicates that the course requires registration fees. R Open Labs March 8, 22, 29 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Davis Library Research Hub Open labs are (mostly) unstructured workshops designed to help you learn R. Each … Continued

Seeking Teacher Assistants for Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series   The Odum Institute is seeking graduate students to serve as teaching assistants for “Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series” (August 13-17, 2018). This event will be held … Continued

NSF Cyber Carpentry: Data Life-Cycle Training   The emergence and continuing growth of “Big Data” has predicated many changes in the scientific community and the ways in which research is done. Science has become more collaborative, with research projects today … Continued