Introduction to Big Data and Machine Learning for Survey Researchers and Social Scientists   Part of Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series Data science, machine learning and big data are all the rage in many areas where decisions are … Read more

Working with Messy Data   Part of Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series When working with data, one thing is fairly certain: data is rarely in an optimized format. A misplaced space here, or an extra comma there, can … Read more

Introduction to Effective Information Visualization   Part of Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series Participants will learn how to clean and structure data; see how freely and commonly available software can be used to create effective visualizations; and learn … Read more

Introduction to Data Science Using R   Part of Data Matters: Data Science Short Course Series This course provides a basic introduction to the R software environment for the purpose of data science. The course covers importing and exporting data, … Read more

This class has been CANCELLED.   This workshop will cover strategies for obtaining visual displays of quantitative information. We will discuss ways to, quite literally, look at data and statistical models in pictorial form. This is important because graphical representations … Read more

ICPSR – Bayesian Latent Variable Analysis   This workshop will focus on a variety of commonly used latent variable techniques from the Bayesian perspective. The Bayesian paradigm is, in many ways, superior to classic techniques for estimating models with latent … Read more

ICPSR – Machine Learning for the Analysis of Text as Data   Quantitative analysis of digitized text represents an exciting and challenging frontier of data science across a broad spectrum of disciplines. From the analysis of physicians’ notes to identify … Read more

14th Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive Take advantage of a unique opportunity to gain both theoretical and practical understanding of qualitative inquiry. Join us for five days of qualitative research professional development courses and networking opportunities. Continuing our tradition of … Read more