Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on … Read more
Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted … Read more
Introduction to Qualtrics Description: This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. We will create a contact list for distributing survey … Read more
Logistic Regression This short course provides an introduction to logistic regression. Model specification, identification, estimation, hypothesis-testing, and interpretation of results are covered. Software to estimate these models is discussed, but not demonstrated. This is not a course on software, but … Read more
Introduction to Qualtrics Description: This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. We will create a contact list for distributing survey … Read more
Data Collection Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries: New Approaches with SMS, IVR, Web, and CATI The rapid growth of mobile phones in developing countries opens up new possibilities for data collection. Short message service (SMS), interactive voice … Read more
Big Data and Social Science Objective By the end of the course participants will: -Have a good understanding of commonalities and differences between the techniques used in the social sciences and those used in computer science -Have seen … Read more
Introduction to Focus Groups Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups … Read more
An Introductory Overview of Structural Equation Models (SEM) The purpose of this 2-day course is to give an overview of structural equation models (SEMs). It is not an introduction to SEM software, but focuses more on the conceptual … Read more
