This free virtual event is hosted by Data Science @ UW. The theme for 2021 is Data Science for the Social Good. Throughout February, researchers and data scientists from various disciplines and industries will have …
Classes, Conferences & Webinars
News from the Roper Center
The classic version of the iPoll system was decommissioned in September. Visit https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/ to check out the enhanced features of the new Roper iPoll. Roper’s data team prioritizes the processing of all COVID-19 surveys, often …
Social Science Computing Cooperative Training Courses, Fall 2020
Social Science Computing Cooperative training courses for Fall 2020 is now available at https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/. Below are courses offered in August, September and October. SSCC Orientation Introduction to R with RStudio Introduction to Stata Data Wrangling …
Blalock Lecture Series for the 2020 ICPSR Summer Program
Blalock Lectures are an integral part of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. They are presented in the evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EDT. These lectures are all FREE to …
Social Science Computing Cooperative Summer Training Goes Online
Social Science Computing Cooperative just announced its summer training courses. Please visit https://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/ to register. Here are courses offered in June and July. • Introduction to R with RStudio • Data Wrangling in R • …
NADDI 2019 Conference
The North American Data Documentation Initiative Conference (NADDI) 2019 will take place in Oattwa, Canada from April 24 to April 26. The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an international standard for describing the data produced …
IPUMS International: An Introduction Webinar
IPUMS International: An Introduction is scheduled on Thursday, March 28 at 11 AM CST. It will provide an overview of the available datasets, topics, website features, and basics for accessing data and extracts in IPUMS …
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
ICPSR Summer Program offers a comprehensive curriculum in research design, statistics, data analysis, and methodology. It also provides a great opportunities for networking with participants representing about 30 different disciplines from more than 350 colleges …
Roper Center Has a New Website
A new website went live at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. A Roper Roundtable webinar is scheduled on Wednesday, February 13 at 9 AM CST. It will review navigation, recent and forthcoming functionality …
Webinar: A Guided Tour of IPUMS USA
This webinar features decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present, explores website features for customizing data extracts, and shares some useful insider knowledge. It is scheduled …