2010 Schedule

Four-Week Courses

First Session, June 21-July 16

See our guide for selecting Summer Program courses during the first 4-week session.

Workshops:

9am-11am

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

9am-1pm

• Introduction to Game Theory (June 21 - July 2)
• Advanced Game Theory (July 5 - July 16)

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
• Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society

Lectures:

11am-noon

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

1pm-2:30pm

• Introduction to Computing (June 21-July 9)
• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
• Data Mining (June 28 - July 9)
• Multidimensional Scaling (July 12- July 15)

6pm-8:30pm

• Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment (June 21-July 2)

Second Session, July 19-August 13

See our guide for selecting Summer Program courses during the second 4-week session.

Workshops:

9am-10am

• Complex Systems Models in the Social Sciences

10am-noon

• Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis II
• Longitudinal Analysis
• Simultaneous Equation Models

1pm-3pm

• Advanced Topics in Maximum Likelihood Estimation
• Advanced Bayesian Models for the Social Sciences
• Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
• Structural Equation Models With Latent Variables

3pm-5pm

• Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods
• Categorical Data Analysis
• Time Series Analysis

Lectures:

8:30am-10am

• Introduction to Computing (July 19 - July 30)

noon-1pm

• Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment (July 19 - July 30)
• Review/Introductory Lectures on Matrix Algebra (July 19 - August 6)

6pm-8pm

• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Statistical Graphics for Visualizing Data (TBD)

7pm-8:30pm

• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Missing Data: Statistical Analysis of Data with Incomplete Observations (July 19-23)

Three- to Five-Day Workshops

Unless otherwise indicated, workshops are held in Ann Arbor Michigan, on the University of Michigan campus. Workshops usually meet daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Three- to Five-Day Statistical Workshops
June 7-11	Network Analysis: An Introduction
June 7-11	Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction (Amherst, MA)
June 7-11	Introduction to Spatial Regression Analysis (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 7-11	Data Analysis Using Stata
June 14-18	Categorical Data Analysis Using Stata: Models for Binary, Ordinal, Nominal, and Count Outcomes (Amherst, MA)
June 14-18	Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
June 14-18	Panel Data Analysis Using Stata
June 21-25	Latent Trajectory/Growth Curve Analysis: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 21-25	Time Series Analysis: An Introduction for Social Scientists
June 28-July 1	Analyzing Developmental Trajectories
July 6-9	Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics
July 5-9	Empirical Models for Time-Series Cross-Section Data
July 12-16	Causal Inference in the Social Sciences: Matching, Propensity Scores, and Other Strategies
July 12-16	Social Network Analysis: An Introduction (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 14-16	Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments (New Haven, CT)
July 19-23	Multilevel Models Using SAS and SPSS
July 26-29	Categorical Data Analysis: A Second Course
July 26-30	Structural Equation Models and Latent Variables: An Introduction
August 9-13	Providing Social Science Data Services: Strategies for Design and Operation
August 16-20	Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata
August 16-20	Network Analysis: Theory and Methods (Bloomington, IN)
Three- to Five-Day Substantive Workshops
June 2-4	Dyadic Data Analysis: Models and Methods for the Study of Couples
June 2-4	Using Administrative Data to Conduct Research on Public Early Childhood Programs
June 29-30	Secondary Analysis of the National Survey of Parents and Youth
July 19-22	Conducting Research on Recidivism and Reentry
August 2-6	Health Care Change in the United States: Working With the Community Tracking Study and Health Tracking Surveys
August 4-6	Data User Training for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

Courses Not Offered in 2010

• Quantitative Historical Analysis (1st Session, 9-11am)
• Scaling and Dimensional Analysis (1st Session, 2:30-4:30pm)