2011 Schedule

Four-Week Courses

First Session, June 20-July 15

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
• Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society

12:30pm-2:30pm

• Methodological Issues in Quantitative Research on Race and Ethnicity
• Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice
• Network Analysis
• Introduction to Game Theory
• Time Series Analysis

2:30pm-4:30pm

• Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis I
• Regression Analysis I: Introduction
• Regression Analysis II: Linear Models
• Scaling and Multidimensional Analysis

Lectures:

11am-noon

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

1pm-2:30pm

• Introduction to Computing (June 20-July 8)
• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Data Mining (June 27-July 8)

5:30pm-7:30pm

• Introduction to the LaTeX Text Processing System (June 20)

6pm-8:30pm

• Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment (June 21-July 1)

6:30pm-8:00pm

• Latent Class Analysis (June 28-30)

Second Session, July 18-August 12

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

Workshops:

9am-10am

• Complex Systems Models in the Social Sciences

9am-5pm

• Longitudinal Analysis of Historical Demographic Data

10am-noon

• Longitudinal Analysis
• Simultaneous Equation Models
• Advanced Game Theory
• Regression Analysis III: Advanced Methods

1pm-3pm

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

3pm-5pm

• Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods
• Categorical Data Analysis
• Causal Inference for the Social Sciences
• Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis II

Lectures:

8:30am-10am

• Introduction to Computing (July 18-July 29)

noon-1pm

• Review/Introductory Lectures on Matrix Algebra (July 18-August 5)

5:15pm-6:15pm

• Introduction to the R Statistical Computing Environment (July 19-July 29)

5:30pm-7:30pm

• Introduction to the LaTeX Text Processing System (July 18)

6:30pm-8pm

• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Missing Data: Statistical Analysis of Data with Incomplete Observations (July 18-July 22)

6:30pm-8:30pm

• Blalock Lectures: Advanced Topics in Social Research
  • Statistical Graphics for Visualizing Data (July 25-28)

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.

NOTE: please check back to the course listing for possible further developments.

Three- to Five-Day Statistical Workshops
June 6-8	Analyzing Developmental Trajectories (Amherst, MA)
June 6-8	Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies (Chapel Hill, NC)
June 6-10	Panel Data Analysis Using SAS and SPSS
June 13-17	Estimating Geometric Models of Choice and Judgment
June 13-17	Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction (Amherst, MA)
June 13-17	Network Analysis: An Introduction
June 15-17	Missing Data: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data Sets (Bloomington, IN)
June 20-24	Advanced Network Analysis
June 20-24	Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: An Introduction
June 27-July 1	Causal Inference in the Social Sciences: Matching, Propensity Scores, and Other Strategies (Berkeley, CA)
June 27-July 1	Structural Equation Models and Latent Variables: An Introduction
June 27-July 1	Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 11-15	Applied Multilevel Models Using SAS and SPSS
July 11-15	Item Response Theory
July 11-15	Introduction to Spatial Regression Analysis (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 11-15	Models for Categorical Outcomes Using Stata: Specification, Estimation, and Interpretation (Berkeley, CA)
July 18-22	Panel Data Analysis Using Stata
July 18-22	Social Network Analysis: An Introduction (Chapel Hill, NC)
July 18-22	Time Series Analysis: An Introduction for Social Scientists
July 25-29	Categorical Data Analysis: A Second Course
August 1-5	Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments
August 1-5	Latent Trajectory/Growth Curve Analysis: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach (Chapel Hill, NC)
August 15-19	Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Models of Interdependence Among Observations
August 15-19	Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata
August 17-19	Network Analysis: A Second Course
TBD	Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics
Three- to Five-Day Substantive Workshops NOTE: please check back in late January for information on Substantive Workshops.