Help for research associates, affiliates, trainees, and staff of the Population Research Institute

Computer Support: PopNet Help: Using PRI's Networks PRI's UNIX and Windows networks, computer lab, and wireless access in Oswald Tower; Software Packages Quick access to help materials for our most popular software packages.; More…

Working with Secondary Data: Data Collections at PRI Information on access, use and analysis of some of the PRI Data Archive's most popular data collections; Missing Data Imputation Missing data imputation methods, software and tips; PRI Programmers Information on services provided by PRI programmers; More…

Statistical Analysis: Statistical and Analytical Methods Help on various analysis methods and topics that do not pertain to a specific software package.; GIA resource documents A collection of links to GIA papers; More…

Library Services: Citations and bibliographies Tips on using software to manage your citations and create bibliographies; Literature searching and library catalogs Searching for scholarly literature, reports, and statistics, and locating full text.; PRI Library and Data Archive How to access and use the resources of the PRI Library and Data Archive; More…

Publishing and Presenting: Citations and bibliographies Tips on using software to manage your citations and create bibliographies; Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat is used to create PDF files - from other software packages or from scanned images. PDF files retain their formatting, can be used to create fillable forms, and can be opened using the free Adobe Reader.; Printing posters at PRI A guide to poster printing for PRI faculty and students, including guidelines for PAA; More…

The Web: Web Programming PRI programming staff can provide your project with web-based applications for analysis, project management and team collaboration.; Web Services at PRI An overview of services provided by PRI staff; PSU Personal Pages Apply for personal Web space, offered by ITS to all Penn State faculty, staff, and students.; More…

Funding: Grantwriting resources; Proposal Preparation Guidelines Suggested Steps in the Proposal Preparation Process; Funding Resources Links; More…

For Faculty: Data Sharing Plans PRI can help you prepare and implement a data sharing plan.; Grant and Funding Opportunity Announcements This database is updated weekly by PRI staff and includes funding opportunity announcements targeting researchers in population science and related fields.; NIH Public Access Policy The Public Access Policy requires all peer reviewed articles arising from NIH funds to be submitted to PubMed Central.; More…

For Students: Workshops PRI Workshops series; Poster Design Tips How to design and present a research poster; Resources for students in the Graduate Program in Demography; More…

Upcoming Events: Geospatial Data Resources 806 Oswald,
Nov 19, 2009; Comparison of Statistical Packages 406 Oswald,
Dec 03, 2009; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

New Items on the Help Site: Handy unix commands An assortment of handy commands Oct 28, 2009; Add Health: Information for Use The power point slides of the workshop on the Add Health longitudinal database. Presented on October14, 2009. Oct 14, 2009; Design Effects: What are they and how do they affect your analysis? Presentation by David Johnson 10/13/09 Oct 13, 2009; More…