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: Research Involving Analysis of Human Participant Data - Part II 302 Pond Lab,
Feb 16, 2010; PRI for Mac Users 605 Oswald Tower,
Mar 03, 2010; Working with ECLS Data 806 Oswald,
Mar 15, 2010; Previous events…; Upcoming events…

New Items on the Help Site: PRI for Mac Users Mar 03, 2010 12:00 PM 605 Oswald Tower
How to use your Mac at PRI Feb 08, 2010; Traveling abroad with PSU computers Important considerations for those traveling abroad with PSU hardware/software Feb 05, 2010; Research Involving Analysis of Human Participant Data - Part II Feb 16, 2010 12:00 PM 302 Pond Lab
Laura Young and staff from Penn State's Office for Research Protections will discuss IRB requirements and procedures for research using secondary data (public and restricted). This workshop will focus on topics of interests identified by attendees at last semester's ORP workshop. Feb 02, 2010; More…