PRI Programming and Statistical Services for Demography Students
An overview of the core and the services it provides
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Who we are
- 6.75 FTE staff, 1 faculty advisor, 1 PRI funded graduate assistant (vacant), 1 graduate assistant shared with College of Education
- Jeanne Spicer, Managing Director; David Johnson, Academic Director
What we do
- Statistical programming: missing data imputation, variable reduction, causal analysis, mixed methods, nonparametric models, sampling, power analysis.



- Web programming: Online statistical analysis, data collection & dissemination, team webspaces
- Data Management: Anonymizing human subjects datasets, preparation of datasets for dissemination, large-file construction, database design, reshaping secondary datasets

Collaboration with other units
- Data/project management -- Survey Research Center (Prosper)
- Administrative systems -- SSRI Administration Core (RATS, PARTS, SLEIC)
- Data sharing -- PRI Information Core, University Libraries (SodaPop)
- Web programming development -- Weblion project
- Statistical programming referrals -- Methodology Consulting Center, QuaSSI, Statistical Consulting Center
Working with Demography Students
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How to reach us
Email: help@pop.psu.eduWeb: http://help.pop.psu.edu


