PRI Workshops Spring 2006

Poster Design, February 08, 2006, 806 Oswald, 1-3pm, (Murray)
This workshop will cover the basics of designing, producing and presenting effective research posters. Demonstrations will be given in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft PowerPoint.

SAS SQL, February 16, 2006, 605 Oswald, 12:15-1:15pm, (Miller)
Introduction to SQL in SAS; new ways of extracting/merging data with SAS.

EndNote, February 22, 2006, 806 Oswald, 1-2pm, (Murray)
Learn how to organize your references using EndNote, and how to use EndNote with Microsoft Word to "cite while you write".

Basic STATA, March 01, 2006, 806 Oswald, 1-2pm, (Chen)
An introduction workshop to apply basic STATA program in data analysis. Prior programming experience in STATA is not needed.

SAS ODS, March 16, 2006, 605 Oswald, 12:15-1:15pm, (Miller)
Introduction to ODS in SAS; creating improved (more attractive) HTML output with SAS.

Advanced SAS Macros, March 23, 2006, 605 Oswald, 12:15-1:15pm, (Miller)
Continue to learn how to improve your SAS programs by using SAS Macros. Includes a brief introduction on SAS Macaros before moving on to more Advanced Topics.

Graphing using SAS, April 06, 2006, 605 Oswald, 12:15-1:15pm, (Miller)
Line and Bar charts using SAS; making prettier JPG style output.

Multiple Imputation using SAS, April 20, 2006, 605 Oswald, 12:15-1:15pm, (Miller)
Introduction to multiple imputation using SAS; error calculation.

PRI Workshops Fall 2005

Introduction to Unix, September 07, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Riggs)
An introduction to the UNIX operating system.

Introduction to SAS (Unix), September 14, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Ostrowski)
Introduction to basic SAS concepts. No previous SAS experience necessary, but the Introduction to Unix workshop is recommended.

Basic Programming in SAS, September 22, 2005, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Gensimore)
Even though most of the data used by students is stored in SAS datasets, the odds that individuals will use the data 'as is' is small. This workshop will be an introduction to some of the basic programming statements in SAS that allow users to modify existing data to accomplish their goals. Prior programming experience in SAS is not needed.

Websites for Project Management, September 28, 2005, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Spicer)
If members of your research project team are scattered across campus or around the globe, PRI can provide you with a web site that will allow team members to upload documents and web pages, post news items and messages, use calendars to manage meeting dates, use forums to foster discussion on areas of study to explore, work on documents collaboratively, and more. Access is restricted via login id/pw and a member of your team can act as 'webmaster' to manage all the content of your site.

Locating Demographic Literature, October 06, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray)
This workshop will introduce you to searching for and obtaining demographic literature, including published articles and books, as well as 'grey' literature such as reports and working papers.

SodaPop, October 12, 2005, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Maczuga/Mitchell)
An introduction to the Self-serve Online Data Archive for Population Studies, PRI's point & click access to the data in our archives.

Locating Demographic Data, October 19, 2005, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Darragh)
A introductory seminar course on locating demographic secondary data resources for use in scholarly research.

Introduction to GIS, October 27, 2005, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
An overview answering the following questions: What is GIS?, How does GIS work?, Who uses GIS?, and How can I use GIS?

Advanced Literature Searching, November 09, 2005, TBA, TBA, (Murray)
TBA (date is tentative, it may be later in the semester)

ArcGIS 1, November 10, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
A brief introduction to ArcGIS. Topics will include exploring the interface, getting data into ArcGIS, displaying layers and creating maps.

SAS Macros, November 16, 2005, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
This is an advanced SAS workshop describing the SAS macro language, which is used to write generalized procedures.

Using Weighted Data, December 01, 2005, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Covers the basic concepts of dealing with weighted data in SAS.

PRI Workshops Spring 2005

Poster Design, February 22, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Murray), HANDOUT
This workshop will cover the basics of designing, producing and presenting effective research posters, as well as how to use Abode Illustrator to make a poster.

Stata 1, February 24, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Towuor)
Stata - Statistical software for professionals is a command line driven integral package that is used for data analysis, management and graphics. This workshop will be overview of Stata, data descriptors, grouping and subsetting the data.

Focus Groups for Academic Research, February 28, 2005, 302 Pond Lab, 1pm-2:45pm, (Grim)
This workshop is for researchers who use or are considering using focus groups for academic research, as opposed to focus groups for product feedback. It will pay special attention to the issues academic researchers must address when conceptualizing, planning, and executing focus groups as well as strategies for analyzing focus group data. An academic study conducted by the Survey Research Center using focus groups will also be presented. This will lead into a discussion among the particip

Optimal design Software, March 3, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Kim)
Optimal Design is software used for power calculations in longitudinal and multilevel research. It can be used to run power (sample size) calculations for three kinds of cluster-randomized trials. This workshop will briefly introduce the three trials : cluster-randomized trails with a covariate, multi-site cluster randomized trails and cluster-randomized trials with repeated measure as well as how to get and interpret power results from the software

SAS ODS, March 17, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Introduction to ODS in SAS; creating improved (more attractive) HTML output with SAS

ArcGIS 1, March 22, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)
A brief introduction to ArcGIS. Topics will include exploring the interface, getting data into ArcGIS, displaying layers and creating maps.

Stata 2, March 24, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Towuor)
Follow up to Stata 1. It will cover data manipulation, data management and analysis

Making Survey Research Smoother, March 28, 2005, 302 Pond Lab, 1pm-2:45pm, (Grim)
This workshop will give an overview of the services offered by the Survey Research Center as well as the best ways for researchers to benefit from these services. Included will be a series of practical tips on ways researchers can make the data collect ion process go smoothly. It will be useful to those who currently use or are considering using SRC services, which include telephone surveys (CATI), mail surveys (scannable), face-to-face surveys (CAPI), project design, management and analysis,

Geospatial data resources, April 5, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Graham/Matthews)
Students will learn about different geospatial resources available to them and how to bring this data into GIS for integrated analysis with other types of information.

EndNote, April 7, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray)
Learn to use EndNote to collect and organize your citations, as well as to produce bibliographies and references in Microsoft Word.

ArcGIS 2, April 19, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)
A continuation of ArcGIS I. Topics will include geocoding, selection tools and geoprocessing wizard.

SAS SQL, April 21, 2005, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Introduction to SQL in SAS; new ways of extracting/merging data with SAS.

GeoDa, April 22, 2005, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Matthews)
This workshop will focus on the use of GeoDa software for exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and spatial regression modeling based on dynamically linked windows. The first half of the workshop will be a demonstration with the second half devoted entirely to hands-on experience (GeoDa is a trademark of Luc Anselin).

Multi-Mode Survey Research, April 25, 2005, 302 Pond Lab, 2pm-3:45pm, (Grim)
To increase response rates, researchers often use multiple modes for data collection (e.g., beginning with a web survey and then following up non-respondents with a paper or phone survey). This workshop covers approaches to mixed-mode survey data coll ection, the benefits, the drawbacks, and data bias concerns. A recently completed mixed-mode survey study conducted by the SRC will also be presented. This will lead into a discussion among the participants.

PRI Workshops Fall 2004

Locating Demographic Literature, September 07, 2004, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray)
This workshop will introduce you to searching for and obtaining demographic literature, including published articles and books, as well as 'grey' literature such as reports and working papers.

SodaPop, September 23, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Mitchell)
An introduction to the Self-serve Online Data Archive for Population Studies, PRI's point & click access to the data in our archives.

Searching For Demographic Data, September 28, 2004, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Darragh)
The data archivist will guide you through several resources you can use to locate demographic data - from wide searches with Google to more user-friendly interfaces like ICPSR.

Introduction to GIS, October 07, 2004, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
An overview answering the following questions: What is GIS?, How does GIS work?, Who uses GIS?, and How can I use GIS?

Macros, October 21, 2004, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Learn to use the power of SAS Macros

QSR Nudist, October 21, 2004, 212 Oswald, 10:30am-12:00, (Towuor)
Follow up to Stata 1. It will cover data manipulation, data management and analysis.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Basics, October 26, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Benson)
Learn the basics of this new point and click interface to SAS. Objectives: the EG workspace, basic data management, reporting and summarizing data.

Using the AddHealth, November 04, 2004, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Mitchell,Darragh)
A discussion of the history, structure, content of this rich dataset. PRI researchers will describe how they use the data in their research.

Macros II, November 09, 2004, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Continue to learn how to improve your SAS programs by using SAS Macros. Includes a brief introduction on SAS Macaros before moving on to more Advanced Topics

Creating Your Own Website, November 18, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Harvey)
A website is a great way to distribute information & research results among students & faculty. Learn the basics of how to setup your own site & write HTML.

Imputing Data using SAS PROC MI, November 30, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-1:00, (Gebreselassie)

PRI Workshops Spring 2004

Macros II, February 12, 2004, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)

Continue to learn how to improve your SAS programs by using SAS Macros. Includes a brief introduction on SAS Macaros before moving on to more Advanced Topics

Poster Design, February 19, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Murray)
This workshop will cover the basics of designing, producing and presenting effective research posters, as well as how to use Abode Illustrator to make a poster.

ArcGIS 1, February 26, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)
A brief introduction to ArcGIS. Topics will include exploring the interface, getting data into ArcGIS, displaying layers and creating maps.

ArcGIS 2, March 25, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)
A continuation of ArcGIS I. Topics will include geocoding, selection tools and geoprocessing wizard.

Mail survey implementation, April 01, 2004, 406 Oswald, 12:30-2:30, (Anderson/Bodes)
This workshop will focus on the implementation of mail surveys to increase response rates. The components of the classic Dillman design will be described in detail, including what mailings to send (prenotification, reminders, etc.) and suggestions for writing cover letters. In addition to Dillman's design, alternative implementation designs will also be covered

EndNote, April 08, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray)
Learn to use EndNote to collect and organize your citations, as well as to produce bibliographies and references in Microsoft Word.

Up Close and Personal, April 12, 2004, 406 Oswald, 12:30-2:30, (Hutchison/Slomski)
This workshop will discuss data collection techniques and protocols for the collection of: (a) Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI), (b) video, (c) saliva, and (d) paper survey data with examples drawn from current studies working with both adults and children

Imputing Data using SAS PROC MI, April 15, 2004, 806 Oswald, noon-1:00, (Gebreselassie)

Crimestat, April 22, 2004, 406 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Burden)

PRI Workshops Fall 2003

SodaPop, September 18, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Mitchell)

An introduction to the Self-serve Online Data Archive for Population Studies, PRI's point & click access to the data in our archives.

Intro to Unix, September 30, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Riggs)
Introduction to the unix operating system. Please apply for a PopNet account prior to the class.

Macros, October 01, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Miller)
Learn to use the power of SAS Macros

Introduction to GIS, October 08, 2003, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
An overview answering the following questions: What is GIS?, How does GIS work?, Who uses GIS?, and How can I use GIS?

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Basics, October 09, 2003, 117 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn the basics of this new point and click interface to SAS. Objectives: the EG workspace, basic data management, reporting and summarizing data.

Locating Demographic Literature, October 16, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray)
This workshop will introduce you to searching for and obtaining demographic literature, including published articles and books, as well as 'grey' literature such as reports and working papers.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Queries, October 16, 2003, 117 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to build SQL queries in SAS with the point and click Enterprise Guide Query Builder. Covers inner, outer, left and right joins, create new variables, and recode variables.

Geocoding, October 29, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Smith)
Students will learn basic geocoding concepts. The most common form of geocoding is the process by which street addresses are assigned a geographic location or position (aka address matching). An address location can then be mapped and used in spatial analysis.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Adv Topics, October 30, 2003, 117 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to construct basic SAS code in the Enterprise Guide point and click system and how to modify code in order to use features in the full SAS system, including the Output Delivery System.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Statistics, November 06, 2003, 117 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to conduct a variety of analyses in SAS with the Enterprise Guide point and click system. Covers: ANOVA, linear, non-linear and logistic regression, factor analysis, survival analysis and more.

Geospatial data resources, November 18, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
Students will learn about different geospatial resources available to them and how to bring this data into GIS for integrated analysis with other types of information.

Searching For Demographic Data, December 01, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (McCaslin)
The data archivist will guide you through several resources you can use to locate demographic data - from wide searches with Google to more user-friendly interfaces like ICPSR.

GeoDa, December 02, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Matthews)
Students will be introduced to GeoDa - Geodata Analysis software. GeoDa consists of an interactive environment that combines maps with statistical graphics, using the technology of dynamically linked windows.

Intro to Web Surveys, December 03, 2003, 605 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Lewis)
Learn when a web survey is a good idea, as well as how to design your survey for best results.

PRI Workshops Spring 2003

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Basics, February 18, 2003, 116 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn the basics of this new point and click interface to SAS. Objectives: the EG workspace, basic data management, reporting and summarizing data.

ArcGIS 1, February 19, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)
A brief introduction to ArcGIS. Topics will include exploring the interface, getting data into ArcGIS, displaying layers and creating maps.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Programming, February 27, 2003, 116 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to construct basic SAS code in the Enterprise Guide point and click system and how to modify code in order to use features in the full SAS system, including the Output Delivery System.

ArcGIS 2, March 5, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)

Poster Design, March 6, 2003, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Murray/Lew)
This workshop will cover the basics of designing, producing and presenting effective research posters, and how to use Abode Illustrator to make a poster. Class meets from noon-2, with a Q&A period from 2-3.

Spatial Regression Using SpaceStat, March 19, 2003, 605 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Smith)
Things that are close to each other tend to resemble each other more than they would by chance, thus special consideration must be made when analyzing such data. Spatial regression techniques account for this "spatial autocorrelation". This workshop will show attendees how to use SpaceStat in conjunction with ArcView 3.2 to employ this statistical technique and interpret the results. Meet in 605, then move to 806 for lab.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Queries, March 26, 2003, 116 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to build SQL queries in SAS with the point and click Enterprise Guide Query Builder. Covers inner, outer, left and right joins, create new variables, and recode variables.

Sas with Enterprise Guide - Statistics, April 2, 2003, 116 Wagner, 9am-11am, (Benson)
Learn how to conduct a variety of analyses in SAS with the Enterprise Guide point and click system. Covers: ANOVA, linear, non-linear and logistic regression, factor analysis, survival analysis and more.

Crimestat, April 2, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Burden)

Questionnaire Design, April 3, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Durhan/Carabello)
Workshop will present an overview of: (a) concepts and principles of effective survey questions, (b) frequent mistakes made when designing questions, and (c) techniques used to test the validity of survey instruments.

Map Design, April 16, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)

Focus Groups: Practice and Potential, May 1, 2003, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Grim)
The workshop will discuss (a) the potential benefits of using focus groups in social science research, and (b) the practical considerations in conducting and analyzing focus group research. Examples will be drawn from a current study jointly carried out by the Survey Research Center and the PA Nutrition Education Program investigating the effectiveness of educational newsletters in changing nutritional behavior of food stamp eligible persons.

PRI Workshops Fall 2002

Intro to the Library & Data Archives, September 10, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray/Darragh)

This seminar will provide an overview of the resources available to you, including databases, journals, books and datasets and procedures to follow. After attending this seminar, you will be eligible to recive a library key.

Intro to Multi-level Modelling, September 19, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Anderson)
The basics of multilevel modeling will be covered, such as fixed and random effects (i.e. coefficients and variance components); how to choose the best model for your data. This workshop will give individuals the background for thinking through what multilevel models are and what kinds of information your can get from them.

Multi-level Modelling with HLM, September 24, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Anderson)
Apply multilevel model thinking to an actual example. We will cover how your data needs to look to get it into HLM, how to build a data file (called SSM file), how to run the analyses, and how to interpret the most important pieces of the output.

Poster Design, September 26, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Murray)
Learn to create quality posters using Adobe Illustrator

Stata, October 3, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Anderson)
An introduction to Stata - a powerful & popular tool for modern data analysis. This package is available on Windows, Mac & Unix. This is a 'hands-on' workshop. If you do not have a PRI NT account, please apply prior to class.

Locating Demographic Literature & Data, October 8, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Murray/Darragh)
This seminar is a hands-on web & database workshop designed to help you conduct topical searches for literature & data. Pre-requisite: Attend the basic workshop offered on the library & data archive.

Introduction to GIS, October 11, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)

SAS v8 - for new users & old users, October 17, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Spicer)
SAS software is available FREE to everyone at PSU. Version 8 is easier to use and web-friendly and includes modules for survey data analysis, missing data imputation, GIS, exploratory analysis and more. New users will recieve an overview of the capa bilities, old users will learn how to use the new interactive featues and web capabilities.

Geospatial data resources, October 18, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Graham)
Students will learn about different geospatial resources available to them and how to bring this data into GIS for integrated analysis with other types of information.

ArcGIS 1, October 25, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Zeiders)
A brief introduction to ArcGIS. Topics will include exploring the interface, getting data into ArcGIS, displaying layers and creating maps.

Manipulating Longitudinal Data with SAS, October 31, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Benson)

Geocoding, November 1, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Smith)
Students will learn basic geocoding concepts. The most common form of geocoding is the process by which street addresses are assigned a geographic location or position (aka address matching). An address location can then be mapped and used in spatial analysis.

Macros, November 5, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Gensimore, Miller)

Spatial Regression Using SpaceStat, November 8, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-2pm, (Smith)
Things that are close to each other tend to resemble each other more than they would by chance, thus special consideration must be made when analyzing such data. Spatial regression techniques account for this "spatial autocorrelation". This workshop will show attendees how to use SpaceStat in conjunction with ArcView 3.2 to employ this statistical technique and interpret the results. Meet in 406, then move to 806 for lab.

Intro to MS Access, November 14, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Maczuga/Rush)

Collecting data with MS Access Forms, November 19, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Ostrowski/Anderson)

Using the AddHealth, December 5, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Mitchell, et al)
A discussion of the history, structure, content of this rich dataset. PRI researchers will describe how they use the data in their research.

Spring 2002

Hierarchical Linear Modelling with HLM, January 31, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Anderson)

Creating Your Own Website, February 7, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Anderson/Rush)
A website is a great way to distribute information & research results among students & faculty. Learn the basics of how to setup your own site & write HTML.

Poster Design, February 14, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm
Learn to create quality posters using Adobe Illustrator

Transitioning from ArcView to ArcGIS, February 22, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Zeiders)

ArcGIS 1, March 29, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Detwiler)

ArcGIS 2, April 5, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-3pm, (Detwiler)

EndNote, April 11, 2002, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm,(Anderson/Murray)

PowerPoint for Academics, April 12, 2002, 406 Oswald, noon-1pm, (Spicer)

Fall 2001

Intro to the Library & Data Archives, 09/05/2001
This seminar will provide an overview of the resources available to you, including databases, journals, books and datasets and procedures to follow. After attending this seminar, you will be eligible to recive a library key.

Intro to the Library & Data Archives, 09/07/2001
This seminar will provide an overview of the resources available to you, including databases, journals, books and datasets and procedures to follow. After attending this seminar, you will be eligible to recive a library key.

Stata, 09/13/2001
An introduction to Stata - a powerful & popular tool for modern data analysis. This package is available on Windows, Mac & Unix. This is a 'hands-on' workshop. If you do not have a PRI NT account, please apply prior to class.

Websites for Research Projects, 09/17/2001
This workshop is for SSRI faculty and research associates. See how research projects can use the web for project management, data management & statistical analysis. Learn how to get started. Lunch will be provided to registrants.

A quick tour of Arcview 3.2 and 8.x, 09/18/2001

Locating Demographic Literature & Data, 09/27/2001
This seminar is a hands-on web & database workshop designed to help you conduct topical searches for literature & data. Pre-requisite: Attend the basic workshop offered on the library & data archive.

Human Subjects Data & the ORC, 10/11/2001
Representatives from the Office for Regulatory Compliance will discuss various issues & procedures for the proper use & collection of human subjects data (primary & secondary) Grant-writing issues involving the ORC will also be addressed.

Geospatial data resources, 10/17/2001

Address-matching functions in Arcview, 10/23/2001

SodaPop, 10/25/2001
An introduction to the SAS Online Data Archive for Population Studies, PRI's point & click access to the data in our archives.

Geoprocessing functions in Arcview, 11/06/2001

Using the Current Population Survey, 11/08/2001
A discussion of the history, structure, content of this rich dataset. PRI researchers will describe how they use the data in their research.

Fall 2000

Popnet for New Students, August 21, 2000, 806 Oswald, noon-2pm.

UNIX, September 5, 2000, 806 Oswald, 5:00 pm. An introduction to the UNIX operating system.

Webmail, September 14, 2000, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm. Webmail allows you to access your PopNet mail from any computer, anywhere with a web browser.

Imputation Methods, September 28, 2000, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm. Many datasets, including those produced by the US Census, impute values for missing data. Learn how it's done and how to use software to impute values for missing data in the dataset you are using.

Introduction to the Data Archives, October 19, 2000, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm. If you are planning to use data this semester, come learn how to locate and use datasets and codebooks. Lecture format.

SodaPop, October 26, 2000, 806 Oswald, noon-1pm. An introduction to the SAS Online Data Archive for Population Studies, PRI's point & click access to the data in our archives.

S-Plus, November 7, 2000, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm. S-Plus is a package which allows you to perform data manipulation, graphing and statistics. This workshop will be an introduction to S-Plus designed primarily for individuals with no prior S-Plus experience.

Web Output with SAS, November 16, 2000, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm. Learn how to create web-ready tables,charts and reports directly from your SAS statistical analyses.

Using the NLSY, December 7, 2000, 605 Oswald, noon-1pm. A discussion of the history, structure, content of this rich dataset. PRI researchers will describe how they use the data in their research.

Spring 2000

January 26 Microsoft Powerpoint, 605 Oswald Tower, 12 noon
Learn how to put together an online presentation, include charts & graphs, generate speaker notes, audience handouts AND even print out those old-reliable transparencies, all from your PowerPoint presentation.

February 4 Longitudinal Data Techniques, 141 Computer Building, 11:45 a.m.
Learn to perform operations across multiple observations using retain, first., last., lag, firstobs=. and multiple SET statements each with a separate FIRSTOBS= option

February 9 SQL, 605 Oswald Tower, 12 noon
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard set of instructions used to extract and manipulate data in tables. This workshop will be a brief introduction to PROC SQL, which is the SAS implementation of SQL.

February 14 Intro. to the Data Archives, 605 Oswald Tower, 12 noon - 1:30 pm
If you are planning to use data this semester, come learn how to locate and use datasets and codebooks. Lecture format.

February 16 NORM for missing data imputation, 806 Oswald Tower, 12 noon

February 21 Searching Sociological Abstracts via the web and CD-ROM, 7th Floor Library, Oswald Tower, 12 noon

February 23 Using the PSID, 12 noon 

February 28 Searching POPLINE on the web and on CD-ROM, 7th Floor Library, Oswald Tower, 12 noon

March 29 STATA, 605 Oswald Tower, 12 noon
STATA is a software package for manipulating and analyzing data using statistical and graphical methods. STATA also has complete data management capabilities and a programming language. This workshop is an indroductory-level presentation designed to familiarize the user with the basic concepts of using STATA, such as reading in raw data, writing out ASCII files for use with other packages, and creating and printing graphs. We will use the Unix platform for the presentation, but our handout will cover commands for both PC and Unix STATA.

April 5 HTML for academics, 806 Oswald Tower, 12 noon
Hands on use of HTML to create a simple web page

April 12 Extracting Data from the Archives, 605 Oswald Tower, 12 noon

Fall 1999

August 27 Introduction to the PopNet Unix Network -- Mike Zimmerman

August 30Email & Internet access on the PopNet -- Paul Riggs &Dave Barro

September 1 Accessing the PopNet from a PC/Windows machine-- Paul Riggs & Mike Zimmerman

September 7   Introduction to the Data Archive-- Lisa Broniszewski --
This introduction will explain what services are provided by the Data Archive. How to locate a codebook and dataset as well as how to access the data on PopNet will be discussed.

September 16 Using the SAS System on the PopNet-- Jeanne Spicer
An overview of the SAS System including available products, the windowing environment, the program editor and basic sequential file processing in the DATA Step.  We will be using the new interactive Version 7 of SAS.If you have taken the introductory class before, you may want to sit in on this again to learn what's new and different.

September 24 Introduction to Arcview -- Chris Calienes
This workshop will include the basics of ArcView, exploring the ArcView interface, shape and attribute data implementation, and the creation of a project. Census extraction methods as well as geography hierarchies will be discussed.

September 27 Arcview - Intermediate -- Chris Calienes
This workshop will be an immediate continuation of the Introduction to ArcView workshop.  It will consist mainly of Legend Editor manipulation and table editing.  Variables will be mapped and edited.

September 29 Arcview - Advanced -- Chris Calienes
In this workshop, layouts will be created.  Layout defining frames will be discussed, and charts will be implemented into Views and Layouts.  A final map will be produced for printing.

September 30 Analyzing data with SAS/Analyst -- Steve Maczuga -- Room 406 Oswald Tower
Examining your data with SAS/Analyst, importing & exporting data, producing descriptive statistics, tables & graphs.

October 7 Programming Basics in the Data Step -- Don Gensimore -- Room 406 Oswald Tower

October 21 More programming in the Data Step -- Leslie Benson -- Room 406 Oswald Tower

November 5 Introduction to SUDAAN -- Bridget Gorman -- Room 605 Oswald Tower

November 9 Introduction to Web-Based Research and Literature Searching -- Tonya Allen -- Room 605 Oswald Tower
You've got a great idea for a research topic; the next step is a literature review. This workshop covers the basics of conducting a literature search and obtaining publications using web-based resources.

November 11 Working with arrays in SAS-- Dave Barro -- Room 406 Oswald Tower
Arrays are a useful tool when manipulating data, particularly when working with event history data. This workshop will cover the basics of arrays, and give examples of their use.

December 2 Recoding variables in SAS -- Cindy Mitchell --Room 406 Oswald Tower
This workshop will discuss a number of ways you can work with the variables in your data set to modify their values or create new variables from them. A variety of techniques are discussed:

• Arithmetic Recodes
• Recodes Using Functions
• Recodes Using User-defined Formats
• Recoding on Condition

December 9 Demographic Data Management: Real-life scenarios --Jeanne Spicer
In this workshop we will attempt to put what you have learned about SAS programming into practice. You will be given an assignment using data from the PRI Archives and we will go through the steps necessary to locate the raw data, the documentation, how to get the data into SAS and create an extract of the variables you want, typical operations employed by demographers to reshape the file and the variables in it, strategies required to verify your output. Then we'll run an analysis and talk about ways to get the results out of SAS.

Spring 1999

Advanced UNIX Topics

PowerPoint

SQL

How to create web pages using editors & basic HTML

SAS programming tips

Exploratory Data Analysis

Mixed Models

Fall 1998

Intro to the Popnet

GIS Data Product

Email

Data Archives

Introduction to GIS

Files on the Popnet

Using the Popnet from a PC

Intro to SAS

Data Step Programming

Arrays

Recoding variables

SAS/GIS

Arcview: Using layouts and charts

Introduction to Arcview

Web Resources for Researchers

Spring 1998

Moving to WordPerfect 7

PowerPoint

Fall 1997

Using a PC on the PopNet

SAS w/Assist

Intro to GIA & Demography

SAS Data Step Programming

Primer/Arcview

SAS/Graph

Arcview w/Wessex data

Arcview w/SAS data

SAS/Insight

Internet Resources for Demographers

JMP

SAS/GIS

Creating web pages