2010-2011 Workshop in Methods (WIM)
The mission of the Workshop in Methods is to provide education and training in sophisticated research methods to graduate students and faculty in the social sciences at Indiana University. Our goal is to supplement statistics and methods courses across campus with topical workshops led by recognized experts from across the United States. These workshops take various forms, including (1) seminars on specific research methods and tools, (2) informational presentations on topics such as grant writing, the relevant consulting provided on campus, and successfully navigating IRB, and (3) advice about working with large data sets. We hope these workshops will provide a supportive community of like-minded scholars, expose faculty and graduate students to rigorous and state of the art quantitative and qualitative methods, and highlight the excellent social science research underway at Indiana University.
WIM schedule of events, 2010-2011
Spring, 2011
January 14, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200.
- Dr. John K. Kruschke: Introduction to Bayesian analysis.
- Dr. Kruschke is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Presentation Slides
- Video
January 21, 3:00-5:00, Library 402.
- Introduction to SAS Workshop: Part I
- Registration required. Go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~iscc/SASworkshops.html
- Instructor: Stephanie Dickinson (Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
January 22, 10:00-2:30
- Social network analysis
- Instructor: Ann McCranie (IU - Department of Sociology)
- This workshop is hosted the IU Sociology Department's "Indiana Intensive Didactic Seminar." There are a limited number of spaces. Please contact Shawna Rohrman (srohrman@indiana.edu) for information about registration and location.
January 22, 11:00-3:00, Library 402.
- Introduction to Stata Workshop
- Registration required: link
- Instructor: JD Wolfe (IU - Department of Sociology).
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
January 28, 3:00-5:00, Library 402.
- Introduction to SAS Workshop: Part II
- Registration required. Go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~iscc/SASworkshops.html
- Instructor: Stephanie Dickinson (Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
February 5th, 1:00-5:30, Library 402.
- Introduction to R Workshop
- Registration required. Go to: http://www.indiana.edu/~iscc/Rworkshop.html
- Instructor: Erika Hernandez (Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
February 18, 2:00-5:00, Ballantine Hall 118
- Dr. Katherine J. Curtis: Motivations and tools for spatial data analysis
- Dr. Curtis is Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Together with Dr. Paul Voss, she teaches the ICPSR course in spatial regression.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- GeoDa handout
- Population Density and Pathology: What Are the Relations for Man?
- A spatial Autocorrelation Model of the Effects of Population Density on Fertility
- The Geography of the Nazi Vote: Context, Confession, and the Class in the Reichstag Election of 1930
- Video
February 25, 1:30-3:30, Woodburn Hall 200.
- Dr. Carole Lee: A Kuhnian perspective on publication biases and low inter-rater reliability.
- Dr. Lee is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington.
- This is the first in a series of WIM-hosted presentations that will address the topic of "Going amiss in scientific research." Thanks to Jutta Schickore (IU - History and Philosophy of Science) for the ideas and the support.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
March 4th, 2:00-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Douglas J. Wiebe: Workshop in spatial analysis: Measuring exposure to location-based risk factors during daily activities in urban landscapes.
- Dr. Wiebe is Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
March 25, 1:30-2:30, Ballantime Hall 308.
- James Russell: An introduction to working with SPSS and ArcGIS to map county-level data acquired through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
- James Russell is the Technology Director for Political Science, Data Archive and Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory and Official Representative at IU for ICPSR data.
- Registration required: please contact James Russell (jerussel@indiana.edu)
- Flier
- Webpage
March 30th 2:30-5:00, IMU Maple Room
- Dr. Normand Peladeau: Using Provalis software for qualitative social science research.
- Dr. Peladeau is President of Provalis Research.
- Flier
April 1, 1:30-3:30, Woodburn Hall 200 -Cancelled-
- Dr. John H. Stanfield II: Ethical and political considerations in doing research in communities of color.
- Dr. Stanfield is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University.
- Flier
April 2, 10:00-2:00, Location TBA
- Tim Hallett (http://www.indiana.edu/~soc/zbio_Hallett.html): Demystifying Qualitative Analysis - WIM is co-sponsoring this workshop with the IU Sociology Departments "Indiana Intensive Didactic Seminar." Registration is required and there are only a small number of slots left. Please contact Shawna Rohrman (srohrman@indiana.edu) for registration.
- This workshop is now full and cannot accept any further registrants. Due to the demand, we hope to co-host the same workshop again next academic year!
April 15, 3:00-5:00, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Kenneth C. Land: Age-Period-Cohort analysis: New models, methods, and empirical analyses
- Dr. Land is John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology at Duke University.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
Fall, 2010
September 3: Dr. J. Scott Long - Workflow management with Stata
- 2:30-5:00. Woodburn Hall 200.
- Dr. Long is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Statistics at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Presentation Slides
- Video
September 4: Introduction to Stata Workshop
- Registration required. See http://tiny.cc/stata-intro.
- 10:00-2:00. Library 402.
- Instructor: JD Wolfe (IU-Sociology). Co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
September 8: . Karen Kafadar - Exploratory data analysis
- 4:00-6:00. Woodburn 200
- Instructor: Dr. Kafadar is Rudy Professor of Statistics at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Presentation Slides
- Video
September 11: Introduction to R Workshop
- Registration required (information available soon).
- 1:00-5:00. Library 402.
- Instructor: Leslie Blaha (IU-Psychological and Brain Sciences). Co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
September 17: Introduction to SAS Workshop for Beginners
- Registration required. See http://www.indiana.edu/~iscc/SASworkshops.html.
- 2:00-4:00. Library 402.
- Instructor: Stephanie Dickinson (IU-Indiana Statistical Consulting Center). Co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
September 24:Dr. Patricia Muller and Dr. Mindy Hightower King - Program evaluation research
- 9:30-11:30. Woodburn Hall 200.
- Instructor: Dr. Muller is Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist, and Dr. King Senior Research Associate, both at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University
- Flier
- Presentation Slides
- Video
September 24: Introduction to SAS: Next Steps
- Registration required. See http://www.indiana.edu/~iscc/SASworkshops.html.
- 2:00-4:00. Library 402.
- Instructor: Stephanie Dickinson (IU-Indiana Statistical Consulting Center). Co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
October 1: Social scientists and the media
- 2:00-4:00. Woodburn Hall 200.
- Media relations specialists Tracy James and Steve Chaplin of IU's office of University Communications will host a panel that will provide important advice to social scientists on interacting with the media and transmitting their research findings to the public.
- Flier
- IU Office of Communications Staff for each school and department
- Media tips for researchers
- PowerPoint presentation
- Video
October 15: Mathematica presentation - CANCELLED -
- 12:00-1:00. Woodburn Hall 200.
- Come hear a brief presentation about Mathematica software and how it can aid you in your social science research.
- Hosted by Dr. Armando Razo (IU-Political Science).
October 22: Dr. William G. Jacoby - Effectively using graphs to learn from and present your data
- 2:00-4:00, Woodburn 200
- Dr. Jacoby is Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University, and Research Scientist at ICPSR, where he is Director of the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
- Flier
- References - handout
- Graphics - handout
- Introduction - slides
- Univariate - slides
- Bivariate - slides
- Multivariate - slides
- Video
November 5: Dr. Roddrick Colvin - Working with and obtaining data from "invisible populations"
- 2:00-4:00 in Woodburn 200
- Dr. Colvin is Associate Professor of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
November 10:Dr. Stephen Benard - Experimental methods in the social sciences (with a focus on laboratory experiments).
- 4:30-6:30 Indiana Memorial Union - Persimmon Room.
- Dr. Benard is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana University.
- Flier
- PowerPoint presentation
- Video
December 3: Dr. Sara Mitchell - Time Series Analysis: Method and Substance: Introductory Workshop on Time Series Analysis
- 8:30-11:30, Woodburn 200.
- Dr. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa and teaches the time series class in the ICPSR Summer Program.
- Flier
- PowerPoint presentation
- Video
December 3: Dr. David McDowall - Using time series analysis to address substantive topics: What is the average annual crime rate in the United States?
- 2:00-4:00, Woodburn 200.
- Dr. McDowall is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Albany, State University of New York.
- Flier
- PowerPoint presentation
- Video
Other workshop topics this semester will include exploratory data analysis, program evaluation research, doing experiments in the social sciences, and a panel on tips for social scientists when interacting with the media and presenting your work to the general public. When exact dates have been determined for these, they will be posted here.
Link to previous year's workshops and presentations including handouts and slides from and videos of these presentations.
2009-2010
Oversight
As WIM Director, Dr. Pridemore created two Advisory Boards comprised of faculty and graduate students from a wide range of schools and departments across campus. These advisory boards serve as liaisons with faculty and graduate students in their home departments. Advisory board members not only aid in disseminating information about WIM presentations and other activities, but also collect information from their constituents about interest in specific workshop topics. Most importantly, advisory board members provide creative input concerning WIM activities, our website presence, and countless other items. If you are a faculty member or graduate student, do not see your school or department represented below, and are interested in becoming a liaison, please contact Dr. Pridemore.
Director: William Alex Pridemore (Professor of Criminal Justice, Associate Director of CESSR)
Faculty Advisory Board
Steve Benard (Sociology)
Bill Bianco (Political Science)
Kelly Caine (School of Informatics and Computing)
Rinku Roy Chowdhury (Geography)
Alan Dennis (Kelley School of Business)
Nathalie Fontaine (Criminal Justice)
Kirsten Gronbjerg (SPEA)
Joanne Peng (School of Education)
Alice Robbin (SLIS)
Dong-Chul Seo (HPER)
Rick Viken (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Virginia Vitzthum (Anthropology)
Stanley Wasserman (Statistics)
Graduate Student Advisory Board
Brian Chen (HPER)
Yiran Dong (School of Education)
Lijiang Guo (SLIS)
Maria Kaylen (Criminal Justice)
Sarah Larson (SPEA)
Dani Marinova (Political Science)
Ann McCranie (Sociology)
Jennifer Miller (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Statistics)
Nicholas Vaughn (Geography)
Taylor Wells (Kelley School of Business)
Fuxioa Xin (School of Informatics and Computing)
Web development and technical coordinator
James Russell (Political Science Data Archive and Laboratory)
