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ICPSR Summer Course for Data services

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Diane Geraci)
Tue Jun 1 20:05:45 1999

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:35:53 -0600
From: Diane Geraci <dgeraci@binghamton.edu>
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The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR) Summer Workshop in providing services for social science data
will be offered again this summer.  Details below.  Please excuse
cross-postings.

Diane Geraci
Binghamton University

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ICPSR Summer Program
Providing Social Science Data Services: Strategies for Design and
Operation
August 2-6, 1999

Instructors: Diane Geraci, Library, SUNY Binghamton; Charles Humphrey=
,
Data Library,
University of Alberta; James Jacobs, Central University Library,
University of California, San Diego

Workshop, one week: no credit. This workshop is designed for individu=
als
who provide local
 support services for ICPSR and other numeric data for quantitative
research. Through
 discussion, hands-on computing exercises, and homework, participants
will consider how to
 plan and design appropriate levels of service for local environments=
,
identify and select data
 and documentation, and use Internet tools for retrieval. Examples of
topics covered include
 working with variables, critiquing data documentation, using ICPSR's
various distribution
 formats, searching the Internet for social science data, subsetting
data files, examining and
 evaluating Web-based data extractors, ordering and downloading ICPSR
data, and options
for local data delivery. Techniques and tools examined during the wee=
k
will include network file transfer tools, data verification technique=
s,
specialized Web search engines and thesauri, and major statistical
software.

Throughout the workshop, an emphasis will be placed on social science
concepts and terminology, as well as on practical solutions to servic=
e
delivery. This course will meet August 2=966, eight hours a day. The =
fee
for the course is $850 for individuals
=66rom ICPSR member institutions and $1700 for those from institution=
s not
affiliated with ICPSR. The first 20 applications with payment receive=
d
by the Summer Program office will be accepted. Application is conside=
red
incomplete unless accompanied by fee payment. Registration is limited
and cancellation less than 14 days prior to the workshop is subject t=
o a

$50 late withdrawal fee. Individuals applying for this course should
check the "statisticalone-week" box on the application form.  More
registration information:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/Other_Resources/Summer/S99/

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