This 6-hour course will be held online only. Attendance is required as it will not be recorded. This course is the second in a two-part scale development course series on scale development. Part one of the series focused on the general theories and methods used in the scale development process. This second portion focuses on the analytic ... Read more

This 2-day course (2/3/25 and 2/5/25) will teach participants how to use the programming language Julia to load, clean, plot, and analyze social-science data. Julia is a newer programming language with a focus on high-performance scientific computing, and allows efficient manipulation of large datasets. The course will cover the basics of loading tabular data; cleaning, ... Read more

This 3-hour course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. Descriptions in textbooks about classic approaches to coding qualitative data rarely coincide perfectly with the demands imposed by time and resources in the real world of practice. This short course reviews three approaches to coding qualitative data. ... Read more

The post-doc experience can sometimes feel “in between.” You are no longer a graduate student, and not yet in a permanent position.  Expectations for research and publication are high, and it is often difficult to balance work and family responsibilities. This group will provide a confidential space for post-docs to discuss their concerns and seek ... Read more

This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into Survey Flow features including embedded data, customizing the End of Survey experience, Screen Out Management, and implementing randomization. We will explore methods of importing embedded data into your survey, sending information from one ... Read more

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) invites all members of the research community to a special session of OVCR Office Hours, an open forum on research operations and administration. What to expect for this session: Q&A: There will be a dedicated Q&A session for participants to ask questions, and questions should be ... Read more

Ready to connect, communicate, and collaborate with a new community of writers? Look no further! Join the postdoc-led multidisciplinary Postdoc Writing Group this summer for writing accountability and making progress on that manuscript or grant. Beginning on June 7th, the weekly sessions will meet virtually on Fridays throughout the Summer.

Jack DeWaard will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2024-2025 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Topic: TBD Jack DeWaard is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and is on the faculty of the Minnesota Population Center.