Past Workshops | Current Workshops
2008
- Friday, January 18, 12:00-1:30, Ketchum 117A
- Nancy Thorwardson, IBS Computing and Research Services
- Mapping Social Data with ArcGIS: An Introduction
- Workshop Materials
- Friday, January 25, 12:00-1:30, Ketchum 117A
- Jani Little, IBS Computing and Research Services
- Sources of Geographic Data for Social Scientists
- Friday, February 1, 12:00-1:30, Ketchum 117A
- Nancy Thorwardson, IBS Computing and Research Services
- Mapping Social Data with ArcGIS: Part II
- Workshop Materials
- Friday, February 15, 12:00-1:30, Ketchum 116
- Elaine Fischer, Social Science Data Laboratory
- DataVerse: An Emerging Data Archive
- Tuesday, March 11, Lab and Lecture, Ketchum 117A
- Marcia Castro, Harvard School of Public Health
- GIS and Spatial Statistics
- Lecture: 11:00-12:00, GIS and Spatial Statistics: Methods and Applications in Public Health
- Lab: 12:00-1:30, GIS and Spatial Statistics: Spatial Statistics Software (ArcGIS, GeoDa, PPA)
- Workshop Materials
- Co-sponsored by the Social Sciences Data Lab
- Friday, May 16, 3:30, IBS #4 (1220 Grandview Ave.)
- Gabe Westmaas, Goodbye
- We meet to celebrate Gabe Westmaas, who has just accepted a position out-of-state. Very bad for us--very good for him! So mark your calendar and come to the party.
- Friday, October 10, 12:00-1:30, Ketchum 117A
- Casey Blalock, Population Program
- Introduction to R
- Workshop Materials
2006
- Tuesday, Jan 31, 3:00-5:00, CRS Computer Lab, IBS Building #4
- Gabe Westmaas
- Backing Up Your Files: Strategies and Available Options
- Workshop Notes
- Tuesday, Feb 7, 3:00-5:00, CRS Computer Lab, IBS Building #4
- Tom Dickinson
- Poster Sessions: Designing and Printing Posters
- Workshop Materials
- Tuesday, Feb 21, 3:00-5:00, CRS Computer Lab, IBS Building #4
- Nancy Thorwardson
- Beginning Photoshop: Editing Photos and Building Collages
- Workshop Materials
- Thursday, Apr 20, 3:00-5:00, IBS 4, CRS Computer Lab
- Jani Little
- The American Community Survey
- Sponsored by the Computing and Research Services
- Workshop Materials
2003-2004
- Geographically Weighted Regression
- Time: Tues, Feb 3, 3:00PM-5:00PM
- Instructor: Lisa Jordan (CRS and Pop Program)
This workshop will introduce the GWR technique and will provide hands-on experience using software available in the CRS lab. In general, the GWR technique is used to estimate geographically varying regression parameters. For a brief summary of GWR…
- GIS Techniques: Introduction to Thematic Mapping and Spatial Analysis
- Times: Thurs, Feb 19 and 26, 3:00PM-5:00PM
- Instructor: Tom Dickinson (CRS)
This two-session workshop is a "hands-on" introduction to GIS, oriented toward using spatial data for research. In the first session, a series of exercises provides an overview of basic GIS concepts, thematic mapping of geographic data and creating printable thematic maps. The second session focuses on spatial analysis techniques and data formats, with exercises on using common GIS data types and map projections; how to find and use geographic data in your projects; importing spreadsheet data from statistical packages and other sources into a GIS; and spatial analysis and modeling. The exercises utilize ArcView 3.3.
- What Is WebCal, and Why Do You Need It?
- Time: Wed, Feb 25, 3:00PM-4:00PM
- Instructor: Gabe Westmaas (CRS)
WebCal is the web-based calendar system for CU. It is designed to be used for personal, group and resource scheduling. The workshop will provide a demonstration of its capabilities and a brief tutorial for setting up a calendar.
- Managing Bibliographic References with EndNote (for Researchers)
- Time: Thurs, March 11, 3:00PM-4:00PM
- Instructors: Jani Little (CRS) and Sugandha Brooks (Admin)
This workshop is designed to teach researchers how to start using EndNote. The workshop will include a hands-on example of setting up an EndNote library. Participants will then write a short paper in Word, inserting citations and formatting references. For more information on EndNote ...
- More about WebCal and how to use it
- Time: Thurs, Mar 18, 3:00PM-4:00PM
- Instructor: Gabe Westmaas (CRS)
WebCal is the web-based calendar system for CU. It is designed to be used for personal, group and resource scheduling. The workshop will provide a demonstration of its capabilities and a brief tutorial for setting up a calendar.
- Managing the IBS Publication Database with EndNote (for IBS Program Assistants)
- Time: Tues, March 23, 9:30AM-11:00AM
- Instructors: Jani Little (CRS) and Sugandha Brooks (Admin)
This workshop will be a training session for staff involved in project to create a database of all IBS publications. They will be taught how to find all publications of a single author using the Web and how to enter them into an EndNote library
- On-line Data Collection Capabilities at IBS
- Time: Thurs, April 8, 3:00PM-4:00PM
- Instructor: Jani Little (CRS)
CRS recently completed a prototype for online data collection. It is based on a complex social-psychological study of family relationships. This workshop will be a demonstration of the online data collection methods now available to IBS research projects.
2002-2003
Excel Techniques Workshop Series:
- Basic Spreadsheet Functions in Excel
- January 13
- Instructor, Jani Little, CRS
- Introduction to Tables with Excel
- January 16
- Instructor, Patrick Krueger, CRS and Population Program
- Introduction to Graphs with Excel
- January 23
- Instructor, James Raymer, Population Program
- GIS Techniques: Introduction to Thematic Mapping and Spatial Analysis
- January 22 and 29
- Instructor, Tom Dickinson, CRS
- Migrating to WebMail and Using the WebMail Interface
- April 15, 3:00-4:00 PM
- Instructor, Jani Little, CRS
- Using the GeoLytics CDs for Extracting Census Data
- April 22, 3:00-4:00 PM
- Instructor, Jani Little, CRS
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Workshop Series:
- Introduction to SEM and Amos
- Aug 15, 10:00 to 12:00
- Instructor, Jani Little, CRS
- Measurement Models and Amos
- Aug 20, 10:00-12:00
- Instructor, Mark Turbin, Problem Behavior
- Modeling Change in Longitudinal Studies
- Aug 28, 12:00-2:00
- Instructor, Angela Bryan, Health Behavior
- Managing Bibliographic References with EndNote
- Oct 16, 2:00-3:00 PM
- Instructor, Jeannette Sutton, Environment and Behavior
- An Introduction to Web Design and HTML
- Oct. 1, 2:00-5:00 PM
- Instructor, Tom Dickinson, CRS
Microsoft Tools Workshop Series:
- Generating and Editing Equations in MS Word
- Oct. 30, 2:00-3:00 PM
- Instructor, Randall Kuhn, Population Program
- Generating and Editing Schematic Diagrams in MS Word and PowerPoint
- Dec. 11, 2:00-3:00 PM
- Instructor, Randall Kuhn, Population Program
Before Fall 2002
- Computer Practices and Skills:
- Internet Library Skills
- Introduction to Excel
- Basic Computer Security
- From Windows '98 to Windows 2000: What are the Differences?
- Introductions to Statistical Software:
- Introduction to Stata
- Introduction to SPSS Introduction to Statistical Analysis with S-Plus
- Introduction to Statistical Analysis with SAS
- Spatial Analysis within Statistical Software Packages:
- Introduction to Spatial Statistics with S-Plus
- Introduction to Spatial Regression with SpaceStat
- Introduction to Multilevel Models
- Data Acquisition and Usage:
- Census 2000
