Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

Social Data Science Week: Introduction to Python

24 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

Social Data Science Week: Introduction to SQL

25 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

Social Data Science Week: Introduction to QGIS

26 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

CMI Seminar by Dr James Laurence (UoM) "Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation and Social Cohesion among Young People and Adults"

15:00 - 16:00 27 February 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes James Laurence from The University of Manchester who will be speaking on the topic: Together and Apart: the Dynamics of Ethic Diversity, Segregation…

Social Data Science Week: Machine Learning with Python

27 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

Social Data Science Week: Social Media Data Analysis

28 February 2020
Part of Social Data Science Week, a collaboration between the Cathie Marsh Institute and methods@manchester. These courses have been designed for postgraduate researchers, giving you…

Structural Equation Modelling Using Mplus

4 - 6 March 2020
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path/mediation analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and…

2021 Census: What is planned and how will you use it? A UK Data Service users update

11:00 - 11:30 6 March 2020
The UK Census agencies will be conducting new Censuses of population in each of the countries of the UK on 21 March 2021. With this in mind we would like to invite you to a short UK…

NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis

18 March 2020
This course introduces NVivo as a data management tool. The structure of the training session will be a combination of formal presentation alongside the practical application. Those…

Webinar: Investigating religion in the UK - what data can I use?

15:00 - 16:00 18 March 2020
This free webinar, jointly organised by Understanding Society, CeLSIUS, the SLS-DSU is designed for anyone who would like to know more about sources of survey data available for investigating…

(CANCELLED) CMI Seminar: Neil Sheldon "We need to talk about statistics"

15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2020
(CANCELLED) The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Neil Sheldon who will be speaking on the topic: We need to talk about statistics Abstract: In recent years, statistics teaching has…

Multilevel Modelling

20 March 2020
This one-day course begins with a description of some examples where multilevel models are useful in statistical analysis and some examples of multilevel populations. We then cover…

Webinar: Investigating language spoken in the UK - what data can I use?

15:00 - 16:00 25 March 2020
his free webinar, jointly organised by Understanding Society, the UK Data Service Census team and CeLSIUS, is designed for anyone who would like to know more about sources of survey…

Webinar: Introduction to SQL and Databases

15:00 - 16:00 26 March 2020
For large datasets, e.g. millions of records, a dedicated database environment would be the storage medium of choice. A database environment is designed to store data efficiently while…

Webinar: Investigating political behaviour in the UK - what data can I use?

15:00 - 16:00 1 April 2020
This free webinar, jointly organised by the UK Data Service and Understanding Society, is designed for anyone who would like to know more about sources of survey data available for…

Webinar: Getting Data from the Internet

15:00 - 16:00 16 April 2020
We all know that the Internet is awash with data not all of which is directly available on a web page. This free webinar, organised by the UK Data Service, will illustrate techniques…

Webinar: Web-scraping for Social Science Research: Websites as a Source of Data

15:00 - 16:00 23 April 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. In addition to common sources such as social media/network platforms…

Introduction to Cluster Analysis

30 April 2020
Outline The course covers basic ideas and concepts in cluster analysis including hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods and their application. Throughout the day, participants…

Webinar: Web-scraping for Social Science Research: APIs as a Source of Data

15:00 - 16:00 30 April 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. In addition to common sources such as social media/network platforms…

Coding Demonstrations: Programming for Social Science Research

16:00 6 - 17:00 27 May 2020
Computational methods for collecting, cleaning and analysing data are an increasingly important component of a social scientist’s toolkit. Central to engaging in these methods is the…

CMI Seminar: Dr Bram Vanhoutte

15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Bram Vanhoutte from the University of Liverpool who will be speaking on the topic: TBA Abstract forthcoming. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. ALL WELCOME! No registration needed.

Webinar: Being a Computational Social Scientist

13:00 - 14:00 12 May 2020
Scientific research and teaching is increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. The social sciences are no different, with many new forms of social data only…

CMI Seminar: Prof Paul Smith "Population size estimation with covariates having missing values and measurement error"

15:00 - 16:00 14 May 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Paul Smith from The University of Southampton who will be speaking on the topic: Population size estimation with covariates having missing values…

Advanced participatory data gathering, using Ketso

10:00 - 16:30 15 May 2020
Generating impact from research is more likely if research participants and stakeholders are engaged in the process. Data gathering can in itself be a mutual learning experience, increasing…

Webinar: Power Pivot and Dynamic Arrays in Excel

15:00 - 16:00 19 May 2020
When Excel changed to allow worksheets to have 1M rows, everyone thought ‘great’ won’t run out of space now! Then big data came along and even the 1M barrier became a potential problem…

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