Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

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…

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…

Webinar: Key issues in reusing data

15:00 - 16:00 21 May 2020
Participants will hear about the key issues in secondary analysis as a method. The introductory session will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning…

Health Studies User Conference 2020

22 May 2020
The annual Health Studies User Conference is a one-day conference on 30 June and is free to attend. It is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with UCL and NatCen Social…

Webinar: Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

11:30 - 12:30 26 May 2020
Secondary analysis is a great way to get experience working with data without having to go into the field. This free webinar, organised by the UK Data Service, will take you through…

Webinar: Introduction to Text-Mining

13:00 - 14:00 2 June 2020
Text-mining is one of many data-mining techniques that social scientists are using to turn unstructured (or more accurately, semi-unstructured) material into structured material that…

Webinar: Text-Mining: Basic Processes

13:00 - 14:00 16 June 2020
Text-mining is one of many data-mining techniques that social scientists are using to turn unstructured (or more accurately, semi-unstructured) material into structured material that…

Webinar: Text-Mining: Advanced Options

13:00 - 14:00 29 June 2020
Text-mining is one of many data-mining techniques that social scientists are using to turn unstructured (or more accurately, semi-unstructured) material into structured material that…

Health Studies User Conference 2020

09:30 - 16:30 30 June 2020
The annual Health Studies User Conference is a one-day conference and is free to attend. It is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with UCL and NatCen Social Research.…

Online workshop. Evidence and impact using census data

14:00 - 15:30 2 July 2020
Online workshops: Social data and the third sector: evidence, skills and tools Does your charity or project struggle to find the data to demonstrate needs in your community or show…

Family finance surveys user conference 2020

09:45 - 15:15 8 July 2020
The annual Family Finance Surveys User Conference, organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics,…

Online workshop. Data skills: understanding survey data

14:00 - 15:30 9 July 2020
Online workshops: Social data and the third sector: evidence, skills and tools Does your charity or project struggle to find the data to demonstrate needs in your community or show…

Online workshop: Telling a story with data

14:00 - 15:30 16 July 2020
Online workshops: Social data and the third sector: evidence, skills and tools Does your charity or project struggle to find the data to demonstrate needs in your community or show…

Webinar: Social Network Analysis: Fundamental Concepts

15:00 - 16:00 1 September 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. Thus, computational methods for collecting, cleaning and analysing…

Coding Demonstrations: Text Mining in Python

16:00 2 - 17:00 30 September 2020
Social scientists may find that working with semi-unstructured data, such as natural language text, is an essential but time consuming and difficult part of a research project. However,…

Webinar: Social Network Analysis: Getting and Marshalling Data

15:00 - 16:00 15 September 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. Thus, computational methods for collecting, cleaning and analysing…

Webinar: Data and resources for teaching

15:00 - 15:50 28 September 2020
This free webinar introduces participants to the data and resources of the UK Data Service for teaching purposes through a presentation followed by a question and answer session. Data…

Webinar: Social Network Analysis: Techniques and Methods of Analysis

15:00 - 16:00 29 September 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. Thus, computational methods for collecting, cleaning and analysing…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: UK and cross-national surveys

15:00 - 16:00 8 October 2020
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can be accessed for research…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data

15:00 - 16:00 15 October 2020
Did you know that longitudinal data from major social studies such as the British Birth Cohort Studies, Understanding Society and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing can be accessed…

Webinar: Data for dissertations

15:00 - 16:00 21 October 2020
Are you doing or supervising a dissertation this year? This free webinar will talk you through options for using secondary data available from the UK Data Service in undergraduate…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies

15:00 - 16:00 22 October 2020
Did you know that Census data can be accessed for research? Census data from 1971-2011 provides a unique source of robust population data, particularly for small areas and often-overlooked…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods data

15:00 - 16:00 26 October 2020
Did you know that qualitative and mixed methods data can be accessed for research? The UK Data Service provides access to a range of qualitative and mixed-methods data, including…

Social Statistics Seminar – Hierarchical Modelling of COVID-19 Death Risk in India in the Early Phase of the Pandemic

16:00 - 17:00 3 November 2020
Speakers: Wendy Olsen and Arkadiusz Wisniowski (University of Manchester) Join us on Zoom! https://zoom.us/j/91458711542 Meeting ID: 914 5871 1542 We model of India’s pandemic vulnerability…

Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
The Department of Social Statistics is pleased to invite everyone interested in quantitative social research to a series of online seminars. The events will be held once a month throughout…

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