Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 1 June: Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – June Session Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments Joseph Sakshaug (German Institute for Employment Research) Join…

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…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: International Time Series Databanks

15:00 - 16:00 5 November 2020
Did you know that international time series data can be accessed for research? The UK Data Service provides access to a range of international time series datasets, which include…

Big Data in Social Science - The Cathie Marsh Institute at the 2020 Festival of Social Science

13:00 - 14:00 9 November 2020
Join leading researchers from the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research to discuss the newest threats and possibilities facing society in the age of big data, from disinformation…

Data for Good: The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Britain

10:00 - 13:00 11 November 2020
GMCVO and the UK Data Service (University of Manchester) have worked together to organise an online workshop about how voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations…

Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 12 November 2020
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory webinar is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast…

Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2020

09:45 - 15:30 24 November 2020
This annual conference, organised by the UK Data Service, is free to attend and will be held online due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The user conference brings data producers…

Webinar: Getting Started with Secondary Analysis

15:00 - 16:00 26 November 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…

Online workshops: Online tools for accessing and analysing census data from the UK Data Service: Census Aggregate data, Flow data and Microdata

12:00 1 - 12:00 16 December 2020
Do you want to know how to use online tools to access and analyse UK census data from the UK Data Service? The UK Data Service is a rich source of census data. In December, we are…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 1 December: Dual and multiple system estimation with partially and imperfectly observed covariates

16:00 - 17:00 1 December 2020
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – December Session Dual and multiple system estimation with partially and imperfectly observed covariates Paul A. Smith (University of Southampton)…

Webinar: Data management basics

15:00 - 16:00 3 December 2020
This free introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to learn about research data management. Data management is essential to make sure that well organised, well documented,…

Crime Surveys User Conference 2020

09:30 - 15:30 8 December 2020
NB times are TBC This free annual conference, organised by the UK Data Service, will be held online due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The user conference brings data producers…

Webinar: Depositing your data with Reshare

15:00 - 16:00 10 December 2020
Join our free interactive online webinar, where you will learn everything you need to know in order to archive data using our self-deposit repository, ReShare. If you are an ESRC…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 12 January: Should we measure food insecurity (and if so, how)?

16:00 - 17:00 12 January 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – January Session Should we measure food insecurity (and if so, how)? Insights from a novel machine learning approach with the world's largest food…

UK Data Service Computational Social Science Drop-in

13:00 - 14:00 12 January 2021
Join our free monthly UK Data Service Data Drop-in to get or give some help on Computational Social Science projects. This event will take place on Zoom. There will be a data expert…

Coding Demonstrations: Social Network Analysis in Python

14:00 - 15:00 13 January 2021
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…

Data pre-processing training series: Webinar 1: Data Pre-processing: Introduction and Integration

13:00 - 14:00 14 January 2021
Data pre-processing is a data mining technique that involves transforming raw data into an understandable format. With the increasing amount of data available for research and analysis,…

Data pre-processing training series: Webinar 2: Data Pre-processing: Clean, Reduce, Transform

13:00 - 14:00 21 January 2021
Data pre-processing is a data mining technique that involves transforming raw data into an understandable format. With the increasing amount of data available for research and analysis,…

Webinar: Smart Energy Research Lab

14:00 - 15:00 21 January 2021
This webinar is jointly organised by the UK Data Service, the University of Essex, and the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) at UCL. The Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) is a major…

Coding Demonstrations: Social Network Analysis in Python

14:00 - 15:00 27 January 2021
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…

Data pre-processing training series: Online workshop: Data Pre-processing Methods in Python

13:00 - 14:00 28 January 2021
Data pre-processing is a data mining technique that involves transforming raw data into an understandable format. With the increasing amount of data available for research and analysis,…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 2 February: Assessing Questionnaire Changes when Experiments are Not Possible

16:00 - 17:00 2 February 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – February Session Assessing Questionnaire Changes when Experiments are Not Possible: Application to the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Stephanie…

UK Data Service Computational Social Science Drop-in

13:00 - 14:00 9 February 2021
Join our free monthly UK Data Service Data Drop-in to get or give some help on Computational Social Science projects. This event will take place on Zoom. There will be a data expert…

Online workshop: Using Crime Data in R – how to work with it, visualise and map it!

10:00 10 - 15:00 12 February 2021
This free three-day workshop, jointly organised by the UK Data Service, methods@manchester and the University of Leeds will introduce you to using crime data in the software package…

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