Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

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…

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 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…

Social Media Data Analysis

16 February 2021
This course describes how to use free Windows software Mozdeh to gather tweets and to download comments on YouTube videos. The course will also describe simple and big data-style text…

#IdentityInData: Who Counts? Visibility, voice and culture in data collection and use

10:30 - 12:30 24 February 2021
The UK Data Service is proud to announce #DataImpact2021, featuring a keynote by poet, author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE. #DataImpact2021 will explore #IdentityInData – Who Counts?…

#IdentityInData: Who Counts? Visibility, voice and culture in data collection and use

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 9 March: The Rise of the Nones and Religious Polarization across the US 1973-2018

16:00 - 17:00 9 March 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – March Session The Rise of the Nones and Religious Polarization across the US 1973-2018: State-level Trends Based on Multilevel Regression and Poststratification…

Webinar: 2021 Census: What to expect from the UK Data Service

12:00 - 12:45 18 March 2021
It is Census Day for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Sunday 21 March 2021. The UK Data Service invite you to this short update webinar to hear about what is happening now and…

Online workshop: Introduction to the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey

09:30 - 13:00 20 March 2021
Would you like to know more about using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population survey (APS) in research? This free half-day online workshop will give background information…

Webinar: Tables and Pivot Tables in Excel

14:00 - 15:30 23 March 2021
Tables were introduced into Excel in 2007 but are still not that commonly used. Perhaps because casual users think they are using tables all of the time, after all their data is in…

Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service

11:00 - 12:00 8 April 2021
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…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 13 April: Methodological Challenges and Theoretical Opportunities for Collecting Large Personal Networks in Large Samples

16:00 - 17:00 13 April 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – April Session Methodological Challenges and Theoretical Opportunities for Collecting Large Personal Networks in Large Samples Gert Stulp (University…

Webinar: Finding and Accessing Data in the UK Data Service

11:00 - 12:00 15 April 2021
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the…

Webinar: The Twitter Timeline

14:00 - 15:15 20 April 2021
Social Media content is of increasing interest in Social Science research. Blog histories and Timelines can provide insights as to how exposure to social media itself might be influencing…

Online workshop: Getting Started with Secondary Analysis

11:00 - 12:30 22 April 2021
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. The introductory session will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data…

Webinar: Data Management Basics 1: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:00 29 April 2021
This introductory session is intended for researchers and anyone who wants to learn about research data management. Data management is essential to make sure that well organised, well…

Webinar: Data Management Basics 2: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:00 30 April 2021
Data management is essential to make sure that well organised, well documented, high quality and shareable research data result from our research projects. The introductory webinars…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 4 May: In-group bias or out-group reluctance? The role of gender and religion in creating religious friendship segregation among Muslim youth

16:00 - 17:00 4 May 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – May Session In-group bias or out-group reluctance? The role of gender and religion in creating religious friendship segregation among Muslim youth…

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