Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research

Synthetic Data Code Demo

13:00 - 14:00 15 June 2021
In this free training series, we cover the advantages and disadvantages of synthetic data. We explore the variety of methods available to generate synthetic data. Finally, we discuss…

Online workshop: Web Scraping with Google Chrome

14:00 - 15:00 24 June 2021
Researchers often have to collect data and build datasets themselves. Web scraping allows researchers to access and collect structured web data on publicly available web pages in an…

Getting Data from the Internet with Python

14:00 6 - 17:00 7 July 2021
This ‘Getting Data from the Internet with Python’ workshop is for any researcher who wants to collect data from the Internet and use the Python programming language to process and analyse…

Health Studies User Conference 2021

09:30 - 16:30 8 July 2021
Do you want to know the latest developments in health data from social surveys? Would you like to understand more about the impact of COVID-19 on these studies and their outputs? Are…

Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2021

09:30 - 16:30 14 July 2021
Are you interested in research on family finances? Do you want to know the latest developments in family finance data from UK social surveys? The annual Family Finance Surveys User…

Introduction to the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 5 October 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…

Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 7 October 2021
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service and contains interactive elements throughout. Participants will be given…

Online workshop: Exploring educational inequality using census microdata

13:00 - 16:00 7 October 2021
This free course is aimed at those interested in learning how to use census microdata to explore aspects of social inequality. The end-user version of the 2011 census microdata contains…

Data for dissertations

10:00 - 11:30 11 October 2021
Join this online session to learn about data available for dissertations with case studies, tips and details of the UK Data Service Dissertation Award. Through the UK Data Service,…

UK Data Service Dissertation week

11 - 15 October 2021
Join the UK Data Service for our dissertation week. Designed for undergraduates students and their supervisors, the week will: - highlight data available for dissertations, - give…

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

10:00 - 11:30 12 October 2021
Are you thinking of using existing data in your dissertation? Join this workshop for a practical run through of the research process of a secondary analysis project. We'll be discussing…

Why and how to document your steps?

10:30 - 12:00 13 October 2021
When analysing data it can be easy to forget what you've done and why you did it. For example, you may remember that you removed the outliers, but do you remember how many were removed,…

Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys

10:00 - 11:30 14 October 2021
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…

How to anonymise qualitative and quantitative data

11:00 - 12:30 18 October 2021
The past two years has seen a huge change in expectations for researchers in how they manage and share participants’ information. There are new legal obligations, such as the GDPR,…

Data management basics: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:30 21 October 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 workshops…

Data management basics: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 22 October 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 workshops…

2021 Research Methods e-Festival - Sold out

25 - 29 October 2021
NCRM is delighted to bring you the 2021 Research Methods e-Festival in collaboration with methods@manchester. Held on 25-29 October 2021, the event will be a celebration of research…

Depositing your data with ReShare

11:00 - 12:30 4 November 2021
This is a workshop designed to give participants a virtual tour of ReShare, where you will learn everything you need to know in order to archive data using our self-deposit repository.…

Consent issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 5 November 2021
How much do you know about the role of informed consent in data sharing and reuse, ethically and legally? This free 90-minute online workshop will explain the difference between types…

How to become a computational social scientist

10:00 - 11:30 9 November 2021
Scientific research and teaching are increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. This free workshop is an introduction to computational social science. It…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

12 November - 10 December 2021
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

Getting started with secondary analysis

10:00 - 11:30 15 November 2021
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data…

Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies

10:00 - 11:30 18 November 2021
Do you want to know more about the best resource for population studies in the UK? Do you want to understand how the UK census works and how to access the data within it? This free…

Single-Case Designs

09:30 - 12:30 2 December 2021
This short course is an introduction to single-case designs (SCD) over two half-day workshops. In the first workshop, we will provide an overview of the different type of SCD and describe…

Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks

10:00 - 11:30 8 December 2021
Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, IEA, UN or…

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