TRAINING
An
important objective of the Research Data Centre program is
the enhancement of training in the areas of social data analysis
and social policy research. According to the 1998 report of
the Joint Working Group of Statistics Canada and the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada currently
has only limited capacity to conduct social policy research,
evaluate social programs or monitor progress towards social
aims. Research Data Centres are intended to address this need
by allowing opportunities for graduate student research and
by providing training in areas of complex social data analysis
in conjunction with a planned series of summer Data Training
Schools and graduate fellowship support.
The
SWORDC facility will periodically be hosting training sessions
and seminars in conjunction with participating partners. Past
and upcoming seminars will be listed here. Users will also
be able to access training materials posted for use of related
data products.
Longitudinal Analysis for the Un-Initiated - 27 February, 2003.
Presented by John Goyder and Keith Warriner, with Mary Thompson
acting as resource person.
Notes
for the talk do not exist in web form, since the discussion
becomes three dimensional at one point. For a paper copy
of the notes, contact John Goyder at [ jgoyder@uwaterloo.ca
].
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