> This is your last chance to register for the following RSS PDC courses. To
> confirm your place please go to www.rss.org.uk/courses
> <www.rss.org.uk/courses> for a registration form and return to fax number
> +44 (0)1625 267 879 or email [log in to unmask]
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> Questionnaire Design - Dr. Pamela Campanelli - 10 December - London
> Through looking at a wide range of pitfalls, this course explores ways to
> assess the effectiveness of existing questionnaires as well as how to
> write successful new questionnaires. It brings together key points from
> the research literature in questionnaire design and addresses practical
> concerns. Common errors in the wording of individual questions as well as
> how to combine individual questions into a meaningful questionnaire. Also
> covered are the special concerns faced in writing questions for interview
> surveys versus self-completion surveys.
>
Target: Anyone interested in critiquing an existing questionnaire or
writing one of their own.
> Practical 3-points Estimating - Heather Groom and Keith Gray - 11 & 12
> December 2007 - Manchester
> Most business decisions are based on estimates of one kind or another.
> 3-point estimating is now seen as best practice, as it overcomes many of
> the problems associated with single point estimates. This course, through
> skills transfer, is designed to equip delegates with sufficient knowledge
> to generate good quality 3-point estimates, and how to use them to make
> informed decisions about the potential cost or timescale of a product /
> project. These decisions may be in a bid environment or for an existing
> piece of work, e.g. setting the price for a bid or the end date for a
> project.
>
Target: Newly appointed estimators, estimators with little knowledge of
3-point estimating, project personnel who could be involved in constructing
or reviewing project budgets, risk budgets or management reserve budget,
decision makers who are responsible for reviewing and signing off project
budgets or setting project tolerances, risk analysts, risk managers, project
support office.
> Building a Carrer as a Statistician - Dr. Trevor Lewis - 13 December 2007
> - London
> This one day course is targeted at applied statisticians with 2 to 5 years
> of work experience. The aim of the course is to introduce a framework for
> planning Continuing Professional Development and to introduce an awareness
> of the range of skills that are required to be a successful statistician
> in a team-based work setting where role and organisational changes are the
> norm. It is expected that the course will enable participants to enhance
> their CPD plan to build a strong career foundation.
>
Target: Graduate statisticians in their first 2 to 5 years of experience
working as applied statisticians
> An Introduction to Stata - Tim Collier - 13 December - London
> This one-day course aims to give a basic introduction to Stata for people
> with no previous experience of Stata but who wish to go on to use it for
> research purposes. This course will introduce the Stata working
> environment, demonstrate how to load data from a variety of sources (e.g.
> Excel) and then teach the fundamentals of data checking, processing and
> management. Some comments for producing simple summaries will be
> introduced. We will also introduce Stata`s extensive on-line help facility
> so enabling participants to go on learning after the course.
>
Target: Statisticians and researchers who have not used Stata previously.
> We look forward to receiving your registrations.
>
> Cinthya Almeida
> RSS Training Administrator
>
> RSS Professional Development Centre
> Tel: +44 (0)1625 504067 Fax: +44 (0)1625 267879
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