Call for papers - General Household Survey user meeting
The next General Household Survey user meeting is being held on Wednesday
17 March 2010 at the Royal Statistical Society, London. The programme
contains a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We have
one slot available for a research paper and we invite offers of presentations
based on analysis of the GHS. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk
followed by 10 minutes for questions.
Details of previous user meetings can be found at
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/past.shtml
Please send offers of a paper to [log in to unmask] as soon
as possible but by 5 February at the latest.
Booking is now open for the following workshop.
Introductory Workshop: Analysing Complex Sample Design in ESDS Government
Datasets
Thursday 27 May 2010
University of Manchester
This workshop provides grounding in elementary concepts in complex sample
design and the analysis of survey data using Stata. The morning sessions
focus on theory and statistical concepts involved in the design and the
analysis of complex surveys. In the afternoon, hands on workshops introduce
design-based approaches to survey estimation using the svy suite of
commands in Stata. Topics covered include producing basic descriptive
statistics, sub-population analysis, estimating design effects, and basic
multivariate analysis. Practical exemplars are given using the Health Survey for
England (HSE).
Course Requirements:
A basic knowledge of the user interface and commands in Stata is required.
Those unfamiliar with Stata are referred pre-course to the first few sections
of the guide on Analysing the Labour Force Survey using Stata.
An understanding of elementary concepts in sampling theory and estimation
will also be helpful (e.g. what a simple random is; knowing the distinction
between a population parameter and a sample estimate (such as sample and
population means); what are standard errors and confidence intervals).
To view the programme and book a place please go to
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2010-05-27/
You may leave the list at any time by sending the command
SIGNOFF allstat
to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.
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