ASSESS: SPSS USERS' GROUP
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: WRITING & USING PYTHON IN SPSS
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), UK,
12TH AUGUST & 13TH AUGUST 2008
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND, TYNE & WEAR, UK
20TH AUGUST 2008
ASSESS is an independent user group for SPSS, a computer package for
analysing and
presenting data. It is run by users, for users and is completely
independent of
manufacturers of the software.
In 1996, 2000 and 2002 ASSESS gave one-day workshops on the subject of
SPSS macros
and syntax and last year ran three day workshops on syntax, macros and
output.
A one day workshop is provisionally planned on using the Python language
in
conjunction with SPSS. It will be held in the London School of Economics
and Political
Science on 12th August, repeated at the same venue on 13th August 2008 and
at
the University of Sunderland on 20th August.
The workshop will be taught in an interactive hand-on workshop-style
format,with
frequent examples and exercises for participants to work through. A full
set of
notes and exercise solutions will also be given to all who attend.
Synopses of the
workshop are available at
http://www.spssusers.co.uk/Events/2008/rlworkshopannounce.html.
The workshop will be led by Raynald Levesque of Montreal, Canada who is a
consulting actuary with Aon Consulting. Raynald's website
(http://www.spsstools.net/) is full of SPSS syntax, macro, Python and
script files which have been helpful to e-mail list users.
http://www.spsstools.net/python.htm contains details on the programming
language,
Python, which may be run synchronously with SPSS syntax from version 14.
Raynald is also the author of SPSS Programming and Data Management
published by SPSS. A
free pdf file copy of the latest edition of this book, which includes
examples of
working with Python in SPSS, may be downloaded
from http://www.spss.com/spss/data_management_book.htm
The workshops are open to users of SPSS who have a good working knowledge
of SPSS
syntax and possibly other programming languages.
Each workshop will run from approximately 10-00am to 4-45pm. The booking
fee includes
mid-morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea each day but not
overnight
accommodation. Further details will be sent out to delegates upon receipt
of booking forms.
PLEASE NOTE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF COMPLETED BOOKING FORMS IS TUESDAY
22ND JULY 2008.
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BOOKING FORM
WRITING & USING PYTHON IN SPSS
12TH AUGUST & 13TH AUGUST 2008 (LSE, LONDON)
20TH AUGUST 2008 (UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND)
Important:
Bookings will not be treated as firm until a cheque or official (company)
order,
payable to ASSESS, is received. Note payment can also be made by BACS.
Details on request.
Please indicate if you require a receipt of payment. Please note we
reserve the right to
cancel the workshops if there are insufficient numbers.
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invoicing:
Return completed forms to Peter Watson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences
Unit,
15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF BY TUESDAY 22ND JULY 2008.
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"You can't build any kind of lasting conclusions based on an anecdote,
which is what a sample size of 1 really is."
Deborah Rumsey
("Statistics for Dummies")
Peter Watson
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
15 Chaucer Road
Cambridge
CB2 7EF
Tel: +44 01223 355294 Ext. 801
Fax: +44 01223 359062
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