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Dear all, the Centre for Census and Survey Research (www.ccsr.ac.uk) at the University of Manchester will be running a one-day training course in October on protecting the confidentiality of public use microdata. Understanding Synthetic Data 13th October 2010 University of Manchester (CCSR) £175 (£125 for those from educational institutions) Course Summary This training course will cover approaches to protecting the confidentiality of public use microdata based on multiple imputation, also called synthetic data. Topics will include: overview of common disclosure control methods; motivation for synthetic data; types and examples of synthetic data; analysis methods for synthetic data; generation of synthetic data; disclosure risk assessment for synthetic data and data utility evaluation of synthetic data. Participants will gain an understanding of the benefits and limitations of synthetic data approaches; know of approaches for generating, evaluating and analyzing synthetic data. Participants are expected to be familiar with statistical modelling at the level of linear and logistic regression analysis. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding and intuitions more than mathematical derivations. The course will include pointers to useful computational tools for implementing synthetic data. Further information and booking: www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/syntheticdata/index.html ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************