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Dear all, the Centre for Census and Survey Research (www.ccsr.ac.uk) at the University of Manchester short course training programme in social research methods and statistics continues.... See www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/list Upcoming courses include: Constructing Measures Using The Rasch Model - 8 and 9th December 2011 This short course covers the basic theory behind measurement, from an Item Response Theory perspective, focusing on the assumptions of the Rasch models in particular. The Rasch model provides the means to create measures (or score scales) from a combination of items in tests or surveys. The principles governing the application of such models are shown through examples from educational measurement but are easily applicable to other areas in social and health sciences. Participants will have the chance to practice with various models of the Rasch family (Dichotomous, Rating Scale and Partial Credit) with specialised software (Winsteps) as well as other packages available in R. The course will be of interest to researchers and practitioners involved, among others with educational measurement, measurement of satisfaction for evaluation, tests of skills, knowledge and other cognitive outcomes, attitudinal scales and measures of dispositions. Participants should have some basic knowledge of introductory statistics. Some familiarity or previous experience with syntax (commands) in statistical packages will also be useful. Handling Missing Data in Longitudinal Surveys - 13th to 15th December 2011 The course is designed for users of longitudinal data in general and the UK birth cohort studies in particular. It would be particularly appropriate for those who want to extend their skills as analysts of longitudinal data to take account, in a statistically principled way, of the ubiquitous problems of missing data, arising both as a result of attrition and item non-response. The first day of the course will provide an overview of methods for adjusting for missing data, descriptions of missing data and their predictors in the UK birth cohort studies, and introductions to the datasets to be used in the practical sessions on days two and three. The practical work will focus on multiple imputation, although weighting methods and joint models for the process of interest and the missingness mechanism will also be discussed. All the techniques will be demonstrated using real data from the UK birth cohort studies. There are a number of other courses available as part of the CCSR Short Course programme. For more information and to book please go to www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/list New courses are likely to be added throughout the year. thanks, Kingsley Dr. K. Purdam [log in to unmask] CCSR University of Manchester M13 9PL UK ****************************************************** 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. *******************************************************