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Data without Boundaries in cooperation with Eurostat offers a training course for EU-LFS *Working with data from official statistics in Europe, particularly the European Labour Force Survey* DwB is organizing its first training course which will be hosted by GESIS, Mannheim, Germany, between 18 July 2012 and 20 July 2012. Participation is free of charge; participants have to cover their travel costs and accommodation. Besides highlighting the legal and administrative aspects of data access, the course will demonstrate the possibilities of the EU-LFS in a hands-on computer session which will explore the potential for both international as well as longitudinal analysis. A basic understanding of multivariate statistical methods and SPSS/Stata will be required. The course will consist of three parts: - Part I: Overview of European Data from Official Statistics - Part II: The EU-LFS: Content, Documentation, Data Structure, Analysis - Part III: Accessing Confidential National Microdata Interested post-graduate and senior researchers should send a short application letter (max. 500 words) explaining their motivation to [log in to unmask] Deadline for application: 15 June 2012. For further information on the course: http://dwbproject.org/events/tc1.html Announcement of DwB course (pdf, 107 Ko): http://dwbproject.org/export/sites/default/events/doc/first_dwb_training.pdf Contact person: [log in to unmask] -- You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.