ASSESS: SPSS USERS CONFERENCE
FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2015
ALCUIN RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK
(Further details including a booking form are at http://www.spssusers.co.uk/Events/2015/confprog.html)
EVENTS:
WRITING AND USING SPSS SYNTAX: BEGINNERS
AN INSIGHT INTO USING SPSS TO LOOK AT BIVARIATE AND MULTI-VARIATE ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN DATA FROM THE BRITISH CRIME SURVEY
HALF-DAY PARALLEL WORKSHOPS 10AM TO (APPROX) 12-30AM
ALCUIN RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK
WRITING AND USING SPSS MACROS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INDEPENDENT GROUPS IN SPSS
HALF-DAY PARALLEL WORKSHOPS 2-00PM TO (APPROX) 4-30PM
ALCUIN RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK
29TH ANNUAL SPSS USERS MEETING
FIVE USER PRESENTATIONS OF APPLICATIONS USING SPSS AND SPSS USERS CLINIC 10AM TO (APPROX) 4-05PM
FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER 2015, UNIVERSITY OF YORK, UK
ALCUIN RESEARCH RESOURCE CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK
ASSESS is an independent user led group for SPSS, a computer package for analysing and presenting data. Recent ASSESS workshop topics include SPSS syntax, Logistic regression and Hospital Episode Statistics.
Four half-day workshops together with a morning of SPSS User presentations and an afternoon user presentation and users clinic are provisionally planned to be held at the Alcuin Research Resource Centre, University of York, on Friday 30th October 2015. The workshops will be taught in an interactive hands-on workshop-style format, with frequent examples. All example files and notes will be given to all workshop attenders (on USB sticks). There will also be printed handouts at the user talk sessions but not for the workshops. In addition there will be a plenary 30 minute recorded webinar open to all delegates given by a member of IBM SPSS which will take place immediately after lunch prior to the afternoon parallel sessions.
Frances Provan of the University of Edinburgh will lead the 'Writing and using SPSS syntax:Beginners' morning course. Frances is an experienced SPSS tutor who has tutored on SPSS syntax both at the University of Edinburgh and for ASSESS. Keith Bentley is a lecturer at the University of Salford and will lead an 'Insight into using SPSS to look at bivariate and multi-variate associations within data from the British Crime Survey'. Peter Samuels who leads 'Statistical analysis of independent groups in SPSS' is an academic skills tutor at Birmingham City University. Peter Watson, a statistician with MRC, has led the SPSS macros course for ASSESS in previous years.
The booking fee includes a coffee break mid-workshop but not overnight accommodation. A buffet lunch is available and is included for those attending both a morning and an afternoon event. Further details will be sent to delegates upon receipt of booking forms.
Come along to:
* obtain training in using SPSS from experienced tutors who are fellow users
* learn about statistical methods used for data analysis in SPSS
* exchange ideas with other SPSS users
* plan for an even better user group and suggest events for 2016
The venue for both the workshops and user (presentations) meeting is the Alcuin Research Resource
Centre (ARRC) on York University campus located in Heslington, 2 miles to the south-east
of the city centre. It takes 10-15 minutes in a taxi from the railway station.
The Number 4 bus runs regularly to the University from York railway station (see
http://www.yorkshiretravel.net/). Parking at the University is very difficult.
Location details are at http://www.york.ac.uk/about/maps/. Accommodation is
bookable via tourist information on (01904) 621756 or (01904) 554455.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE USERS MEETING**
* An overview of the methodological steps involved in building a composite indicator such as the Gender Equality Index - Weighting data, Crosstabulations, Correlation Structure, Principal Component Analysis and Aggregation by Anne Laure Humbert, Cranfield University &
Merle Paats, European Institute for Gender Equality (morning (am) session)
* Statistical Assessment of Reliability using SPSS by Vicki Aldridge, University College London (am session)
* Bayesian hypothesis testing with SPSS AMOS by Sara Garofalo, University of Cambridge (am session)
* Propensity Score Matching in SPSS: How to turn an Audit into a RCT by Mario Hair, independent statistical consultant (am session)
* A case study of Factor Analysis case using SPSS/What's New in SPSS Version 23. A webinar specially recorded by a representative of SPSS (1-15pm to 1-45pm plenary session)
* Productive laziness with Python programmability by Albert-Jan Roskam, CBS Statistics Netherlands (PM session) (EXTRA TALK TO THE SCHEDULE ORIGINALLY CIRCULATED)
* An SPSS users clinic made up of experienced SPSS users (including above speakers) (pm session)
Registration and coffee begins at 9-30am for the morning sessions and at 1-45pm for the afternoon sessions. Morning coffee and afternoon tea are included in the registration fee. A timetable will be e-mailed to delegates in advance.
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** The titles and order of events are subject to amendment.
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BOOKING FORM
PARALLEL MORNING SESSIONS:
ASSESS WORKSHOPS:SPSS SYNTAX:BEGINNERS/TESTS OF BI- AND MULTI-VARIATE ASSOCIATIONS IN SPSS WITHIN DATA FROM THE BRITISH CRIME SURVEY
SPSS (MORNING) USER PRESENTATIONS
Friday 30th October 2015, ARRC, University of York: 10am to (approx) 12-30pm
PARALLEL AFTERNOON SESSIONS:
ASSESS WORKSHOPS:WRITING AND USING SPSS MACROS/STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INDEPENDENT GROUPS IN SPSS
SPSS (AFTERNOON) TALK & USERS CLINIC
Friday 30th October 2015, ARRC, University of York: 2-00pm to (approx) 4-30pm
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 but not by credit card. Details on request. Please indicate if you require a receipt of payment.
Deadline for bookings: Friday 16th October 2015.
Please note we reserve the right to cancel the workshops and/or user sessions if there are insufficient numbers.
Name: ______________________________ Tel: ____________________
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Names of attendees & event(s) they wish to attend (Please delete as appropriate):
(Names for badges)
1. _________________________ Event(s): SPSS Syntax:Beginners/Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate Associations/SPSS users presentations (morning) session/Writing and Using SPSS Macros/Analysis of Independent Groups in SPSS/SPSS users (afternoon) talk+clinic
2. _________________________ Event(s): SPSS Syntax:Beginners/Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate Associations/SPSS users presentations (morning) session/Writing and Using SPSS Macros/Analysis of Independent Groups in SPSS/SPSS users (afternoon) talk+clinic
3. _________________________ Event(s): SPSS Syntax:Beginners/Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate Associations/SPSS users presentations (morning) session/Writing and Using SPSS Macros/Analysis of Independent Groups in SPSS/SPSS users (afternoon) talk+clinic
4._________________________ Event(s): SPSS Syntax:Beginners/Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate Associations/SPSS users presentations (morning) session/Writing and Using SPSS Macros/Analysis of Independent Groups in SPSS/SPSS users (afternoon) talk+clinic
5. _________________________ Event(s): SPSS Syntax:Beginners/Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate Associations/SPSS users presentations (morning) session/Writing and Using SPSS Macros/Analysis of Independent Groups in SPSS/SPSS users (afternoon) talk+clinic
(Please enter the appropriate amounts below and delete as appropriate)
First delegate Subsequent delegates No. Students or Retired No.
Either 'Working with SPSS syntax:Beginners' or
'Using SPSS to look at Bivariate and Multi-variate associations within
data from the British Crime Survey' workshop £90 £70 £40
Either 'Writing and using SPSS macros' or
'Statistical analysis of Independent groups in SPSS' workshop £90 £70 £40
Two workshops (includes lunch) £160 £130 £75
Either Users Meeting morning talks or afternoon talk with SPSS Users clinic £50 £45 £25
Both Users Meeting morning talks & afternoon talk with SPSS users clinic (includes lunch) £80 £60 £40
A single Users meeting session (morning talks or afternoon talk & SPSS clinic)
plus a workshop (includes lunch) £150 £120 £70
Lunch before or after a single Users Meeting session
(morning talks or afternoon talk & SPSS clinic) £10 £10 £5
Lunch before or after a single workshop £10 £10 £5
TOTALS £ £ £
GRAND TOTAL £
If having Lunch: Specify vegetarian or other dietary requirements, if any:
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ONLY FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE AFTERNOON USERS CLINIC: If there is a question regarding SPSS you would like to ask
the panel please mention it here (alternatively questions may be submitted on the meeting day to the registration desk
no later than 12-30pm on Friday 30th October 2015):
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Cheque or official order enclosed for _______GBP
For official orders please also give here the number and address for invoicing:
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(Please indicate if you require a receipt of payment)
Return completed forms to Peter Watson, ASSESS, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF by FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2015.
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