2011-2012 Workshop in Methods (WIM)
- The mission of the Workshop in Methods is to provide education and training in sophisticated research methods to graduate students and faculty in the social sciences at Indiana University. Our goal is to supplement statistics and methods courses across campus with topical workshops led by recognized experts from across the United States. These workshops take various forms, including (1) seminars on specific research methods and tools, (2) informational presentations on topics such as grant writing, the relevant consulting provided on campus, and successfully navigating IRB, and (3) advice about working with large data sets. We hope these workshops will provide a supportive community of like-minded scholars, expose faculty and graduate students to rigorous and state of the art quantitative and qualitative methods, and highlight the excellent social science research underway at Indiana University.
WIM schedule of events, 2011-2012
Spring, 2012
January 20, 9:00-2:00 (30 minute break at 11:00), Woodburn 200 (lecture and demo), and 3:00-5:00, Ballantine Hall 118 (lab)
- Dr. Aline G. Sayer: Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) workshop
- Dr. Sayer is Associate Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts – Amherst
The 9:30-2:00 lecture is open to all. The 3:00-5:00 lab session, however, is limited to 30 people due to computer room capacity. Please email Kathleen Chen (knlorenz@indiana.edu) to have your name placed on the list for the lab session.
- Flier
- Video
January 27, 2:30-4:00, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Chunfeng Huang: Detecting and responding to violations of regression assumptions.
- Dr. Huang is Assistant Professor of Statistics at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Slides
February 4th and 11th from 1pm to 3pm
- Introduction to Stata Workshop
- For further information and to register please go to http://www.iub.edu/~iscc/Stataworkshop.html
- Instructor: Jin Chen
February 10, Time TBA, Woodburn Hall 200
This presentation has been postponed until the fall, 2012 semester
- Dr. Peer Fiss: Qualitative Comparative Analysis.
- Dr. Fiss is McAlister Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
February 17, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. David Kaplan: The Bayesian perspective in the context of large scale assessments.
- Dr. Kaplan is Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin.
February 19th and 26th from 1pm to 3pm
- Introduction to R Workshop
- For further information and to register please go to http://www.iub.edu/~iscc/Rworkshop.html
- Instructor: Thomas Jackson
February 22nd and 29th from 4pm-6pm in Ballentine Room 308
- Stephanie Dickinson: Statistical Toolbelt
- website
February 24, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Ashley Bowers: An introduction to survey methodology
- Ms. Bowers is the Director of the Center for Survey Research and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
March 23, 2:00-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Kerry Krutilla: Benefit cost analysis
- Dr. Krutilla is Associate Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University
April 6, 1:30-4:00, in Woodburn 200
- Dr. James Jaccard: Interpreting interaction effects and new perspectives on interaction analysis
- Dr. Jaccard is Professor in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University
April 13, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Lisa D. Pearce: Using mixed methods in social science research
- Dr. Pearce is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina
April 20, 1:00-3:00 in Woodburn 200
- Dr. Filomena Garcia: Introduction to game theory
- Dr. Garcia is Assistant Professor of Economics at Indiana University.
Fall, 2011
September 10 & 17, 1:00-3:00, Library 503.
- Introduction to R Workshop, I and II
- Registration required. $10 fee
- Instructor: Thomas Jackson (Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
September 9, 2:30-5:00, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. J. Scott Long: Principles of workflow with Stata.
- Dr. Long is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology and Statistics at Indiana University.
- Flier
September 23, 1:30-3:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. John H. Stanfield II: Ethical and political considerations in doing research in communities of color.
- Dr. Stanfield is Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Video
Setember 27 and October 4, 4:00-6:00, Ballantine 118
- General Linear Model Workshop, I and II
- Registration required. $10 fee
- Instructor: Stephanie Dickinson(Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
September 30, 3:00-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. John R. Baumann: Workshop on avoiding and addressing research misconduct
- Dr. Baumann is the Executive Officer of IU’s office of Research Ethics, Education, and Policy, and he is the campus’ research integrity officer.
- Flier
- Presentation
- Video
October 1 & 8, 1:00-3:00, Library 503
- Introduction to Stata Workshop, I and II
- Registration required. $10 fee
- Instructor: Jin Chen (Indiana Statistical Consulting Center)
- WIM is co-sponsoring this software workshop in partnership with the IU Department of Statistics and the Indiana Statistical Consulting Center.
October 7, 3:00-5:00, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Patricia McManus: An introduction to analyzing panel data.
- Dr. McManus is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
October 21, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Tom W. Smith: The General Social Survey and the International Social Survey Program: Monitoring American across time and in comparative perspective.
- Dr. Smith is Director of the General Social Survey and Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Society at the National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
- Video
October 28, 10:00 - 11:30; and 2:00 - 3:30 , Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Andrew Bennett will give two separate presentations: Research design for case studies (10:00 - 11:30) and Typological theorizing and case selection in case study research (2:00 - 3:30).
- Dr. Bennett is Professor of Government at Georgetown University.
- 10am Flier
- Video, 10am
- 2pm Flier
- Video, 2pm
November 4, 2:00-3:30, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Alan R. Dennis: Theory construction in the social sciences.
- Dr. Dennis is Professor and John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
- Flier
- Presentation slides
November 11, 2:30-4:00, Woodburn Hall 200
- Dr. Russell Lyons: Fat chance: Adventures in debunking.
- Dr. Lyons is Professor of Mathematics at Indiana University.
- Flier
November 29, 2:30-4:30, Woodburn Hall 200; November 30, 10:00-11:30, IMU Maple Room
- Dr. Richard Krueger will give two separate presentations: Focus group interviewing and Using stories in research.
- Dr. Krueger is Senior Fellow in evaluation studies in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.
- Focus group interviewing (11/29/2011)
- Flier
- Using stories in research (11/30/2011)
- Flier
- Video
Previous years' workshops and presentations including handouts and slides from and videos of these presentations:
2010-2011
2009-2010
Oversight
- As WIM Director, Dr. Pridemore created two Advisory Boards comprised of faculty and graduate students from a wide range of schools and departments across campus. These advisory boards serve as liaisons with faculty and graduate students in their home departments. Advisory board members not only aid in disseminating information about WIM presentations and other activities, but also collect information from their constituents about interest in specific workshop topics. Most importantly, advisory board members provide creative input concerning WIM activities, our website presence, and countless other items. If you are a faculty member or graduate student, do not see your school or department represented below, and are interested in becoming a liaison, please contact Dr. Pridemore.
Director: William Alex Pridemore (Professor of Criminal Justice, Associate Director of CESSR)
Faculty Advisory Board
Steve Benard (Sociology)
Bill Bianco (Political Science)
Kelly Caine (School of Informatics and Computing)
Rinku Roy Chowdhury (Geography)
Alan Dennis (Kelley School of Business)
Nathalie Fontaine (Criminal Justice)
Kirsten Gronbjerg (SPEA)
Joanne Peng (School of Education)
Alice Robbin (SLIS)
Dong-Chul Seo (HPER)
Rick Viken (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Virginia Vitzthum (Anthropology)
Michael Trosset (Statistics)
Graduate Student Advisory Board
Nate Birkhead (Political Science)
Brian Chen (HPER)
Maria Kaylen (Criminal Justice)
Sarah Larson (SPEA)
Ann McCranie (Sociology)
Rosemary Pennington (School of Journalism)
Dingjing Shi (School of Education)
Nicholas Vaughn (Geography)
Taylor Wells (Kelley School of Business)
Fuxioa Xin (School of Informatics and Computing)
Erjia Yan (SLIS)
Dan Yurovsky (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Web development and technical coordinator
James Russell (Political Science Data Archive and Laboratory)
