Preparatory/Upgrade/Refresh Workshop
Eugene Horber


Important: This workshop will be cancelled, if fewer than 10 participants have registered by mid-June (registered participants will be notified in June by e-mail if the workshop is cancelled).

Eugène Horber is Professor of Applied Computer Science in the department of political science and international relationsat the University of Geneva. He teaches social science methodology, applied computer science, and statistics to social scientists. His research interests and publications are in the area of statistical methodology, aggregate data analysis, data visualization and applied computer science (didactical software, hypertext), as well as computer assisted qualitative analysis. He is the author of a software package for exploratory data analysis.

Workshop contents and objectives

As several workshops will use SPSS or assume skills with SPSS for data preparation and management as the main computer package, the purpose of this two-day workshop is to offer optimal learning and teaching conditions by helping you to refresh knowledge and skills that you have acquired previously or that need some updating and refreshing.

The aim of this 2-day effort will be an opportunity to brush up and deepen your skills with data preparation, data management and basic to intermediate statistics using IBM SPSS Software. or learn to use SPSS, if you are familiar with other statistical packages.

During this workshop you will work on your own through a sequence of exercices and guided explorations using an e-learning approach. We will be around to provide guidance and help you in case of difficulties.

This workshop is free of charge to participants of regular workshops or can be booked alone for a moderate fee.

Prerequesites

You should have some minimal background - even rusty - in statistics and data analysis.