The Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis

For over 50 years, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has offered world-class instruction in a wide range of social science research methods from an international team of instructors. Applications remain open for 2021!

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Scaling Methods and Ideal Point Estimation for Surveys and Behavior

Studying survey, choice or preference data? Learn the computational methods to understand the latent properties and patterns in your data for measuring attitudes and preferences using scaling, ideal point estimation, and IRT. Join our course Scaling Methods for Social Science: Measurement and Ideal Point Estimation for Surveys and Behavior

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Maximum Likelihood Estimation using R

Need to master Maximum Likelihood Estimation for your social science research? Learn the theory and practice of a wide variety of MLE models – including, binary, ordinal, categorical, count, duration – using R.

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Exploring Society through Visualization and Modelling

New! Computational Methods for Social Data Science: Exploring Society through Visualization and Modelling. Learn to use graphics and computational statistics together to explore complex patterns for real-world data applications.

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