Center for Family and Demographic Research
Workshop Archive

2011 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2011 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2011 Spring CFDR Workshop Series

2010 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2010 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2010 Spring CFDR Workshop Series

2009 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2009 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2009 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2008 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2008 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2008 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2007 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2007 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2007 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2006 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2006 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2006 Spring CFDR Workshop Series 
2005 Fall CFDR Workshop Series 
2005 Summer CFDR Workshop Series  
2005 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2004 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2004 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2004 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2003 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2003 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2003 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
2002 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
2002 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
2002 Spring CFDR Workshop Series

2011 Fall Workshop Series

Introduction to SAS and Stata: Data Construction 
Monday, September 12, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room, 7C Williams Hall

ICPSR Workshop
Tuesday, September 27, 1:00-3:00 pm
025 Hayes Hall
Workshop details

Categorical Data Analysis Using SAS and Stata
Monday, November 7, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room, 7C Williams Hall

Overview of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Data Files
Monday, November 28, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room, 7C Williams Hall

2011 Summer Workshop Series

Analyzing Data Collected by Complex Survey Design
Monday, June 20, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Analyzing Missing Data
Monday, July 18, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Grant Writing 
Instructor:  Dr. Kara Joyner
Monday, July  25, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

2011 Spring Workshop Series

Intermediate Stata
Monday, January 24, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Intermediate SAS 
Monday, February  7, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

PAA Practice Talks
Wednesday, March 2, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 314

How to Model Mediating and Moderating Effects
Monday, March 21, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Using ACS Data to Measure Cohabitation
Accompanying Stata .do file
Monday, April 11, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

2010 Fall Workshop Series

How to Prepare for Your First Research Project 
Monday, September 13, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Categorical Data Analysis 
Monday, October  4, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Introduction to SAS
Monday, November 1, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Introduction to Stata
Monday, December 6, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

2010 Summer Workshop Series

Interactions
Instructor: Dr. Heidi Lyons
Monday, June 7, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Regression Diagnostics
Instructor: Hsueh-Sheng Wu
Monday, June 21, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Managing Complex Data Structures
Instructor: Hsueh-Sheng Wu
Monday, July 12, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Analyzing Developmental Trajectories
Instructor: Dr. Bobby Jones, Carnegie-Mellon University
July 21, 22 and 23
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Room 115 East Hall

2010 Spring  Workshop Series

R Workshop
Monday, January 25, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Intermediate Stata
Monday, February 8, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Add Health Wave Four
 
Monday, March 1, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

Event History Analysis
Monday, March 15, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room

PAA Practice Talks

Monday, March 29, Noon-1:00 pm
315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

2009 Fall Workshop Series

Introduction to Stata
Monday, September 14, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room - 7C Williams

Introduction to SAS
Monday, October 5, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room - 7C Williams

Finding Data for Your Paper, Thesis or Dissertation
Monday, October 19, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room - 7C Williams

Arrays and Macros in SAS and Stata
Monday, November 2, Noon-1:00 pm
CFDR/NCFMR Conference Room - 7C Williams

2009 Summer Workshop Series

Introduction to Classical Test Theory: How do we measure a latent concept such as love?
Instructor: Hsueh-Sheng Wu
Wednesday, May 27, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 207

Multiple Imputation
Instructor: Heidi Lyons
Wednesday, June 10, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 207

Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
Instructor: Hsueh-Sheng Wu
Wednesday, June 17, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 314

Grant Writing
Instructor: Dr. Wendy Manning
Wednesday, July 22, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 208

Longitudinal Data Analysis Seminar
Instructor: Dr. Paul Allison, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Pre-registration required
Wednesday and Thursday, August 5 and 6
9:00 am-4:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315

Using the ICPSR Database: Finding Social Science Data
Instructor: Heidi Lyons
Date and Time: TBA
GradSTEP Session

2009 Spring Workshop Series
Interaction Workshop
Monday, February 2, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

Intermediate Stata Workshop
Monday, February 23, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

SAS Regression Workshop
Monday, March 16, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

GIS Workshop
Monday, March 30, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

PAA Practice Talks
Monday, April 13, 11:30 am -1:30 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

2008 Fall Workshop Series
Grad Student 101 
Monday, September 15, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315

Finding Data for your Class Paper, Thesis, or Dissertation 
Monday, September 29, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315

Introduction to Stata 
Monday, October 27, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315

Introduction to SAS 
Monday, November 10, Noon-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315

2008 Summer Workshop Series
Missing Data Seminar
Instructor: Dr. Paul Allison, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
June 3 and 4, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
225 Olscamp Hall
Please contact the CFDR for further information.

Advanced SAS Topics…Arrays 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, June 16, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 314

American Factfinder 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, June 30, 12:00-1:00 pm
122 Jerome Library

Grant Writing 
Instructor: Dr. Wendy Manning
Monday, July 21, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 314

Using the ICPSR Database: Finding Social Science Data
Instructor: Dr. Kelly Balistreri
Thursday, August 21
GradSTEP Session

  2008 Spring Workshop Series

Programming Rosetta Stone: Translating between SPSS, SAS and Stata 
Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, January 14, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 201A

Conducting a Literature Search 
Instructor:  Nola du Toit
Monday, January 28, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316

Multiple Imputation 
Instructor:  Dr. Kelly Balistreri
Monday, February 11, 12:00-1:00 pm
 Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 314
     Multiple Imputation Workshop Summary.pdf

Accessing and Analyzing Add Health Data
Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, February 25, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 316
Please see the CFDR for more information.

Making Journal-Quality Tables 
Instructor:  Nola du Toit
Monday, March 24, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 201A

PAA Practice Talks
Facilitator:  Dr. Susan Brown
Monday, March 31, 12:00-1:00 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 201A

2007 Fall Workshop Series
Grad Student 101 Workshop
Instructor: Nola du Toit
Monday, September 10, Noon to 1 pm
Room 315 BTSU

Atlas.ti Workshop
Instructor: Nola du Toit
Monday, October 1, Noon to 1 pm
Room 315 BTSU

Top Ten SAS Questions Revisited 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, October 15, Noon to 1 pm
Room 315, BTSU
      Top 10 SAS rev.pdf

Data in Use Workshop 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, November 5, Noon to 1 pm
Room 315, BTSU
Please click here for information on our faculty affiliates, their research, and data use.

Programming Rosetta Stone: Translating between SPSS, SAS and Stata 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, December 3, Noon to 1 pm
Room 315, BTSU
     programming.pdf

2007 Summer Workshop Series 
Ref Works
Instructor: Laura Rinelli
Wednesday, June 13, Noon to 1 pm
Room 025 Hayes Hall
        RefWorks Handout.pdf

Top Ten SAS Questions 
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Wednesday, July 11, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315
     Top 10 SAS.pdf

Growth Curve Modeling 
Instructor: Dr. Al DeMaris
Monday-Thursday, July 30 to August 2
1:00-5:00 pm, Olscamp Hall ( Registration is required )

2007 Spring Workshop Series 
Using Add Health
  
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, January 22, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315 
Please see the CFDR for more information.

Intermediate Stata/Stata 2   
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, February 5, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315
 
        Intermediate Stata Workshop.pdf
        
Stata Workshop Example.pdf
 
American Factfinder
  
Instructor: Nola du Toit
Monday, February 12, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315
 
         American Factfinder.ppt
 
Excel
  
Instructor: Heidi Lyons
Monday, February 26, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315
 
         Excel Charts.ppt
 
PAA Practice Talks
  
Facilitator:  Dr. Susan Brown
Wednesday, March 21, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315

Interactions   
Instructor: Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, April 9, Noon to 1 pm
BTSU, Room 315
 
          Interaction Workshop.pdf

2006 Fall CFDR Workshop Series 
Grad Student 101 Workshop
Instructor: Heidi Lyons
Monday, September 11, 12 noon­1:00pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315
        
Grad Student 101 Workshop.ppt 
 
Atlas.ti Workshop
Instructors:  Jessica Cohen and Gayra Ostgaard
Monday, October 2, 12 noon­1:00pm
CFDR Conference room, 009 Williams Hall
        Atlas/ti Handout.pdf

SAS Basics Workshop
Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Porter
Monday, October 16, 12 noon­1:00pm
Psychology Building, Room 103
 
      SAS Basic Workshop.pdf 
 
Advanced SAS Topics Workshop
Instructor:  Dr. Meredith Porter
Wednesday, Novemeber 15, Noon­1:00pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Room 315
        Advanced SAS - Arrays.pdf

2006 Summer CFDR Workshop Series 
Electronic Grant Submission Workshop
  
Thursday, June 22nd, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
SPAR conference room (106 University Hall)

Using STATA 
Tuesday, July 11, 12:00-1:00pm
TOMEH Conference Room
         STATA Introduction.pdf
 

Using the ICPSR Database: Finding Social Science Data
Wednesday, August 16
8:30-9:30am
 
GradSTEP Session

2006 Spring CFDR Workshop Series 
SPSS Basics
 
Wednesday, February 22, 12:00 noon – 1:00pm
009 Williams Hall (CFDR Office)
Instructor:
Heidi Lyons
        SPSS Basics.pdf
        SPSS.sav
        sample.sas7bdat
 
Presentation Styles and Practice
 
208 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Instructor:
Aurea Osgood
        
Presentation Styles.pdf 

Using National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), Wave 6
 
Wednesday, April 5, 12:00 noon – 1:00pm
208 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Instructor:
Kelly Balistreri
        
National Survey of Family Growth.pdf 

2005 Fall CFDR Workshop Series 
Maximizing Library Resources
  
Wednesday, August 31 (12 noon - 1:00 pm)
Bowen-Thompson Student Union , Room 201
Instructor: Stefanie Hunker

TARS Basics
 
Wednesday, October 5 (12 noon - 1:00 pm)
Education Building, Room 115
Instructor: Abbey Fruth

Making Journal-Quality Tables (and other useful hints!)
Wednesday, November 2 (12 noon - 1:00 pm)
Hayes Hall 025
Instructor: Aurea Osgood 
        Making Journal-Quality Tables Presentation.pdf
        Excel Examples.xls

2005 Summer Workshop Series 
Using the Add Health and Stata
 
Wednesday, June 8, 10:00am to 11:00am
BTSU 201B
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

CFDR Grant Writing Workshop
 
Tuesday, June 21, 10:00am to 11:00am
BTSU 201B
Instructor:  Wendy Manning 

Introduction to American Factfinder: Obtaining Census data from the Web
Tuesday, July 12, 10:00am to 11:00am
Hayes Hall, Room 128 (IBM lab)
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri
        American FactFinder Examples.pdf
        American FactFinder Workshop Handouts.pdf
        Census 2000 Basics.pdf
       
Introduction to American FactFinder.pdf 

Using the ICPSR database--finding Social Science Data
Thursday, August 18, 9:45am to 10:45am
 
BTSU 314
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

2005 Spring Workshop Series

Library Resources for Sociology Students   
January 26, 11:30- 12:30
BTSU 315
Instructor: Stefanie Hunker

Use Excel-It will make you a better person

February 16, 11:30 -12:30
Hayes 025

SPSS Basics

March 16, 11:30 -12:30
Hayes 128 computer lab
Instructor: Igor Ryabov

The Welfare Children and Families: A Three Cities Data!

April 13, 11:30 -12:30
Instructor: Kelly Jefferys


2004 Fall Workshop Series

Beginning Data Analysis with SAS
August 31, 12:00 – 1:00pm
128 Hayes Hall FSG Lab
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

The Current Population Survey—It’s not just about labor! 
September 14, 12:00 – 1:00pm
BTSU 208
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

More SAS
October 5, 12:00 – 1:00pm
BTSU 315
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

American Factfinder: Obtaining Census Data from the Web
November 16, 12:00 – 1:00pm
128 Hayes Hall FSG Lab
Instructor: Kelly Jefferys

2004 Summer Workshop Series 
The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health)
June 1, 1 – 2 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union Room 314

Advanced Topics in SAS   
We will cover key elements in SAS programming such as do-loops, merging files, creating arrays, and more. The instructor will provide you with annotated SAS programs, describing what was covered in class. This is a must for all students who hope to successfully use SAS for their own research and their assistantship.
June 22 , 1 - 2 pm
Hayes Hall Room 128

Learn to Use GIS with Social and Demographic Data   
July 26 and 27 8:30 to 2:30 (lunch break 11:30 – 12:30)
Geography Lab 203 Hanna Hall

Grant Writing 101
July 20 , 11 – 12 pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union Room 314

Finding Data for Your Master’s Thesis   
Grad Step Week

2004 Spring CFDR Workshop Series 
SPSS Basics
  
Tuesday, February 3, 11:30 – 12:30
Olscamp 207

Criminology Data   
Thursday, February 19, 11:30 – 12:30
BTSU 315

SAS Basics   
Thursday, March 25, 11:30 – 12:30 
Hayes 025

More SAS 
Tuesday, April 13, 11:30 – 12:30
Hayes 025

2003 Fall CFDR Workshop Series 
The Current Population Survey—It’s not just about labor!
  
September 14, 12:00 – 1:00pmBTSU 208
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

More SAS

October 5, 12:00 – 1:00pm
BTSU 315
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

American Factfinder: Obtaining Census Data from the Web
November 16, 12:00 – 1:00pm
128 Hayes Hall FSG Lab
Instructor: Kelly Jefferys
 

SAS Basics
  
Thursday, September 25th, 11:30-12:30
 
025 Hayes Hall

More SAS
Tuesday, November 4, 10:00-11:00
207 Olscamp

STATA (with AddHealth) 
Wednesday, November 12th, 11:00-12:00
BTSU 315

NLSY97   
Data and Time: Wednesday, December 10th, 11:00-12:00
Location: BTSU 315

2003 Summer CFDR Workshop Series
How to Get Rich Quick or Grant Writing 101
Wednesday, July 23rd, 1-2pm
Bowen-Thompson Student Union

STATA
Tuesday, August 5th, 11:30-12:30
Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

Finding Data for your Master’s Thesis   
Thursday, August 21st, 9:45-10:45am
Bowen-Thompson Student Union

2003 Spring CFDR Workshop Series
SAS Basics   
Feb 5 at 11:30 to 12:30
122 Jerome Library Lab
Instructor: Jason Snyder

Introduction to STATA   
March 5 at 11:30 to 12:30

IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes
Instructor: Dr.I-Fen Lin.

More SAS
April 2 at 11:30 to 12:30
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes
Instructor: Jason Snyder

Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Nudist and Atlas/ti
April 30 at 11:30 to 12:30
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes

2002 Fall CFDR Workshop Series
Finding Data for your Master's Thesis   
Sept 18 at 10:00-11:00 am
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes

SAS Basics   
Oct 2 at 10:00-11:00 am
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes

Accessing Census Data from the Web
Oct 30 at 10:00-11:00 am
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes

More SAS
Nov 13 at 10:00-11:00 am
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes

Library Resources for Sociology Students   
Dec 4 at 10:00-11:00 am 128 Hayes
IBM - F/S/G Workroom IBM Seminar Area 128 Hayes


2002 Summer CFDR Workshop Series

Fragile Families and Child Well-Being
July 8th, Monday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Hayes FSG IBM Room
Instructor: Ron Bulanda

How to Get Rich Quick or Grant Writing 101
July 11th, 1:30p.m. to 3:30p.m.

2002 Spring CFDR SAS Workshop Series

Workshop 1 : Using SAS Successfully   
March 20, 10:15 to 11:15 am

Hayes FSG IBM Room
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

Workshop 2: Doing More with SAS   
April 3, 10:30 to 11:30 am
Olscamp 207
Instructor: Kelly Balistreri

Workshop 3: Using Excel Successfully / or SAS Macros: Shortcuts that Work   
April 17, 10:30 to 11:30 am
Olscamp 207