The Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM) would like to inform you that registration for the course “Statistical methods for policy evaluation and causal inference in observational studies” is now open. The course will be taught by Dr. Bruno Arpino (Universitat Pompeu Fabra – RECSM) and will take place on March 28th-29th, 2012, at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

You will find complete information regarding the course, including its program and registration procedure at the following links:

http://www.upf.edu/survey/activities/courses.html

http://www.upf.edu/survey/_pdf/course_bruno_arpino_2012.pdf (in .pdf format)

The course is directed to anyone involved and/or interested in causal inference and modeling, policy evaluation, or statistics, especially experts coming from survey research commercial organizations, and students of statistics, political science and sociology. A maximum of 30 people can take part in the course. Participants will be admitted on a first-come first-serve basis: the first 30 people who sign up and pay the registration fee will be accepted. The deadline for registration is March 16th, 2012.

For any questions about the course, its program, or its registration procedure, feel free to contact us at recsm@upf.edu.