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Data Analysis with Stata (Beginners)

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Tobias Gramlich (University of Duisburg-Essen)

Date:
05.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.
06.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.
08.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 15

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: English (German)

Contents:
Stata is a statistical program package widely used (not only) in the social and economical sciences; it is used for data management, statistical graphics and analysis of quantitative data. Statistical concepts will not be part of the course, so participants should have some very basic knowledge of statistics. The course should enable participants to prepare their data for analysis, perform adequate analysis using a statistical computer program and to document these tasks to keep them reproducible.

For Beginners with No or Very Little Knowledge of the Program

Course Topics cover:

  • “What You Type is What You Get”:
    Basic stata Command syntax
  • Getting (and Understanding) Help within stata
    stata Bulit-in Help System
  • Basic Data Management
    Load and Save stata Datasets
    Generate and Manipulate Variables
    Describe and Label Data and Variables
    Perform Basic uni- and bivariate Analyses
    Change the Structure of your Data
  • Basic stata Graphics
    Scatterplot, Histogram, Bar Chart
  • Working with “Do-” and “Log-” Files

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Analysing Panel Data

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Torben Dall-Schmidt & Peter Sandholdt Jensen (tbc)

Date:
08.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: n.s.

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: n.s.

Contents: n.s.

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Introduction to the SOEP

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Elke Holst (SOEP at DIW) and Andrea Schäfer (University of Bremen)

Date:
05.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.
06.10.2009, 14:00 p.m. – 17:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: n.s.

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: English

Contents:
The Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) is a longitudinal study of private households in Germany. The panel provides information on all  household members and was started in 1984. In 2007, there were nearly 11,000 households, and more than 20,000 persons sampled. Some of the many topics include household composition, occupational biographies, employment, earnings, health, well being, integration, values, lifestyles, and personality. The course gives an overview of the data structure and the research designs facilitated by longitudinal household studies that go beyond conventional surveys (intergenerational analysis, life course research, sibling estimates, etc.). In hands-on sessions using Stata, the course provides an applied introduction into the data retrieval, the construction of longitudinal data files, and illustrates some exemplary analyses.

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Qualitative Inquiry and Content Analysis with MAXQDA

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Heiko Grunenberg (Leuphana University Lüneburg)

Date:
08.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
09.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 12

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: German (English)

Contents:

MAXqda is a software to analyse textual data in a qualitative (but also quantitative) way. The course provides a basic introduction into the logic of the program and its broad possibilities. The goal is to enable you to use this tool accordingly to your own method of analysis. For this reason, everybody could practice our working-steps at an own Computer. We will start at the very beginning and learn about the basic features of the program such as preperation and import of texts, basic analysis strategies and creation of codes, memos and variables. After this, we will focus on anaylsis strategies, simple and complex text retrivals. At the end, we will take a short excusion into the world of the quantitative content analyses of counting and numbers.

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Introduction to Qualitative Interview Methods

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Ralph Kattenbach (University of Hamburg)

Date:
05.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
06.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: English (German)

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: n.s.

Contents:

Qualitative research methods have gained more and more importance and acceptance in social sciences. Especially expert interviews, group discussions and observations are applicable for behaviour oriented research questions on individual-, group-, and organisational level. The workshop will be aligned to the individual needs with regard to their own qualitative projects or interests. Sampling, theoretical background, interview techniques, transcription and data-preparations for analyses are main topics to be concerned within the two sessions.

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Data Analysis with R

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Detlef Steuer (HSU Hamburg)

Date:
05.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
06.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
08.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
09.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 15

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

Starting with a basic level introduction to R and its concepts the course will cover typical problems arising in research using statistical tools. Focus will be on the tool R itself, not on the underlying statistics. Nevertheless procedures for descriptive statistics, regression, and time series analysis methods will be given in the examples. Following a ‘natural’ workflow for statisticians the course will cover reading (and cleaning) data, generating graphs and reports, defining functions for repetitive work and keeping research reproducible.

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Data Analysis with Stata (Advanced)

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Andrea Schäfer (University of Bremen)

Date:
05.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
06.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
08.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
09.10.2009, 09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 17

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 3 CP for participating in the whole IRWS 2009

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

The course is designed to provide a more advanced knowledge of Stata 10. Those who are already experienced in using Stata for data analysis and attended the ‘Introduction to Stata’ course or be familiar with the contents will benefit most from the course. Further, it is assumed that participants will have a working knowledge of basic statistics. However, the course is not focussed on statistical content, but on data management skills. By the end of the course, students should be able to use Stata 10 efficiently through using a broader range of complex commands, understanding and using matrices, scalars and macros and produce formatted outputs.

Teaching practice will consist of tutorials and practical sessions (exercises).

Course outline:

  • Short review on basics
  • How to reshape and create data sets
  • Advanced functions and commands: using egen, _N, _n
  • Structure of loopings: while, foreach and forvalues
  • Managing and creating matrices
  • Understanding and using: scalars, macros and arguments
  • Fancy graphs: Create tailor-made publication quality graphs
  • Know how to export results: estout, outreg, tabout
  • Very first steps: writing programs

You have to register for the 3rd International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Volkswirtschaftliches Forschungskolloquium – Research Seminar in Economics

Institution: Promotionskolleg VWL, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Studiengang: Promotionsstudium

Dozent/in: Stefan Baumgärtner, Maik Heinemann, Joachim Wagner, Thomas Wein (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Termin(e): wöchentlich, Mittwoch, 08:30 Uhr – 09:30 Uhr, 30.03.2009 – 03.07.2009, Raum C 4.215, Beamer und Internetzugang dringend erforderlich

Raum: k.A.

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 30

Semester-Wochen-Stunden: 2

Credit Points: k.A.

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

Beschreibung: k.A.

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Promotionskolleg BWL

Institution: Promotionskolleg BWL, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Studiengang: Promotionsstudium

Dozent/in: Sigrid Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, Reinhard Schulte, Ursula Weisenfeld (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Termin(e): 21.08.2009, 10:00 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr, Raum C 16.3, Block, Termin n.V.
22.08.2009, 10:00 Uhr – 18:00 Uhr, Raum C 16.3, Block, Termin n.V.

Raum: k.A.

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10

Semester-Wochen-Stunden: 2

Credit Points: k.A.

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

Beschreibung: Liebe Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden,

im Sommersemester 2009 bieten wir (Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, Schulte, Weisenfeld) ein Promotionskolleg zum Thema Methoden an. Eine Vorbesprechung findet am 24.04.2009 um 16:30 statt; Präsentationen und Diskussionen finden im Block am 21. und 22.8. statt, bei Bedarf wird ein weiteres Wochenende geplant.

Um abschätzen zu können, wieviel Zeit und welchen Raum wir benötigen, bitte wir Sie, uns bis zum 6.3. mitzuteilen, ob Sie eine Teilnahme am Kolleg planen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, Schulte, Weisenfel

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Wissenschaftstheorie

Institution: Graduziertenzentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Studiengang: Promotionsstudium

Dozent/in: Albert Martin (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg)

Termin(e):
03.04.2009, 09:00 Uhr – 17:00 Uhr
13.06.2009, 09:00 Uhr – 17:00 Uhr
04.07.2009, 09:00 Uhr – 17:00 Uhr

Raum: C 12.6

Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 30

Semester-Wochen-Stunden: 2

Credit Points: k.A.

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

Beschreibung:
Inhalt: Die Veranstaltung befasst sich mit Basis-Themen der Wissenschaftslehre wie Aussagen, Theorien, Modelle, Prüfung, Praxisgestaltung usw.

Literatur: Literatur wird in der Veranstaltung bekanntgegeben.

Ziel: Der Wissenschaftslehre geht es um die Qualität der Erkenntnisgrundlagen, die unser Denken und Handeln lenken. In unserer Veranstaltung geht es darum, die Qualität von wissenschaftlichen Aussagen zu beurteilen und zu prüfen, welche Schlussfolgerungen sich hieraus für die eigene Arbeit ergeben.

Teilnahmevoraussetzung: Die Themenvergabe erfolgt in der ersten Veranstaltung am 3. April, von 14.00-17.00 Uhr. Hier erfolgt auch eine Einführung in die Thematik.

Außerdem werden zwei Blockveranstaltungen durchgeführt, wegen der externen Doktoranden: Samstag, 13. Juni und Samstag, 4. Juli

Studienleistung: keine Angabe

Prüfungsleistung: Verfassung einer Hausarbeit, Referat.

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