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German Stata Users Group Meeting 2016: Announcement and Program
by Ulrich Kohler 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

14th German Stata Users Group Meeting ===================================== The 14th German Stata Users Group Meeting will be held at the GESIS Cologne on Friday, June 10 2016. Everybody from anywhere who is interested in using Stata is invited to attend this meeting. The meeting will include presentations about causal models, general statistics, and data management, both by researchers and by StataCorp staff. The meeting will also include a "wishes and grumbles" session, during which you may air your thoughts to Stata developers. The program of the conference is being published on http://www.stata.com/meeting/germany16/. On the day before the conference, Ulrich Kohler, Co-author of the Book "Data Analysis Using Stata" and author of several user written Stata commands will hold a workshop on "Introduction to Mata". Details about the workshop are given on http://www.stata.com/meeting/germany16/ Venue ----- GESIS Cologne Unter Sachsenhausen 6--8 50667 Köln, Germany Registration and Accomodation ----------------------------- Please travel at your own expense. The conference fee will be 45 (Students 35) to cover costs for coffee, teas, and luncheons. There will also be an optional informal meal at a restaurant on Friday evening at additional cost. You can enroll by contacting Christiane Senczek (christiane.senczek(a)dpc.de) by email or by writing, phoning, or faxing to: Christiane Senczek Dittrich & Partner Consulting GmbH Prinzenstrasse 2 42697 Solingen Germany Tel: +49 (0)212 260 6624 Fax: +49 (0)212 260 6666 ** Costs ------ Meeting only: 45 (students 35) Workshop on June 9: 65 Workshop and Conference: 85

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Erinnerung: CfP Ad-Hoc Gruppe „Surveyforschung, quo vadis?“
by Näther Caroline 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen Anbei finden Sie den CfP der Ad-Hoc Gruppe „Surveyforschung, quo vadis? Geschlossene Surveyforschung, offene Fragen“ für den DGS-Kongress in Bamberg. Wir freuen uns, falls die Gruppe Ihr Interesse wecken kann und laden Sie dazu ein, einen Präsentationsvorschlag bis Ende April einzureichen. Mit besten Grüssen Caroline Näther und Raphael Vogel

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Reminder: CfP - Antwortqualität in Onlineumfragen, DGS Kongress 2016
by Mergener, Alexandra 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, liebe Methodenfreundinnen und -freunde, anbei möchten wir Sie noch einmal auf einen Call for Papers für eine im Rahmen des diesjährigen Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie stattfindende Ad-hoc-Gruppe aufmerksam machen. Der Titel der Ad Hoc Gruppe lautet "Fluch oder Segen? Ambivalente Perspektiven auf die Antwortqualität von Onlineumfragen". Einreichungen werden noch bis zum 25.04. entgegen genommen. Weitere Details können Sie dem Anhang entnehmen. Wir freuen uns auf eine rege Teilnahme! Mit besten Grüßen Jean Philippe Décieux, Philipp Sischka und Alexandra Mergener i.A. Alexandra Mergener ____________________________________________________________ Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Arbeitsbereich 2.2 “ Qualifikation, berufliche Integration und Erwerbstätigkeit“ Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Research Associate Section 2.2 “Qualifications, Occupational Integration and Employment” Robert‐Schuman‐Platz 3 D‐53175 Bonn Fon: +49 228 107 1414 www.bibb.de<http://www.bibb.de/>

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Offene Stellen an der Universität Hamburg: 2 x zur Promotion, 1 x Postdoc
by Stefanie Kley 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, an der Professur für Soziologie, insb. Ökologisierung und quantitative Methoden der Sozialforschung an der Universität Hamburg sind drei Wissenschaftliche-Mitarbeiter-Stellen neu zu besetzen: 2 x zur Promotion, 50% und 1 x Postdoc-Stelle, 100%. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie die angehängten Stellenanzeigen an Interessierte weiterleiten würden. Mit Dank und Gruß, Stefanie Kley -- Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kley Universität Hamburg Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften Allende Platz 1, Raum 341 20146 Hamburg Tel. ++49+40 42838 4819 Email: stefanie.kley(a)uni-hamburg.de

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Ausschreibung Postdoc Qualitative Methoden
by Betina Hollstein 07 Apr '16

07 Apr '16

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, anbei eine Ausschreibung für eine Postdoc-Stelle an der Universität Bremen. Es wäre schön, wenn Sie geeignete Kandidat/innen auf die Stelle aufmerksam machen könntet. Danke und herzliche Grüße, Betina Hollstein Prof. Dr. Betina Hollstein Professor of Sociology University of Bremen SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy Mary-Somerviille-Str. 9, 3rd floor, room 93090 28359 Bremen Tel +49 (0)421 - 218 - 67280/ -67281 (Sec) E-mail: <mailto:betina.hollstein@uni-bremen.de> betina.hollstein(a)uni-bremen.de <http://www.mikrosoziologie.uni-bremen.de/> www.mikrosoziologie.uni-bremen.de

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5th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
by Prof. Dr. Stefanie Eifler 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

5th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 4 - 26 August 2016, GESIS Cologne, Germany http://bit.ly/5th-gesis-summer-school ***Apologies for cross-posting*** The program for the 5th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology is online and registration is open: http://bit.ly/5th-gesis-summer-school The Summer School will be held from 4 - 26 August at GESIS Cologne, Germany. 21 courses are scheduled, among them 4 short courses and 17 one-week courses. New to the program are a course on traditional and cognitive methods to pretest and evaluate survey questions, a course on how to ask sensitive questions to get valid answers, a course on mathematical tools survey researchers need, and preparatory short courses on the software packages Mplus and Stata. Full schedule: *** Short courses (August 4-5) *** Research Data Management (Recker/Netscher) Introduction to Data Analysis Using Mplus (TBA) Research Designs and Causal Inference (Eifler/Leitgöb) Introduction to Data Analysis Using Stata (Spieß) *** Week 1 (August 8-12) *** Introduction to Survey Design (Lugtig/Krieger) Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling: Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Mplus (Reinecke/Kessler) Introduction to Data Analysis Using R (Steinhauer/Würbach) Introduction to Web Surveys (Lozar Manfreda/Berzelak) Mixed-Mode and Mixed-Device Surveys (Toepoel/de Leeuw/Klausch) Factorial Survey Designs (Auspurg/Sauer) *** Week 2 (August 15-19) *** Web Survey Instrument Design (Couper/Funke) Understanding and Modeling Measurement Error (Billiet/Revilla) Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions (Maitland/Yan) Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation (Meinfelder/Rässler) Design and Implementation of Longitudinal Surveys (Baghal/Cernat) Questionnaire Design (Fuchs/Kunz) *** Week 3 (August 22-26) *** Sensitive Questions in Surveys (Krumpal/Wolter) Planning and Monitoring Survey Fieldwork: Balancing Survey Errors (Feskens/Kappelhof) Mathematical Tools for Social Scientists (Elff) Testing Survey Data for Measurement Equivalence across Countries and Time (Schmidt/Davidov/Seddig) Sampling, Weighting and Estimation (Eckman) Thanks to our cooperation with CDSS, University of Mannheim, participants can obtain up to 4 ECTS points per one-week course: http://bit.ly/gss16-ECTS In addition to courses, we have prepared a number of plenary and social events including weekly welcome receptions, cultural and social trips as well as evening talks by experts in Survey Methodology. There is no registration deadline, but in order to secure a place in the course of your choice and to book affordable accommodation, we recommend that you register as soon as possible. If you book and pay for a course by 30 April, you will receive a 50 Euro discount off the one-week course fees. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides 10 scholarships for international participants (apply by 15 April): http://bit.ly/gss16-daad-sholarships You will find more information on our website: http://bit.ly/5th-gesis-summer-school Thank you and best wishes, Your GESIS Summer School Team --- GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology email: summerschool(a)gesis.org web: http://bit.ly/5th-gesis-summer-school facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GESISSummerSchool -- Sebastian E. Wenz Scientific Coordinator of the GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology Telephone: +49 221-47694-166 E-mail: sebastian.wenz(a)gesis.org GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences Staff division of Knowledge Transfer

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CfP Ad-hoc-Gruppe "Räumliche Manifestationen sozialer Schließung"
by Knut Petzold 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, anbei finden Sie einen Call zur Ad-Hoc-Gruppe "Räumliche Manifestationen sozialer Schließung: Methoden, Daten, Mechanismen" auf dem diesjährigen DGS-Kongress in Bamberg. Falls der Call Ihr Interesse wecken sollte, würden wir uns über Einreichungen bis zum 1.5. freuen. Mit vielen Grüßen Knut Petzold & Thomas Wöhler -- Dr. Knut Petzold Department of Sociology Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

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