Liebe Kolleginnen, liebe Kollegen, das Programm der GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2013 ist fertiggestellt und ab sofort ist auch die Registrierung geöffnet! Viele Grüße, Henning Best

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Dear colleagues,

the program for the GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2013 is online and registration is open. The registration deadline is June 1st (but in order to secure a place and affordable accommodation, we recommend early registration).

This year, the summer school will be held from August 8 to 30 at GESIS Cologne, Germany. 19 courses are scheduled, most of which are one-week courses. You'll find more information on our website at www.gesis.org/summerschool. I would be grateful if you could forward this information to potential participants.

Here is an overview of the courses on offer this year:

Short courses: • Course A: Survey Design • Course B: Qualitative Methods • Course C: Statistical Data Analysis Using R • Course D: Introduction to Research Data Management for Social Scientists

• One-week courses: • Course 1: Introduction to Survey Design • Course 2: Unit Nonresponse • Course 3: Mixed Methods • Course 4: Introduction to the Structural Equation Modeling Framework • Course 5: Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation • Course 6: Cross-National Research: Data Collection and Analysis (two-week course!) • Course 7: Understanding and Modelling Measurement Error in Social Surveys • Course 8: Sampling and Estimation for Complex Surveys • Course 9: Questionnaire Translation in Cross-cultural Surveys • Course 10: Experimental Techniques in Survey Research • Course 11: Questionnaire Design • Course 12: Factorial Survey Designs • Course 13: Design and Implementation of Longitudinal Surveys • Course 14: Data Collection: Interviewer Training and Fieldwork Monitoring • Course 15: Web Surveys

Thank you and best wishes, Silke Schneider

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