Introduction to Stata
Andrew Hicks (UCLA) October 11, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM Bunche Hall A258
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How to be an Effective Researcher
Bunche 9383Xi Song, Devin Bunten, Malia Jones, Andrew Hicks, Jennie Brand (CCPR) October 22, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM Bunche Hall 9383
Introduction to Methods for Longitudinal Survey Analysis using Stata
Andrew Hicks (UCLA) January 31, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM SSC Computer Lab 2035H, located on the second floor in the Public Affairs Building.
Exploring Contextual Dimensions of Behavioral and Mental Health Interventions in Diverse Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations
4240 Public Affairs BldgMarch 6, 1:30 PM-5:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg. Co-sponsored with the UCLA BRITE Center
Econ Mini-Conf: Perspectives on Health and Aging
4240 Public Affairs BldgRobert Willis (University of Michigan), Mark Hayward (UT Austin), and Robert Pollak (University of Washington, St. Louis) March 7, 9:00 AM-3:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
NBER Cohort Studies Meeting
4240 Public Affairs BldgApril 4, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Learn About New Datasets in Health and Aging
4240 Public Affairs BldgSharon Stein Merkin, Mei-Hua Huang April 11, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Publishing in a Social Science Journal: Advice for Graduate Students and Early Career Scholars
4240 Public Affairs BldgMerril Silverstein, Syracuse University, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences April 18, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Research Using Restricted Data: Ethics and Access Issues
4240 Public Affairs BldgGary Gates (UCLA), Elizabeth Stephenson May 19, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Agent-Based Modeling Using AnyLogic Workshop
Prof. Nathan Osgood, University of Saskatchewan July 28–August 1, 2014 University of California, Los Angeles
Introduction to Stata
Andrew Hicks (UCLA) October 3, 12:00-1:30pm Bunche Hall A258
Leaping the Hurdles and Navigating the Maze: Getting NIH Funding
4240 Public Affairs BldgSusan Newcomer, PhD NIH Extramural Program Staff October 23, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 4240 Public Affairs Building Co-sponsored with The Williams Institute This is an introduction to the culture of the US National Institutes of Health. I will talk about how the NIH functions, describe the process of an award from application to review […]
How to Effectively Talk About Your Research with Diverse Audiences
4240 Public Affairs BldgShelley Wiseman and Prof. Jennie Brand December 10, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 4240 Public Affairs Building When you are asked to talk about your research, many of the challenges are the same no matter who your audience and what your communications medium (PowerPoint or not). How to get and keep the audience on board. […]
Identifying and Accessing Datasets for Studies on Health and Aging
4240 Public Affairs BldgSharon Stein Merkin and Mei-Hua Huang March 13, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 4240 Public Affairs Building This presentation outlines the general approach to identifying and accessing datasets for secondary data analyses related to health and aging. Within this framework, we will outline the services provided by the UCLA Older American Independence Center’s Data Access […]
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Michael Tzen May 21, 2015 2:00pm-5:00pm 2400 Public Affairs Building An increasing number of longitudinal datasets are being made available. The longitudinal nature of the dataset may be represented as a hierarchy of stages, say, measurements across time nested within an individual. We’ll discuss how hierarchical models account for the nested structures and how Generalized […]
Bayesian Statistical Modeling Using Stan
4240 Public Affairs BldgDaniel Lee June 23, 2015 10:00 AM-12:00 PM 4240 Public Affairs Building Stan is an open-source, Bayesian inference tool with interfaces in R, Python, Matlab, Julia, Stata, and the command line. Users write statistical models in a high-level statistical language. The default Bayesian inference algorithm is the no-U-turn sampler (NUTS), an auto-tuned version of Hamiltonian […]
All California Labor Economics Conference 2015
UCLA Carnesale CommonsThe All-California Labor Economics Conference (ACLEC) brings together the top labor economists in California annually to present recent research. This year’s conference will be hosted by UCLA on Thursday, September 17 and Friday, September 18. Leah Boustan (Economics) and Sarah Reber (Public Policy) are co-organizing. The local planning committee consists of Leah Boustan, Sarah Reber, […]
So you want to be a researcher? Principles and practical data tools to help you fly transparently
SSC Computing Lab 2400 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, United StatesResearchers go through fundamental steps in a data analysis project. This workshop highlights key steps in a data analyst's workflow and encourages transparency in each of the steps. Throughout this workshop, we go through hands on exercises that integrate: a transparency engine, obtaining federal API data, producing useful intermediate data structures, and sharing analysis results. […]
Reproducibility of Statistical Results
CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPresented By: Mark S. Handcock (Professor, Statistics) Jeffrey B. Lewis (Professor, Political Science) Marc A. Suchard (Professor, Biomathematics, Biostatistics and Human Genetics) Reproducibility is one of the main principles of the scientific method. This panel of scholars will discuss issues in the importance of replication of statistical results. Increasing attention is being paid to […]
NBER Cohort Studies Data Users Conference
CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCCPR is hosting the annual NBER Cohort Studies meeting which brings together researchers from different fields interested in aging related issues or in methodologies applicable to aging and has set the seeds for synergistic relationships between economists, sociologists, demographers, psychologists, epidemiologists, and MDs. The meeting is funded in part by an NIH conference grant through […]