Free Non-credit Courses Descriptions

Summer 2008

Syntax Isn't As Scary As It Seems
A lot of people know SPSS has a syntax feature, but are intimidated to use it.  In this session, we will work a handful of examples which will demonstrate that the syntax feature has some very powerful benefits.
In particular, we will look at some recoding and manipulation of variables, reading in non-SPSS data files, and some repetitive types of calculations (e.g., running 15 different regressions with minor changes).
Instructor: Gregg Harbaugh
Date:       Thursday, July 10
Time:       11:00am to Noon
Place:      Condon 601G

Manage Census Data with SAS
In this lecture, I will present the major data products of the decennial census (1970, 1980, 1990 & 2000)  and American Community Survey (ACS 2005 & ACS 2006). The first part of the class will emphasize different years of Census products including Census concepts, terminology, geography as well as the structure and content of the various Census data files. The second part of the class will focus on using SAS software to read and manipulate the Census data files.
Instructor: Tina Tian
Date:       Wednesday, July 16
Time:       2:30pm to 3:30pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Introduction to Atlas.ti
In this lecture, the instructor will introduce some basic features followed by more in-depth discussion of the program functions as well as strategies for data management and migration regardless of working as individuals or as a team, or of working solely on one specific computer or on multiple work stations.
Instructor: Sheila Huang
Date:       Thursday, July 17
Time:       Noon to 1:00pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Mapping the Seattle Area with ArcGIS
This is an introduction to creating maps with freely available data from King County, and the City of Seattle. I will provide an introduction to accessing the Washington State Geospatial Data Archive (WAGDA) and explain map composition with multiple data sources in ArcMap.
Instructor: Jon Glick
Date:       Thursday, July 17
Time:       4:00pm to 5:00pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Access Forms and Queries
Action queries, parameter queries, select or crosstab queries, oh my!! Learn about the many different types of queries and how to create them, as well as how these queries can interact with your forms and your data to make your life easier. This class is ideal for people with a basic understanding of Microsoft Access (tables, forms, queries, reports) but want to gain more specific knowledge about searching through their data using queries.
Instructor: Melissa Pico
Date:       Friday, July 18
Time:       10:00am to 11:00am
Place:      Condon 601G

Analyzing Data with SPSS 16: For Beginners
This course is designed for beginners and as a review for those who have some experience using SPSS. The course will cover basic data analysis functions such as frequency tables, comparing means and crosstabs, as well as creating and editing graphs. We will pay special attention to selecting variables that will generate manageable frequency and crosstabs tables.
Instructor: Betty Zou
Date:       Tuesday, July 22
Time:       2:00pm to 3:00pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Beautiful R Graphics
R is a powerful statistical programming language that renders the flexibility to customize graphs and illustrations of statistical analysis as we want.
In this class, we will learn the basic tools of R graphics that will enable us to generate simple graphs of statistical data as a first step and then create more complicated and yet creative graphs further on to present the information of statistical analysis.
Instructor: Yen-Sheng Chiang
Date:       Wednesday, July 23
Time:       4:00pm to 5:00pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Formatting Your Dissertation or Thesis in Microsoft Word
This lecture will help you format your thesis/dissertation to conform with the UW Graduate School Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations.
Instructor: Dixielynn Gleason
Date:       Wednesday, August 6
Time:       8:30am to 9:30am
Place:      Condon 601G

Presentations with LaTex Beamer
This class introduces the tricks of creating presentations with LaTex Beamer.
Using Beamer is different from using the "What you see is What you get" environment such as Powerpoint, Keynotes or KPresenter. A Beamer presentation involves typesetting like any other LaTex document: it has a structure that consists of a preamble and a body. The body is structured by sections, frames and items, which are put in environments to compile an output presentation.
The advantage of using Beamer is that it produces a beautiful, professional quality presentation, with the highest flexibility of expression to suit your needs. The down side is that the learning curve is steep.
Instructor: JinYoung Kim
Date:       Friday, August 8
Time:       1:00pm to 2:00pm
Place:      Condon 601G

Hacking Your Mac for Academic Research
As a Mac User, are you confused by the various academic software titles on the market? You may have heard of Endnote; however, you may be intimidated by its relatively unhelpful interface.
Do you use SPSS, or have you heard of Papers? What about Pathfinder? Proxies? The mind boggles.
Make sense of Academic Mac Software.

This summer, take command of your Mac for academic research! During this class, we recommend that you bring a Mac Laptop with you. We will have demonstration software available for you to install and try, and what a treat this will be! We'll go over the ins and outs of Endnote and Word (some versions work together, some don't!), and we'll talk about how you can use Endnote to generate your bibliographies as you write. We'll introduce you to Pathfinder and show you how easy it can be to get organized on your Mac (and look great doing it!). We'll also you show you one of the most exciting new academic software releases so far, the amazing Papers! This software helps you find, read, and organize academic .pdfs and will let you search the university databases directly from within the program. We'll also show you how to import .pdf files directly from the Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, and more! We'll even teach you how to move .pdf files and references between Word, Endnote and Papers. As an added bonus (for paying attention), we'll show you the secrets of the javascript bookmarklet that you can drag into Safari...which will let you access pesky .pdfs right from your browser. Bring your Mac, and see you on August fifth! Until then, happy researching from your friends at CSSCR.
Instructor: Tim Pasch
Date:  Tuesday, August 5
Time:  1:00pm to 2:00pm
Place:  Condon 601G

 

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