Seminars

Workshops for Fall, 2020

Introduction to SAS, Monday, October 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. via Zoom Description: SAS is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows and Unix. This class is designed for people who are just getting started using SAS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SAS for statistics, graphics, and data management. The SAS class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be a SAS textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help in learning SAS even if they don’t enroll in the class.

The sign-up link is here: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/introduction-to-sas-5 Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered the day before the workshop. The workshop notes are here: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/seminars/notes/ Attendees should have access to SAS. There are several ways to access SAS, including having SAS installed on your computer (meaning that you purchased a license for SAS); using SAS University Edition, which is a free download (https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html ); or via the CLICC Virtual Desktop (https://docs.library.ucla.edu/display/LSD/Access+a+CLICC+Virtual+Desktop ) (available only to those who are currently affiliated with UCLA).

Introduction to SPSS, Monday, October 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. via Zoom Description: SPSS is a very easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. This class is designed for people who are just starting to use SPSS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SPSS for doing statistics, graphics, and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the class. The SPSS class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be an SPSS textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help them learn SPSS even if they don’t enroll in the class. These notes were developed using SPSS version 26, but most of the material should work with slightly earlier or later versions of SPSS.

The sign-up link is here: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/introduction-to-spss-7 Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered the day before the workshop. The workshop notes are here: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/spss/seminars/notes/ Attendees should have access to SPSS, either by having SPSS installed on your computer or via a subscription, or via the CLICC Virtual Desktop (https://docs.library.ucla.edu/display/LSD/Access+a+CLICC+Virtual+Desktop ) (available only to those who are currently affiliated with UCLA).

Introduction to R, Monday, November 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. via Zoom Description: R is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows, Macintosh and Unix. This class is designed for people who are just getting started using R. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using R for statistics, graphics, and data management. The R class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be an R textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help in learning R even if they don’t enroll in the class.

The sign-up link is here: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/introduction-to-r-10 Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered the day before the workshop. The workshop notes are here: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/r/seminars/intro/ Attendees should download and install both R (https://cran.r-project.org/ ) and R Studio (https://rstudio.com/ ) before the beginning of the workshop. We will not be able to assist anyone with installation issues during the workshop.

Introduction to Stata, Monday, November 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. via Zoom Description: Stata is a powerful and yet easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms. This class is designed for people who are just getting started using Stata. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using Stata for statistics, graphics and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the class available to the students in the class and to others on the Internet. The Stata class notes do not contain any of the output. The class notes are not meant to be a Stata textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help in learning Stata even if they don’t enroll in the class.

The sign-up link is here: https://idre.ucla.edu/calendar-event/introduction-to-stata-6 Zoom meeting information will be sent to those registered the day before the workshop. The workshop notes are here: https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/stata/seminars/stata-16-class-notes/ Attendees should have access to Stata, either by having Stata installed on your computer or via the CLICC Virtual Desktop (https://docs.library.ucla.edu/display/LSD/Access+a+CLICC+Virtual+Desktop ) (available only to those who are currently affiliated with UCLA).

Past Classes and Workshops Available Online

Stata

SAS

SPSS

Introduction to SPSS (point-and-click and syntax)
Introduction to Regression with SPSS (Version 23)
A Practical Introduction to Factor Analysis
Principal Components (PCA) and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with SPSS
Introduction to SPSS Syntax, Part1 (using SPSS version 21)
Introduction to SPSS Syntax, Part 2 (using SPSS version 21)
Repeated Measures Analysis in SPSS
Using the SPSS Mixed Command
Graphics using SPSS

Mplus and Latent Variable Analysis

SUDAAN

Introduction to SUDAAN

Longitudinal Data Analysis

Survey Data Analysis

Introduction to Survey Data Analysis

Power Analysis

Special Topics

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