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Instats is a mission-driven organization devoted to improving research practices through expert-led training for PhD and post-PhD researchers across a broad range of fields, methods, and theoretical orientations across the globe.
Last chance to register for Introduction to Bioinformatics for Genomics (Free Seminar)

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Introduction to Bioinformatics for Genomics (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Feb 16, 2026 (UTC)
Join Estefania Mancini (Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute) for an online seminar on key bioinformatics methods for analyzing sequencing and genomics data — a timely session that also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Human Genome Project’s first publication. Designed for PhD students and professional researchers, the seminar covers sequence-based assays, transcriptomics, variant discovery and integrative analyses that drive modern genomics and translational research. All sessions are livestreamed via Zoom, with recordings, slides, program input/output and data available for 30 days after the seminar; a moderated Q&A forum will be open for 30 days to follow up with the experts. On-demand access is available (materials accessible for 30 days after enrollment), and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent points shown for European students). Register now to secure your place and deepen your computational genomics skills. #Bioinformatics #ComputerScience #Genomics #SoftwareEngineering #DataScience #MolecularBiology #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Learn Introduction to Generalized Linear Models at your own pace!

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Introduction to Generalized Linear Models - On-Demand
Join Professor Rafael Moral for an intensive workshop on generalized linear models (GLMs) in R—ideal for PhD students, professors and professional researchers seeking both theoretical foundations and hands-on skills. You’ll learn to apply and interpret GLMs for binary, binomial and categorical outcomes, Poisson and negative binomial models for counts, and advanced approaches for overdispersion (including beta-binomial) and zero-inflated data, with practical implementation using R’s glm and related tools. The seminar is delivered live via Zoom with take-home challenges, and all recordings, code, data and slides plus an instructor‑monitored forum are available for 30 days after the course (on-demand access also offered). Participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent indicated for European students). Learn more and register at https://www.prstats.org/. #DataScience #Biostatistics #Mathematics #Statistics #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Learn Introduction to Machine Learning at your own pace!

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Introduction to Machine Learning - On-Demand
Advance your research with "Introduction to Machine Learning," an on-demand, self-paced workshop by Professor Rafael Moral (PR Statistics) tailored for PhD students, professors and professional researchers who want to master machine learning using R. The course combines theory and hands-on exercises across supervised and unsupervised learning (k-means, hierarchical clustering), dimension reduction (PCA), regression and classification (linear/logistic, smoothing, splines, GAMs), regularization (ridge, LASSO, elastic net), cross-validation, tree-based methods (CART, random forests) and BART, plus take-home skill challenges to reinforce learning. All videos, code, data, slides and recordings are available for 30 days after enrollment and a monitored forum provides instructor support; participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS Equivalent for European students). If you want practical R skills to analyze complex data and boost the quality and impact of your research, this workshop gives you the tools and guidance to get there—learn more and enroll today. #Bioinformatics #ComputerScience #Statistics #DataScience #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
New Instats livestreaming seminar: AI-Powered Image Analysis 2.0

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AI-Powered Image Analysis 2.0 - Livestream starting Mar 3, 2026 (UTC)
Join a one-day, hands-on workshop on AI-powered image analysis led by Nikolay Oskolkov (Group Leader/PI at LIOS) designed for PhD students, professors and research professionals who need to convert microscopy and clinical images into publication-quality measurements. Through live coding in Jupyter on Linux and ChatGPT-assisted scripting, you’ll learn end-to-end pipelines for CNN-based classification, UNet and Mask R-CNN segmentation, transfer learning for small biological datasets, hybrid OpenCV + deep-learning preprocessing, uncertainty quantification, and interpretability with GRAD-CAM, plus best practices for reproducible workflows, experiment tracking, benchmarking and statistical reporting. The seminar is delivered via Zoom with all recordings, notebooks and materials available for 30 days (plus a monitored Q&A forum), on-demand access after purchase, and a certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown for European students). Register to gain practical skills to build, evaluate and document robust image-analysis pipelines ready for theses, papers and grants. #ComputationalBiology #DataAnalytics #DataScience #MachineLearning #BiomedicalEngineering #Bioinformatics #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Jupyter #Linux #Python #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
New Instats livestreaming seminar: AI for Clinical Reasoning and Diagnosis (Free Seminar)

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AI for Clinical Reasoning and Diagnosis (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Mar 25, 2026 (UTC)
Join our advanced seminar for PhD students and academic researchers at the intersection of laboratory results, EHRs, LLMs, and causal inference to advance AI-driven clinical reasoning—learn how to integrate lab trajectories with language models to support diagnostic hypotheses and patient-facing explanations while meeting the epistemic demands of reproducibility, temporality, and domain shift. You’ll gain practical skills in extracting and normalizing lab data, constructing time-indexed causal DAGs, designing counterfactual evaluation protocols, applying prompt engineering and constrained generation to reduce hallucination, and using clinically informed evaluation metrics (calibration, discrimination, subgroup robustness, temporal alignment, and sensitivity analyses) to build reproducible pipelines that combine structured labs and free-text. The seminar emphasizes publishable, methodologically rigorous research with translational impact, leaving participants with explanation-fidelity metrics, human-AI and ethical assessment frameworks, and a clear research agenda plus templates for experimental designs, manuscripts, and grants. All livestreams are via Zoom; recordings, slides, inputs/outputs, and data are available for 30 days after the seminar (and on-demand access is available any time after enrollment), a Q&A forum will be monitored for 30 days, and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown for European students). #ArtificialIntelligence #Biomedicine #CausalInference #ComputerScience #DataAnalytics #DataScience #HealthSciences #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Medicine #Ethics #InformationScience #BiomedicalEngineering #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 10, 2026 at 7:52 AM
New Instats livestreaming seminar: AI for Systematic Reviews

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AI for Systematic Reviews - Livestream starting Feb 25, 2026 (UTC)
Join a hands-on two-day seminar for PhD students and professional researchers led by HubMeta co‑founders Professors Hadi Fariborzi and Piers Steel that teaches a rigorous AI-integrated, end-to-end evidence-synthesis workflow using HubMeta (free platform used by 6,000+ researchers) with parallel demonstrations in R—ensuring participants can complete a full systematic review and meta-analysis. You will implement the Pull/Pick/Prep/Push pipeline: protocol-aligned question design, concept-block searches and provenance tracking, AI-assisted screening and full-text capture, integrated fuzzy deduplication, codebook-driven extraction to an analysis-ready dataset, a rapid baseline meta-analysis and advanced quantitative methods (moderators, multilevel/RVE, bias diagnostics), plus transparent qualitative synthesis and manuscript-ready outputs supported by responsible AI tools like NotebookLM. Registrants receive a free 6-month HubMeta subscription if paid features are introduced; all sessions stream via Zoom with recordings, materials and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days afterward, and an Instats certificate (ECTS-equivalent points for European students where shown). Perfect for researchers who want scalable, reproducible SR/MA methods—register today to secure your spot. #QualitativeResearch #QuantitativeMethods #ResearchMethods #Education #InformationScience #ComputerScience #Statistics #DataScience #HubMeta #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Last chance to register for Exploratory Analysis of Complex Datasets with ChatGPT 2.0

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Exploratory Analysis of Complex Datasets with ChatGPT 2.0 - Livestream starting Feb 12, 2026 (UTC)
Join Nikolay Oskolkov (Molecular Biosciences, Lund University) for a one-day advanced workshop, "Exploratory Analysis of Complex Datasets with ChatGPT," designed for PhD students, professors and research professionals in statistics, data science, bioinformatics, AI and machine learning — a hands-on deep dive into overcoming the curse of dimensionality using linear and non-linear dimensionality reduction (PCA, MDS, t-SNE, UMAP), clustering (k-means, hierarchical, GMM, DBSCAN, spectral, Louvain/Leiden), autoencoders and neural-network approaches, time-series clustering with DTW, and practical implementations in R, Python, TensorFlow and Bash, plus how to integrate modern AI tools like ChatGPT into your analysis workflow; sessions combine theory and applied exercises to help you uncover patterns, detect anomalies and present interpretable results. The seminar is livestreamed via Zoom, with all recordings, code, data and slides available for 30 days after the event and an expert-moderated Q&A forum open for 30 days, and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown where applicable). Ideal for researchers seeking practical skills to analyze complex, high-dimensional datasets and to accelerate their projects with state-of-the-art tools — register or learn more to secure your place. #Statistics #DataScience #Bioinformatics #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ComputerScience #Biostatistics #MolecularBiology #CognitiveScience #R #Python #ChatGPT #TensorFlow #Bash #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Learn Using Mplus for Dynamic SEM (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Using Mplus for Dynamic SEM (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join our hands-on workshop on Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM) using Mplus—designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers who want to move beyond static measures and model intra-individual dynamics in intensive longitudinal data. You will learn core DSEM concepts and how to specify and estimate dynamic models in Mplus (including Bayes estimation), incorporate time-lagged predictors, handle autocorrelation and moving-average processes, address missing data, and evaluate and interpret complex model outputs with real-world examples. The workshop is delivered via Zoom with take-home skill challenges; all recordings, program input/output, data, and slides are available for 30 days after the seminar (live attendees get a monitored chat forum for 30 days), on-demand access can be activated any time with the same 30-day access window, and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (with ECTS-equivalent points for European students). This material is based on Mplus Web Talk 6 from statmodel.com, with supplemental Web Talk 6 outputs available online—perfect for researchers wanting practical, immediately applicable DSEM skills. #Education #Statistics #Psychology #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Learn Using Mplus for DSEM with Cycles (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Using Mplus for DSEM with Cycles (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join Professor Muthén for a practical, advanced seminar on Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM) with cycles—an essential technique for analyzing longitudinal panel data with repeating patterns—designed for PhD students, faculty, and researchers in psychology, education, and the social and health sciences. The workshop covers foundational and advanced topics including an introduction to DSEM, Mplus implementation, identifying and modeling cycles, interpreting complex time-series, addressing convergence and data-quality issues, customizing models to research questions, robustness and sensitivity checks, multilevel DSEM for hierarchical data, and real-world case studies, with take-home skill challenges to consolidate learning. Delivered via Zoom (with recordings, program input/output, data and slides available for 30 days and an instructor-monitored chat forum for questions), the seminar is also available on-demand with the same 30-day access; a certificate of completion (with ECTS-equivalent points for European students) is provided. Supplemental papers and a technical report are available from statmodel.com; this talk was originally presented there as Mplus Web Talk 7. #DataScience #Education #Psychology #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Learn Can CLPM Establish Cross-Lagged Effects? (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Can CLPM Establish Cross-Lagged Effects? (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join Professor Bengt Muthen for an in-depth online seminar on Cross‑Lagged Panel Modeling (CLPM)—a must for PhD students, academics, and researchers who need to understand the strengths, limitations, and practical pitfalls of using CLPM to infer temporal relations in longitudinal data. Drawing on decades of expertise (originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 5 at https://statmodel.com/), this workshop combines theory, hands-on examples, take-home skill challenges, and downloadable materials (Web Talk 5 outputs: http://www.statmodel.com/download/WT5.zip), with live Zoom sessions, a monitored post-seminar forum, and all recordings/materials available for 30 days; on-demand access is also provided. Participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent information included for European students), practical guidance to strengthen the robustness of their analyses, and ongoing instructor support to apply CLPM insights to current and future research projects. #Education #Psychology #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Learn Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 2: Categorical Variables (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 2: Categorical Variables (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Delve into advanced cross-lagged modeling for categorical variables in panel data with Professor Bengt Muthén—based on Mplus Web Talk 4 (Part II) at statmodel.com. This seminar is ideal for PhD students and researchers seeking rigorous tools to interpret temporal precedence and reciprocal effects in longitudinal categorical data: learn how to use Mplus to handle categorical measurement, missing data, assess model fit, and address practical issues in drawing causal inferences. Live Zoom sessions include take-home skill challenges and an instructor‑monitored chat, and all recordings and materials (program input/output, data, slides) are available for 30 days after the seminar or on-demand after enrollment. Participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent noted for European students), and supplemental outputs and papers are provided to support hands‑on learning—visit statmodel.com for details and enrollment information. #DataScience #Statistics #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Learn Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 1: Continuous Variables (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 1: Continuous Variables (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join Professor Bengt Muthén for a practical deep-dive into cross-lagged panel modeling with Mplus—ideal for PhD students, academics, and researchers who want to strengthen their longitudinal analysis skills and understand directionality among continuous variables. This workshop covers CLPM concepts, estimating cross-lagged and autoregressive paths, and interpreting model fit, and pairs theory with hands-on application using Mplus; it was originally delivered as Mplus Web Talk 4 (Part I) on statmodel.com. Delivered via Zoom with take-home skill challenges, all recordings, program input/output, data and slides are available for 30 days after the seminar (livestream and on-demand options), and an instructor-monitored chat forum is open for questions; participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent noted for European students). Supplemental code and materials are available at statmodel.com for those who want to follow along or revisit the content. #Psychology #Education #DataScience #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Learn Better Longitudinal SEM: Wheaton et al. 46 Years Later (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Better Longitudinal SEM: Wheaton et al. 46 Years Later (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join renowned UCLA scholar Bengt Muthen for an in-depth online seminar on longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) that traces the method’s evolution and introduces modern approaches—including a reanalysis of the landmark Wheaton et al. study—to achieve superior model fit and interpretability. Designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers in psychology, education, social sciences and related fields, this masterclass pairs historical perspective with hands-on skills, take-home challenges, and practical examples to deepen your latent-variable modeling expertise. Delivered via Zoom, the seminar includes recordings, program input/output, data, slides and a monitored discussion forum available for 30 days after the event (on-demand access is also available), and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion with ECTS equivalent points noted for European students. Originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 3 at statmodel.com; supplemental outputs and data are available at http://www.statmodel.com/download/WebTalk3.zip. #SocialTheory #DataScience #Psychology #Statistics #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Learn Ethical AI for Qualitative Research at your own pace!

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Ethical AI for Qualitative Research - On-Demand
Join Dr Philip Adu for a focused two-day workshop that equips PhD students, doctoral candidates, faculty, and research professionals with practical tools to use AI responsibly in qualitative research—introducing the STRESS Framework (Sensitivity, Transparency, Responsibility, Ethics, Skepticism, Security) and hands-on guidance for translating ethical principles into repeatable, defensible practice across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Through live demonstrations and guided exercises you will learn the interpretive limits of AI, how to design robust system instructions, build a STRESS Chatbot and a STRESS Framework Assistant, and produce system-instruction templates, scoring rubrics, and sample disclosure language that strengthen dissertation methodology chapters, IRB and grant applications, and journal submissions. The seminar is delivered via Zoom with recordings, materials, and a monitored chat forum available for 30 days after the event (on-demand access is also available after purchase), and participants leave with two fully functional compliance tools tailored to their research, plus an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent indicated for European students). #Education #ProgrammeEvaluation #QualitativeResearch #SocialSciences #ComputerScience #InformationScience #SocialTheory #Ethics #ChatGPT #Claude #Gemini #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Learn Peer Reviewing and Editing Journals at your own pace!

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Peer Reviewing and Editing Journals - On-Demand
Join Dr. Carlton J. Fong (Texas State University) for a one-day workshop, "From Peer Reviewing to Editing Journals: Strategies and Tips for Engaging in Field‑Shaping Service," designed for PhD students and researchers who want to move from reactive gatekeeping to proactive field‑building. This interactive, discipline‑neutral seminar pairs evidence‑based foundations with hands‑on practice—mock reviews, review and editor templates, checklists for rapid methodological appraisal, and tactics for joining editorial boards—so you leave with concrete templates, time‑management strategies, and a career-ready plan for turning peer review into high‑impact scholarly service. Delivered live on Zoom with all recordings, slides, and materials available for 30 days (plus a monitored Q&A forum), the workshop also includes a certificate of completion and ECTS equivalency where indicated for European students. Whether you’re accepting your first review assignment or aiming to streamline editorial work and build your service portfolio, this course will help you produce rigorous, constructive reviews and translate that experience into visible, career‑relevant contributions—learn more and register with the organizer today. disciplines #Management #Communication #Ethics #Education #SocialTheory #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Learn Questionnaire Design (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Questionnaire Design (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join Surette van Staden (Institute for Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck) for a one‑day intensive workshop, "Questionnaire Design Principles and Practices: Examples from International Large‑Scale Assessments (ILSAs)," that shows how well‑designed questionnaires operationalize theory, ensure cross‑context comparability, and protect the validity of your inferences—drawing on best practices from PIRLS and other ILSAs. Tailored for PhD students, postdocs, faculty and professional researchers in education and mixed‑methods inquiry, the seminar combines short expert inputs, worked examples, and hands‑on small‑group critique so you leave with draft items, a piloting plan, templates for cognitive interviews and documentation, and clearer links between questionnaire choices and analytic strategies. Delivered live via Zoom with recordings and materials available for 30 days, the workshop includes a 30‑day expert Q&A forum and an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS‑equivalent noted for European students where indicated). Bring a concrete project idea to apply principles in real time—secure your spot or contact Instats for details. #Education #MixedMethods #SocialTheory #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Learn Success as an Applied Statistician (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Success as an Applied Statistician (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join an open webinar exchange for applied statisticians and researchers to hear senior leaders share practical, on‑the‑job perspectives and concrete tips for improving statistical practice across sectors—featuring Joan Buenconsejo, PhD, MPH (Vice President, Head of Cardiovascular & Neuroscience Biostatistics, Bristol‑Myers Squibb), Harold Gomes, MStat (Research Statistician, NIOSH/CDC), Frank Rockhold, PhD (Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University), and Richard Zink, PhD (Principal Research Fellow, JMP Statistical Discovery), moderated by Mat Soukup, PhD (Division Director, Office of Biostatistics, FDA/CDER); topics will include applied methods, study and survey design, novel tools and technologies, ethics, and career development—ideal for PhD students and researchers looking to bridge theory and practice and leave with actionable strategies to become more effective applied statisticians. #Statistics #DataScience #Biostatistics #PharmaceuticalScience #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Learn Organizational Humor (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Organizational Humor (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Organizational humour is a rich but under‑developed area of research—join a one‑hour workshop with Cecily Cooper (Miami Herbert Business School) to learn how careful conceptualisation and measurement can sharpen theory, improve empirical inferences, and increase the publishability and impact of humour research. Tailored to PhD students, post‑docs, faculty and professional researchers, the session covers construct clarity, construct validity, and methodological choices across quantitative, experimental and qualitative approaches, with concrete advice to avoid common reviewer pitfalls and build programmatic, falsifiable hypotheses. The seminar is live on Zoom, and all recordings, slides and materials (plus a monitored Q&A forum) will be available for 30 days after the event; an Instats certificate of completion (with ECTS equivalent where indicated) is provided. Register now to gain practical measurement skills that will strengthen your manuscripts and research agenda on humour in organizations. #OrganizationStudies #Psychology #SocialTheory #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Learn Causal Machine Learning at your own pace!

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Causal Machine Learning - On-Demand
Evaluating causality is increasingly critical across disciplines — join Professor Melvyn Weeks (University of Cambridge) for an intensive two-day, eight-session online workshop that blends modern machine learning with rigorous econometric methods to help PhD students, academics and research professionals move from correlation to credible causal inference. Topics include distinguishing prediction from causation, high-dimensional regularisation (lasso, double lasso), Double Selection and Double Debiased ML (DDML) motivated by the Frisch–Waugh–Lovell theorem, tree- and forest-based treatment-effect estimation, and linking classical identification strategies to ML; hands-on notebooks, sample data and workflows in Stata, R and Python are provided so you can replicate and apply techniques to your own research. All sessions are livestreamed via Zoom, recordings and materials are available for 30 days after the seminar (with a monitored Q&A forum), and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown for European students where applicable). Building on material from Professor Weeks’s July 2025 course (with Jeff Wooldridge), this workshop offers a practical and conceptual upgrade to your methodological toolkit — spaces are limited, learn more or enroll via Instats. #SocialSciences #HealthSciences #NaturalSciences #SocialTheory #ComputerScience #Economics #Statistics #DataScience #ChatGPT #Python #R #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Last chance to register for Tree-Based Models for Addressing Nonresponse (Free Seminar)

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Tree-Based Models for Addressing Nonresponse (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Feb 10, 2026 (UTC)
Calling PhD students and professional researchers in survey methodology, official statistics, and applied data science: join the Washington Statistical Society Roger Herriot Award Seminar to learn how tree-based models are being used at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to diagnose and mitigate survey nonresponse. Drawing on real BLS use cases, the course introduces the rpms R package and demonstrates practical, design-consistent applications — from analyzing response and retention rates and assessing nonresponse bias and response burden to supporting nonresponse adjustment via imputation and model-assisted estimation. Delivered via Zoom with regular exercises and interactive challenges, the seminar includes 30-day access to recordings and materials, an online chat forum monitored during and after the course, special office hours for participants in difficult time zones, and an Instats certificate of completion. For more information, contact Pushpal Mukhopadhyay at [email protected]. #MachineLearning #SurveyStatistics #DataScience #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
New Instats livestreaming seminar: Applying for Tenure-Track Faculty Jobs

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Applying for Tenure-Track Faculty Jobs - Livestream starting Mar 17, 2026 (UTC)
PhD candidates and early-career researchers: join Arjun Mitra (California State University, Los Angeles) for a practical, strategy-focused seminar on securing tenure-track faculty positions by building a persuasive job-market packet (CV, cover letter, research, teaching and diversity statements) and preparing effective job talks and campus visits. Drawing on search-committee experience and annotated exemplars, the workshop shows how to foreground methodological contribution, craft scalable publication agendas, structure a CV to signal trajectory, manage reference letters, and negotiate offers — with templates, checklists, and interview tactics you can use immediately. Delivered live via Zoom with recordings, materials and an expert Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar; participants receive an Instats certificate (ECTS-equivalent where indicated). Visit the seminar page to learn more and enroll. #Business #HumanResourceManagement #IndustrialRelations #InternationalBusiness #Leadership #Management #OrganisationalPsychology #OrganizationalBehavior #OrganizationStudies #SocialSciences #SocialTheory #Psychology #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
New Instats livestreaming seminar: Survey Design (Free Seminar)

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Survey Design (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Feb 20, 2026 (UTC)
Join Adam Berinsky (MIT Political Experiments Research Lab) for an in-depth online seminar on the foundational principles of survey design that every PhD student and empirical researcher should know: how sampling frames and random selection affect external validity, how question wording and response options create or prevent bias, and how the cognitive response model, pretesting, and embedded experiments help diagnose and reduce measurement error. Combining 25+ years of survey-methods experience with practical examples from high-profile polling and experiments, the seminar gives concrete tools to improve reproducibility and the publishability of causal and descriptive work across political science, psychology, sociology, and public policy. Live via Zoom with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar; a certificate of completion (and ECTS equivalent where indicated) is provided. Register now to strengthen your methodological toolkit and make your survey-based claims more credible. #OnlineSurvey #PoliticalScience #Psychology #PublicPolicy #SocialSciences #Sociology #SurveyDesign #DataScience #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Learn Multilevel and Single-Level Modeling: Insights from LTA (Free Seminar) at your own pace!

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Multilevel and Single-Level Modeling: Insights from LTA (Free Seminar) - On-Demand
Join renowned UCLA professor and Mplus author Bengt Muthén for a focused seminar on the relationship between multilevel models and single‑level multivariate models in Mplus, with a practical emphasis on Latent Transition Analysis (LTA). Through worked examples you’ll learn foundational LTA concepts, the role of logistic regression, handling longitudinal data with random intercepts, using multiple indicators, multilevel factor analysis, and two innovative approaches to multilevel latent class analysis—illustrated with real applications such as mood and dating studies. The livestream is delivered via Zoom with take‑home skill challenges; all recordings, program input/output, data and slides are available for 30 days after the seminar (a monitored chat forum is open for questions), and an on‑demand option is available any time; participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent noted for European students). Originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 1 on statmodel.com—visit statmodel.com to register or access the on‑demand materials. #SocialSciences #HealthSciences #Education #Statistics #Mplus #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 5, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Learn Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Modelling 2.0 at your own pace!

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Introduction to Bayesian Statistical Modelling 2.0 - On-Demand
Join a 5-day online workshop with Dr. Rosina Savisaar for a gentle, hands-on introduction to Bayesian statistical modelling in R — ideal for PhD students, researchers and anyone comfortable with basic R and descriptive statistics (no tidyverse required). You’ll learn how to choose distributions for different variable types, build intuition for priors, likelihoods and posteriors, and implement and interpret Bayesian regression models using the brms package, with emphasis on model checking, prediction and visualization. The course uses real datasets, includes weekly assignments (solutions reviewed in the following session), and is taught live on Zoom with recordings, code and slides available for 30 days; a monitored seminar forum, a certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent for European students), and ongoing support are provided. Questions or to enroll: [email protected]. #Psychology #Anthropology #PublicHealth #Biostatistics #Genetics #Psychiatry #Statistics #Biology #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Mathematics #DataScience #ComputerScience #R #RStudio #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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February 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM