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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 25d

Now is your last chance! Get your ICPSR water bottle before they are gone! Baby blue or candy apple red, what is your fave? Come grab one from booth 412, our last day at APSA 2025!

#ICPSRSummerProgram #ICPSR #APSA2025

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 26d

Meet Data Jeff! What do you call multiple Data Jeff? Data Jeffs...or Datas Jeff? 🤔 Come visit us at booth 412 at Day 2 of APSA!

#ICPSRSummerProgram #ICPSR #APSA

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 27d

Join us at the American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver, BC today, Sept. 11 through Sept. 13 at booth 412! We've got swag! We've got conference badge ribbons! We've got squishy Data Jeffs!

#icpsrsummerprogram #ICPSR

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 29d

Join us at Researchpalooza at the UM Medical School (1150 West Medical Center Drive) from 11 AM-2 PM today!

#SumProg #ICPSR

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Aug 15

Time for great company and great views for the ICPSR Summer Program instructors, TAs, and staff after their successful Norfolk State University partnership!

#SumProg #ICPSR #norfolkstate

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Norfolk State University (largest public HBCU in Virginia) has joined forces with ICPSR SumProg to expand access to advanced training in quant research for NSU students and faculty in a new partnership! Shoutout instructors Drs. Kimberly Turner, Jamil Scott, and Mark Manning!

#SumProg #ICPSR

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨REMINDER! 🚨

Learn advanced visualizations and design apps in this new workshop! You'll gain more experience with R and Shiny, and work with other programs to help make the most out of your experience! For more info: myumi.ch/wyNWz

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #R #Shiny #DataVis #AppDesign

New ICPSR Summer Program Workshop Announcement! Interactive Visualization, Dashboards, and Apps with R and Shiny! Offered Online from August eleventh to August fifteenth!

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨REGISTRATION CLOSING TOMORROW🚨

New dates! In this workshop, you will develop the skills necessary to apply causal inference using a structural equation modeling approach in your own research. For more info: myumi.ch/8rPjM

#SumProg25 #ICPSR #CausalInference #StructuralEquationModeling

New Dates! Causal Inference: An SEM Approach, August 11 - August 15, Register Now - https://myumi.ch/8rPjM

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Learn about the principles of RCTs, design an experiment to answer a research question related to your research, and complete a pre-registration that could be used to launch that project! For more info: myumi.ch/VG3X3

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #ExperimentalDesign #RCTs

Workshop Announcement! Experimental Design in the Social Sciences, August 11-15. Register Now - https://myumi.ch/VG3X3

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 31

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

That's a wrap folks! With the last session coming to a close, Rob is excited to see what the design for the 2025 shirt will be. We've had a lot of fun making these posts and (hopefully) making you smile! See you next summer!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 30

🍩Wednesday Donuts, Coffee, and More🍩

Well, all the donuts are gone! If you didn't get the chance to have any of these sweet treats, we guess that means we'll be seeing you next summer! Happy (almost) end of session!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Donuts

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Last Tidy Tuesday of the Summer Program too place this week! Thank you to all the wonderful people that joined us for these events. We've really enjoyed getting to know you and fostering an environment of growth through ICPSR. We hope to see you again!

#ICPSR #SumProg25

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 30

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

We're almost there folks, and just in time for Rob to show off his final shirt for the summer! Was this experience about how hard we worked or the friends we made along the way? Either way, to Rob, it's all just data!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚨LAST CHANCE!🚨

Overview the design and implementation of the PCORI-funded pragmatic trial COMPASS Study to assess the effectiveness of a post-acute transitional care after stroke to improve patient functional status. Info: myumi.ch/2r9xb

#SumProg25 #ICPSR #StrokeCare

Free! Overview and Data Analysis Examples of the Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services Study (COMPASS), a Pragmatic Trial of Post-Stroke Transitional Care, August 7-8, Register Now: http://myumi.ch/2r9xb

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 29

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

Houston, we have a... solution?! While today's odyssey is stats related, Rob still has his space helmet on. You can never be too prepared when it comes to methods and statistics!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Customize ggplot2 visuals with themes, annotations, and tailored layouts, as well as create advanced and interactive visualizations with integrated geographical data into your visual analyses in this workshop. For more details: myumi.ch/7PyGN

#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataVisualization #Ggplot2

ICPSR Summer Program Workshop Announcement: Online! Social Science Data and Model Visualization 201 using R, August 4-8

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 28

Learn how to choose proper TSCS models, how to analyze temporal and spacial heterogeneity, and how to use TSCS data for causal inference! For more info: myumi.ch/8rPDb

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #TSCSModels #CausalInference

ICPSR Summer Program Workshop Reminder: Time Series Cross-Sectional (TSCS) Data Analysis, August 4-8. Online Only

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 28

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

Rob is practicing his randomization by shuffling this card deck, but he always comes up aces! As always, Rob is rocking another Summer Program shirt, with today's being one of the most popular!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 25

Reminder! Introduce the core concepts of network analysis, emphasizing practical applications for social science research and guide participants through summarizing, visualizing, and modeling network data using R and the netify package! For more info: myumi.ch/8rW22

#ICPSR #DataVisualization

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 25

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

Global reach, Global Impact! One of our goals with the Summer Program is to have a positive impact all over the world, which is round (at least to a certain extent)!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 30🚨

Overview the design and implementation of the PCORI-funded pragmatic trial COMPASS Study to assess the effectiveness of a post-acute transitional care after stroke to improve patient functional status. Info: myumi.ch/2r9xb

#SumProg25 #ICPSR #StrokeCare

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 24

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

The spectrum of Summer Program Personalities suggests a linearly increasing relationship between methodological and social skills, and we all know where Rob lands on this distribution!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Fueling up on good food and even better conversations during our Opportunity Scholars Luncheon this afternoon! 🍽️🗣️

#ICPSR #SumProg25

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ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨LAST CHANCE 🚨

Learn how to efficiently create custom event datasets using automated tools, best practices for creating custom event data, and spatial- and network-based techniques for analyzing event data. For more details: myumi.ch/dAWD3

#SumProg25 #ICPSR #Data #Events

New and Online! From Text to Insights: Building and Analyzing Custom Political Event Data August 11-15, Register Now: myumi.ch/dAWD3

ICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · Jul 23

👕Rob's Daily Shirtpost👕

Rob loves to get up close and personal with the research at ICPSR, almost as much as he loves today's shirt! When you're a nerd, you wear it loud, and you wear it proud!

#ICPSR #SumProg25 #Shirt

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