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Begin forwarded message: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diego de los Rios [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:07 PM > Subject: FW: AERA Statistics Institute for Faculty > > > > > AERA Statistics Institute for Faculty > > Application deadline January 20, 2010 > > > With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA > Grants Program announces the new AERA Statistics Institute for > Faculty. The Institute's goal is to help develop a critical mass of > U.S. education researchers using large-scale federal data sets, > especially those sponsored by the National Center for Education > Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies. > > The AERA Statistics Institute for Faculty will be held on July > 22-24, 2010 at Stanford, California. This training is geared for > faculty members at U.S. postsecondary institutions who teach > quantitative research methods courses at the graduate level and who > seek to integrate the analysis of large-scale federal education data > sets into the curriculum. Applicants may be faculty members in > schools or departments of education, or from other disciplines with > an interest in education research. Prior experience using large- > scale data sets is not required. Those selected for participation > will receive support covering the Institute's fees, housing, > transportation to Stanford, and per diem for the dates of the > Institute. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly > encouraged to apply. > > The training will focus on how to incorporate secondary data > analysis, especially the use of large-scale federal data sets, into > the curriculum of quantitative research methods courses. Instruction > will be provided in three interrelated areas: current statistical > methods, information on the data sets, and complex issues of > modeling and design. Topics such as weights, missing data, the > pitfalls of using large-scale data sets, selection bias, and > causality will be included. Participants who attend the 3-day hands- > on training should leave with the knowledge and resources necessary > to teach the quantitative statistical methods learned at the > Institute to students at their home institutions. Publicly available > education data, such as the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 > (ELS:2002) and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten > Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), will be used in this training. > > The deadline for applications has been extended to January 20, 2010. > See www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/stat_institute/SIFacFly.html > for further information and submission requirements. > > __________________________________________________ > Jeanie Murdock > Program Director > AERA Grants Program > 5662 Calle Real #254 > Goleta, CA 93117 > Voice: 805-964-5264; Fax: 805-964-5054 > [log in to unmask] > http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram >