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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.

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Jeanie Murdock
Program Director
AERA Grants Program
5662 Calle Real #254
Goleta, CA 93117
Voice: 805-964-5264; Fax: 805-964-5054
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