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April 2, 2024
Introduction to Multilevel Modelling Using MLwiN, R, or STATA
This three-day course provides an introduction to multilevel modelling and includes software practicals in your choice of software: MLwiN, R, or Stata. We focus on multilevel modelling for continuous and binary responses (dependent or outcome variables) when the data are clustered (nested or hierarchical). These models can be viewed as an extension of conventional linear and logistic regression models to account for and learn from the clustering in the data. Such models are appropriate when, for example, analysing exam scores of students nested within schools, or health outcomes of patients nested within hospitals. Special interest lies in disentangling social processes operating at different levels of analysis by decomposing the within- from the between-cluster effects of covariates (explanatory or predictor variables). Longitudinal data are also clustered, with repeated measurements on individuals or multiple panel waves per survey respondent. Throughout the course we emphasize how to interpret multilevel models and the types of research question they can be used to explore.
Instructors: Professor George Leckie and Professor William Browne
More information: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/support/workshops/ Contact: info-cmm@bristol.ac.uk
Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement – Proposal Deadline Extended
Announcing that the International 2024 Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement will be held in person at the University of California, Berkeley, on August 5–6, 2024.
The deadline for submitting proposals, which are capped at 500 words for individual papers or 1,200 words for symposia, has been extended to April 15, 2024. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and notifications will go out by May 1, 2024.
The Conference of the Society for the Study of Measurement is an interdisciplinary conference that explores the philosophy and history of measurement. It aims to consolidate and develop the study of these topics, following previous conferences that predate the foundation of the Society in Bielefeld (2013), Cambridge (2015), Paris (2018) and Milan (2022). It will bring together philosophers, historians, sociologists, psychometricians, and metrologists to address questions related to measurement across disciplines ranging from the natural sciences to the human sciences.
Submissions are invited for:
Please submit proposals for individual contributions (~500 words) or symposia/workshops (~1,200 words), specifying the chosen format (a)-(d), and following the instructions of the website. All abstracts should be submitted electronically using the website submission page.
Questions may be submitted via the contact form on the conference site or by contacting Qing Cai at qingcai@berkeley.edu.
Mid-Career Faculty Workshop (Division J): Assuming Agency: Taking Ownership of the Mid-Career Stage
Division J of AERA is hosting a Mid-Career Faculty Workshop as part of the division’s preconference programming. AERA members from across all divisions are welcome to attend.
Mid-Career Faculty Workshop (Division J) Assuming Agency: Taking Ownership of the Mid-Career Stage Wed, April 10, 12:30 to 4:30 pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 117
Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session Abstract Many faculty in their mid-career years feel “stuck in the middle” - plagued with growing service expectations (particularly for women and other underrepresented faculty members), misalignment between workload and reward systems, vague and unclear criteria for advancement to full professorship, increased responsibilities, varying expectations, and multiplying demands on their time. This AERA pre-conference session will provide mid-career faculty strategies to assert themselves and find support in challenging contexts while assuming personal agency over their careers. Topics include: · SWOT Analysis · Controlling Your Narrative · Mapping your Mentoring Network · Job Crafting · Developing your Voice as Faculty and Campus Leader. Faculty who are post-tenure and/or are 12 plus years from retirement interested in participating as well as administrators charged with supporting mid-career faculty should: Sign up for the pre-conference when you register for AERA 2024. Contact Dr. Vicki L Baker, MCF Session Chair, with questions (vbaker@albion.edu)
March 19, 2024
ATLAS Fellowship 2024/25 - Call for Proposals
Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS) at the University of Kansas seeks proposals from doctoral students to conduct research and evaluation projects in support of our technology-based learning and assessment systems.
Doctoral students from accredited institutions in the United States and Canada are eligible to apply. Applicants can submit a proposal for either a one- or two-semester project. Recipients will receive financial support and access to the data needed to complete projects. Initial 500-word abstracts (optional) are due by April 1, 2024. Applications and full proposals are due by May 17, 2024.
Visit the ATLAS Research Fellowship page for additional information.
Meta-Analysis Training Institute Call for Applications
The Meta-Analysis Training Institute (MATI) is accepting applications for its upcoming session on advanced methods for conducting large-scale meta-analyses (July 21 – July 27, 2024). MATI is a one-week intensive workshop aimed at researchers interested in conducting research consistent with IES Exploration grants and SEER principles for rigorous education research. The goal is to train researchers in state-of-the-art methods to conduct large-scale research syntheses and meta-analyses. These methods are less commonly taught in courses and workshops. Please visit the following link for application requirements and information about funding: https://www.meta-analysis-training-institute.com/application-info. Applications are due by March 31, 2024.
Contact email: mati@gsu.edu
Online Short Courses at CILVR at The University of Maryland
The Center for Integrated Latent Variable Research (CILVR) at The University of Maryland is pleased to announce the following popular online short courses. Participants may join us from anywhere in the world with a good Wi-Fi connection -- synchronously (real-time) or asynchronously (delayed/recorded).
April 24-26, 2024 Introduction to Finite Mixture Modeling Dr. Jeffrey Harring, University of Maryland Full-time student: $295 Professional: $525 https://umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/introduction-to-mixture-modeling
May 16-17, 2024 Introduction to Machine Learning for the Social Sciences Dr. Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland Full-time student: $195 Professional: $375 https://umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/introduction-to-machine-learning-for-the-social-sciences-2024
June 3-5, 2024 Bayesian Statistical Modeling: A First Course Dr. Roy Levy, Arizona State University Full-time student: $295 Professional: $525 https://umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/bayesian-statistical-modeling-a-first-course-2024
June 6-7, 2024 Bayesian Statistical Modeling: A Second Course Dr. Roy Levy, Arizona State University Full-time student: $195 Professional: $375 https://umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/bayesian-statistical-modeling-a-second-course-2024
June 3-7, 2024 Bayesian Statistical Modeling: First and Second Courses Dr. Roy Levy, Arizona State University Full-time student: $455 Professional: $825 https://umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/programs/bayesian-2024
Please direct any questions to Ashani Jayasekera at cilvr-shortcourses@umd.edu.
Senior Research Scientist, Research Consulting Partnership, NWEA
The NWEA Learning Sciences Division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt seeks a Senior Research Scientist as part of its Research Consulting Partnerships team. Beyond our research, our goal is to build and nurture a team of talented researchers and empower them to do their best work. In support of this goal, we seek researchers of diverse backgrounds and identities, academic training, work experience, and ideological outlooks to join our team. Our researchers also regularly write for general audiences, present to federal, state, and local policymakers and educators, and inform conversations in national and local media.
NWEA® is a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that supports students and educators through research, assessment solutions, policy and advocacy services, professional learning and school improvement services that fight for equity, drive classroom impact and push for systemic change in our educational communities. For nearly 50 years, NWEA has developed innovative pre-K–12 assessments, including their flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™ and their reading fluency and comprehension assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™.
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on March 24, 2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date but is not guaranteed.
Questions may be directed to Scott J. Peters.
UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series Event
Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series: Culturally disruptive research: Troubling the culture of science in qualitative methodologies presented by Dr. Lorien Jordan on Wednesday, April 3rd from 12PM - 1PM Eastern Time. In this talk, Lorien confronts cultural responsivity as a method that can lure researchers into justifying their work by focusing on essentialized, static, and damage-centered notions of culture. Merging insights from critical theories of whiteness and colonialism, she draws on her experiences working in New Zealand, Cambodia, and the United States to illustrate how a culturally disruptive framework might open possibilities for upsetting the cultural foundations of Westernized knowledge production and the reproduction of whiteness. Lorien invites researchers to follow cultural disruption into spaces of dynamic dissonance, where epistemologies and ontologies meet at metaphysical, methodological, and physical borderlands to foreground creative, critical, and capacious knowledge generation.
More information at https://bit.ly/UGAQL07
Contact: maureen.flint@uga.edu
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