[ICPSR] Free Workshop: Exploring and Analyzing Monitoring the Future Data: A Primer

[Linda Detterman]

Please help spread the word about this great educational opportunity!

The ICPSR Summer Program would like to announce the following workshop,
sponsored by the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program
<https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/>:

*Exploring and Analyzing Monitoring the Future Data: A Primer*

*Dates and Location: *July 23-25, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
*Instructors:* Patricia Berglund (University of Michigan), Deborah Kloska
(University of Michigan), Austin McKitrick (University of Michigan)

The Monitoring the Future (MTF) project <http://monitoringthefuture.org/>
is a long-term epidemiologic and etiologic study of substance use among the
nation’s youth and adults. Cross-sectional annual data are collected from
surveys of nationally representative samples of high school seniors (since
1975) and 8th and 10th graders (since 1991). In all, approximately 50,000
students annually respond to approximately 100 drug use and demographic
questions, as well as approximately 200 questions on subjects such as
attitudes toward government, social institutions, race relations, changing
gender roles, educational aspirations, occupational aims, and marital
plans. The longitudinal panel study component collects data using biennial
follow-up mail surveys with subsamples of about 2,450 respondents from each
senior year class since 1976, spanning ages 19 to 30.

This free workshop will introduce participants to the MTF cross-sectional
data (public-use and restricted-use) and the restricted-use longitudinal
panel data available from the ICPSR/NAHDAP archives.  The workshop will
cover the content of MTF public release and restricted-use data, study
documentation, data management and analysis planning, and a variety of
analytic techniques appropriate for data derived from a complex sample
design. The workshop format will be a combination of lectures, discussion,
and demonstrations followed by guided lab sessions for participants to work
with a subset of MTF restricted-use data.

*Prerequisites: *Strong interest in analyzing MTF data for publication in
peer-reviewed journals or similar reports; excellent understanding of
descriptive and regression analysis techniques; and demonstrated ability to
use statistical software coding or syntax (rather than a GUI interface) for
data management and data analysis. Familiarity with MTF public-use data is
helpful but not required.

*Eligibility: *The workshop is designed for researchers who have an
interest in using the MTF restricted-use data.

*Application: *Admission to this workshop is competitive. Enrollment will
be limited to 20 participants. Apply using the ICPSR Summer Program portal
<http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SummerProgram>. Please upload the following
documents with your application:

   - Current curriculum vitae
   - Cover letter summarizing your previous experience with the MTF data,
   your research interests as related to the use of the MTF restricted-use
   data, and how attending this workshop will help meet your research or
   educational goals


*Application Deadline:* Friday, June 8, 2018. Successful applicants will be
notified by Monday, June 25, 2018 of their acceptance.

*Course Times:* Registration: 8:30 am Monday; Course: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Monday and Tuesday and 9:00am - 2:30pm Wednesday

For more information, contact sumprog at icpsr.umich.edu or (734) 763-7400.
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