<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please help spread the word about this great educational opportunity with interested individuals at your institution.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The ICPSR Summer Program would like to announce the following workshop, sponsored by the <a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/" target="_blank">National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program</a>:</div><br class="m_-2152849672629689478gmail-m_5380219368612571698gmail-m_-7313535413358505643m_-1235499844648214093m_-6658778595920389904gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4"><b>The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Data User Workshop: Making Nationally Representative Inferences from the PATH Study Data</b></font><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dates and Location: </b>August 12 & 13, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Instructor: </b>Katy Edwards (Westat), Jean Opsomer (Westat)</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The workshop will consist of a brief overview of the PATH Study and detailed discussion of sample design and weights for all types of PATH Study data files (including youth, adult, biomarker, and state identifier data files). Participants will also gain hands-on experience working with the data and understanding the weighted results.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The focus of this workshop will be on understanding and using the PATH Study data files, not on a specific analytic approach. The workshop will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on exercises.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The course is designed for academic faculty and research professionals as well as for graduate students interested in tobacco regulatory science and/or tobacco biomarkers of exposure. Participants should be comfortable with data analysis software and quantitative research methods. All examples and exercises will utilize SAS statistical software, although participants may use the software of their choice. The workshop will include two full days of instruction and exercises. To get the most out of the workshop, participants should plan to attend both full days.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Prerequisites: </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Participants should have a basic understanding of secondary data organization and manipulation, fundamental data analysis skills, working knowledge of a statistical software package (e.g., SAS, Stata, and R) and a substantive interest in tobacco regulatory research.</span></font></div></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Application:</b> Admission to this workshop is competitive. Enrollment is limited. Apply using the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SummerProgram" target="_blank">ICPSR Summer Program portal</a>. Please upload the following documents with your application:<br></font></div><div><ul></ul><ol><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Current curriculum vita with a select list of publications <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">(Please highlight your research interests and any experience and/or coursework relevant to the PATH Study Summer Workshop, particularly prior experience with tobacco research and/or quantitative analytic methods.)</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Research project description (Priority will be given to applicants whose project description indicates interest in using the PATH Study data for tobacco regulatory research. The project description should include references to theory or historical context, how the project extends what is presently known, and why the PATH Study data are needed for the project.)</font></li></ol><ul></ul></div><div class="m_-2152849672629689478gmail-m_5380219368612571698gmail-m_-7313535413358505643m_-1235499844648214093m_-6658778595920389904gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Application Deadline: May 10, 2019.</font></b></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more information, contact the ICPSR Summer Program at <a href="mailto:sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu</a> or (734) 763-7400.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-2152849672629689478gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Stephanie Carpenter</font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">Digital, Social Media, and Education Support Specialist</font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research</font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research</font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS"></font> </div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">(w) <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/" target="_blank">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/</a></font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">(e) <a href="mailto:sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">(p) (734) 763-7400</font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS"><br></font></div><div><font face="Trebuchet MS">Follow the Summer Program on <a href="https://twitter.com/ICPSRSummer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ICPSRSummerProgram" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/icpsrsummer/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQWgr9Np3SKx54T_0hbo-Q" target="_blank">YouTube</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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