The UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

Want to elevate your knowledge in Qualtrics? This course is for you! In this advanced topics course, Michelle Temple will present several common use cases for automations with Qualtrics Workflows. Michelle Temple is the Survey Consultant and Programmer for the Odum Institute with over 20 years of experience in social science research. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

The Odum Institute offers consulting services covering all stages of research involving quantitative data, which is numerical data collected for the purpose of revealing broader trends in a population or group, and typically analyzed using statistics. Areas covered include research design, data management, statistical analysis, network data analysis, text analysis and more. Our consultants can also assist with formatting reports and creating publication-ready tables and graphs. Welcome David Lopez, our newest Graduate Part-time stats helpdesk consultant! Information on consultant services and hours can be found at: odum.unc.edu/statistics

Check out this opportunity to explore public policy! In this workshop, Dr. Ray will provide strategies for interacting with journalists, policymakers, and bureaucrats. Participants will learn best practices for amplifying their research to broader publics as well as ways to engage in self-care to continue the work. Rashawn Ray is a Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research (LASSR) at the University of Maryland, College Park. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Elevate your programming skills in R! In this course, Dr. Bhagat-Conway will introduce participants to some of the best practices of professional software development. Participants will learn to structure their Python code into reusable functions and store those functions as separate scripts and/or packages. Matthew Wigginton Bhagat-Conway is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and a consultant in the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Want to learn more about reducing bias in research reviews? Take a look at this upcoming course! Students will learn to interpret the results of meta-analysis, including evidence of heterogeneity, assess included studies for risk of bias, evaluate risk of reporting biases (i.e., selective non-reporting of studies and results), rate confidence in a body of evidence using GRADE, and report results following the PRISMA guidelines. Evan Mayo-Wilson, MPA, DPhil is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health where he teaches a course on systematic reviews. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Check out this excellent opportunity to elevate your skills in designing web surveys! This course will provide an introduction to effectively designing web surveys to avoid common pitfalls that impact data quality and introduce measurement error. The course will focus on the following elements of web survey design – overall formatting and visual layout of screens, selecting and designing questions and response options (e.g., radio buttons, check boxes, grids, and open text fields), error and validation messaging, navigation elements, and usability. Michelle Temple is the Survey Consultant and Programmer for the Odum Institute with over 20 years of experience in social science research. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Want to bring your research methods to the next level? Check out this course today! In this workshop, Dr. Guest takes participants on a methodological journey, exploring a wide range of less-conventional data collection and analysis methods. Participants will learn how everyday things – e.g., household garbage, restroom graffiti, plastic toys – can be used in research to produce novel and valuable insights. Greg Guest, PhD. is an independent researcher and educator with more than 20 years of experience across the four primary research sectors – government, non-profit, corporate, and academic. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

PhD students, this course will be an excellent chance to advance your skill in Academic Publishing. In this talk, Dr. Todd BenDor will discuss several major ideas in academic publishing (focusing on the social sciences). The course will discuss: -professional integrity and ethics -the role of academic conversations and communities as a guide for publication forums and journal selections -the mechanics of publishing in journals and other forums (including outlining, writing style, journal, legal, and newspaper submissions, the peer review process, revisions, and corresponding with editors) -and acceptance and all that follows. Todd BenDor is Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Community Design Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Seats still available! Don't miss out on this great opportunity to help with your dissertation! This workshop, Hosted by Dr. Barbara Holmes and Dr. DeJuanna Parker, is designed for advanced doctoral students who are preparing for dissertation proposal defense or final defense of the dissertation. Focus will be on developing the theoretical framework supporting the area of inquiry, the research methodology and dissertation presentation strategies. Dr. Barbara Holmes is a Professor of Leadership Education at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. She has over fifty years of teaching experience in K-12 and higher education. Dr. DeJuanna Parker is a career educator. Starting as a K-12 English teacher, she later became a community college advisor and adjunct instructor. Visit go.unc.edu/odumevents to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Seats are still available for this short course to help elevate your academic publishing skills! In this talk, we will discuss several major ideas in academic publishing (focusing on the social sciences). We will discuss professional integrity, ethics, the role of academic conversations and communities as a guide for publication forums and journal selections and much more, with Dr. BenDor! Todd BenDor is Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Community Design Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research and teaching focus on developing ways to better understand and prevent impacts from urban growth on sensitive environmental systems. Don't miss this opportunity! Learn more and register at: https://lnkd.in/dwzkXTmK