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Instats is a mission-driven organization devoted to improving research practices through expert-led training for PhD and post-PhD researchers across a broad range of fields, methods, and theoretical orientations across the globe.
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Finding Unpublished Clinical Trial Data - Livestream starting Dec 11, 2025 (UTC)
Join our half-day online seminar on identifying and using clinical trials registers and regulatory sources—essential for systematic reviewers, HTA practitioners, clinicians, information specialists/librarians and researchers. Expert trainers Carol and Julie, each with 30 years’ experience in evidence retrieval, will take you through ClinicalTrials.gov, WHO ICTRP, Cochrane CENTRAL, clinical study reports, regulatory portals (Health Canada, EMA, FDA) and other sources of unpublished or ongoing trial results, with practical guidance on searching, documenting and recording your process. The session is delivered live via Zoom, with recordings, slides and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar; participants receive a certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent where indicated). Find out more and register today.
#Healthcare #HealthSciences #InformationScience #Medicine #Multidisciplinary #Nursing #PharmaceuticalScience #Biostatistics #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Pharmacology #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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Search Filters for Evidence Synthesis - Livestream starting Dec 4, 2025 (UTC)
Boost the rigor and efficiency of your literature searches by joining our online workshop on methodological search filters (hedges)—essential tools for systematic reviews, health technology assessments, guidelines and other evidence syntheses across medicine, health care and the social sciences. In this hands‑on seminar, filter developers and trainers Carol and Julie (each with 30 years’ experience) will guide clinicians, information specialists/librarians, PhD students and researchers through finding, appraising, adapting and using both sensitive and specific filters, addressing common challenges and ethical considerations, and demonstrating practical exercises to sharpen your search strategies. The course is taught via Zoom, with recordings, slides and a monitored chat forum available for 30 days after the seminar, and participants receive an official certificate of completion—register now to secure your spot and take your evidence‑search skills to the next level.
#Psychology #Sociology #SocialWork #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #Biostatistics #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Psychiatry #InformationScience #Medicine #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 10d
Survey Design for Research and Practice - On-Demand
Join Adam Berinsky (MIT Political Experiments Research Lab) for a comprehensive 3-day online workshop on designing effective surveys—essential training for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers who rely on survey data for policy, health, social science, or organizational research. Through lectures, hands-on Qualtrics sessions, group critique and peer feedback, you’ll learn to craft reliable questions, avoid common pitfalls, master sampling basics, implement web surveys, and clearly communicate results so your research stands up to scrutiny. The seminar is livestreamed via Zoom with all recordings and materials available for 30 days, a monitored Q&A forum for ongoing support, and a certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent noted for European students). Elevate your survey skills and produce higher-quality, more impactful research—register to secure your spot.
#Psychology #Sociology #Economics #PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #Education #Management #Marketing #DataScience #Law #Medicine #Multidisciplinary #Statistics #SocialTheory #Qualtrics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Analyzing Complex Survey Data - Livestream starting Jan 7, 2026 (UTC)
Join a three-day hands-on workshop with Prof. Brady T. West (Survey Research Center, University of Michigan) on analyzing complex sample survey data in R (RStudio), SAS, and Stata. Designed for PhD students, faculty, and professional researchers, the seminar emphasizes applied problem solving with real survey datasets and reproducible workflows, covering survey weights and calibration, stratification and clustering, variance estimation (Taylor linearization and replicate methods), survey-weighted regression and multilevel models, and missing-data strategies so you can produce valid, defensible results for dissertations, grant-funded projects, and publications. All sessions are livestreamed via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, and an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalents shown where applicable) provided to participants. Register now to build practical skills for rigorous, reproducible survey inference.
#Demography #Epidemiology #PopulationHealthScience #PublicHealth #ResearchinHealthSciences #SocialSciences #Statisticalmodellingandregression #Statistics #StatisticsEducation #SurveyDesign #SurveyStatistics #DataScience #Biostatistics #R #RStudio #SAS #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Nonlinear Structural Equation Modeling - Livestream starting Jan 9, 2026 (UTC)
Join Professor Holmes Finch (Ball State University) for a focused one-day workshop on nonlinear structural equation modeling (SEM) designed for PhD students and applied researchers in biostatistics, econometrics, education, psychology, psychometrics, and data analytics — ideal for anyone who needs to model latent interactions, threshold effects, nonlinear growth, and other complex relations that linear SEM cannot capture. This hands-on seminar balances concise conceptual lectures with extended coding sessions in R (lavaan, OpenMx, semTools) and Mplus, providing working scripts, example datasets, and concrete strategies for model specification, identification, estimation (ML and Bayesian), diagnostics, convergence troubleshooting, handling missing/complex sampling, model comparison, and interpretation (including plotting and probing interactions). Materials, recordings, and a monitored Q&A forum are available for 30 days after the seminar, and participants receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS equivalent where indicated). Prior familiarity with basic SEM concepts and R is recommended but not required — by the end of the day you’ll be able to build and diagnose nonlinear SEMs ready for dissertations, grant proposals, and publications; register or learn more to reserve your spot.
#Biostatistics #DataAnalytics #Econometrics #Education #Psychology #Psychometrics #Statisticalmodellingandregression #Statistics #R #Mplus #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Researching Work - Livestream starting Nov 3, 2025 (UTC)
Join a three-day intensive online workshop on researching work led by Adia Harvey Wingfield (Department of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis), designed for PhD students, faculty, and professional researchers; the seminar situates empirical strategies within debates on organizations, professions, labor markets, and inequality and covers topics including conceptualizing “work,” ethnography and participant observation, interviews, survey and measurement design, qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, research ethics, and translating findings into publishable articles and policy-relevant outputs—with particular attention to dynamics such as discrimination, tokenism, and wage gaps. Participants will leave with sharper, theoretically grounded research questions, clearer and feasible methodological plans, and practical guidance on ethics and dissemination; while not a step-by-step methods training, the workshop highlights what questions, data, and contributions different methodological tools can yield. All sessions are livestreamed via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, and attendees receive an Instats certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points indicated on certificates where shown).
#OrganizationStudies #Sociology #PublicPolicy #SocialTheory #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Science Writing and Storytelling - Livestream starting Nov 5, 2025 (UTC)
PhD students and researchers: sharpen your science writing and storytelling skills with the editorial team from the Observer, the online news magazine of the Association for Psychological Science. Managing Editor Hannah Brown and Digital Content Manager Lou Willwood will share practical tips for creating engaging, accessible science communication and will take your questions live—bring your research ideas and they’ll help you brainstorm how to tell your own science story.
#Psychology #ScienceCommunication #Education #Communication #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Appraising and Improving Quantitative Research - Livestream starting Oct 13, 2025 (UTC)
Join a one-day intensive online workshop from the Centre for Applied Statistics Courses (CASC) at University College London designed to sharpen your ability to read, interrogate and improve quantitative research in computational statistics and data science. Through short targeted lectures, hands-on group critiques of exemplar papers, and practical demonstrations you will learn how to align study design and analysis with estimands, diagnose bias and analytic pitfalls, apply reporting checklists, evaluate reproducibility, and produce actionable revisions for manuscripts, thesis chapters and grant proposals. Ideal for PhD students, postdocs, academics and experienced practitioners with basic familiarity with statistical inference (no specific software required). Sessions are livestreamed via Zoom with all recordings and materials available for 30 days; participants receive appraisal templates, a curated reading list and a certificate of completion (ECTS-equivalent points shown where applicable). Places are limited — register today to build stronger, more credible research.
#ComputationalStatistics #DataAnalytics #DataScience #Statistics #InformationScience #Education #Mathematics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Foundations of Research Design and Data Science - Livestream starting Oct 14, 2025 (UTC)
Advance your research with UCL’s Centre for Applied Statistics Courses (CASC) 5-day intensive "Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics" workshop designed for PhD students, academics and professional researchers seeking practical, hands-on training in core statistical methods. This instructor-led program blends theory and applied work across topics including data collection and experimental design, descriptive statistics and visualization, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, multivariate analysis, reproducible workflows, statistical software, model evaluation and research ethics, equipping you to choose appropriate tests, interpret outputs and communicate results confidently. Delivered live via Zoom with take-home challenges, a monitored chat forum, and all recordings/materials available for 30 days afterward (on-demand access also available), the course awards an Instats certificate of completion with ECTS equivalent indicated for European students. Spaces are limited—visit the CASC/UCL course page to learn more and register.
#Demography #ComputerScience #StatisticsEducation #Business #ComputationalStatistics #HealthEconomics #SocialSciences #InformationSystems #PopulationBiology #ComputationalSocialScience #DigitalHumanities #History #Statisticalmodellingandregression #CulturalEconomics #PublicHealth #Education #Epidemiology #Biostatistics #Statistics #DataScience #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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· 11d
Foundations of Statistical Models and Linear Regression - Livestream starting Jan 26, 2026 (UTC)
Calling all PhD students, professors and professional researchers: join the Centre for Applied Statistics Courses (CASC) at UCL for a three-day workshop, "Introduction to Regression Analysis," designed to build practical, research-ready skills in linear and generalized regression (including logistic and Poisson), diagnostics, model selection, interactions and categorical variables. Through hands-on exercises in Stata, R and SPSS you’ll learn to run, diagnose and interpret robust models, apply techniques to real-world datasets, and communicate results clearly for publication or thesis work; an optional applied session and dataset are included so you can practice across packages. The seminar is delivered live via Zoom with take-home challenges, a monitored chat forum and recordings/materials available for 30 days after the course, and participants receive an Instats certificate on completion (with ECTS-equivalent points indicated for European students). Enhance the rigor and impact of your research—spaces are limited, so find out more and secure your place today.
#Demography #ComputerScience #StatisticsEducation #Business #ComputationalStatistics #HealthEconomics #SocialSciences #InformationSystems #PopulationBiology #ComputationalSocialScience #DigitalHumanities #History #Statisticalmodellingandregression #CulturalEconomics #Biostatistics #DataScience #Statistics #Econometrics #Stata #R #SPSS #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats
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