Founded in 1963, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program offers rigorous, hands-on training in statistics, quantitative methods, and data analysis for students, faculty, and researchers of all skill levels and backgrounds. This is a very rich set of in-person and online trainings, and CWRU has been represented at this program for many years by students, faculty and researchers. The CWRU Libraries also have an institutional subscription to the ICPSR data and studies collection.
Participants in the ICPSR Summer Program learn how to understand data and gain valuable research skills that help them to advance their education and careers. The ICPSR Summer Program is world-renowned for its premier quality of instruction, fun learning environment, and unparalleled networking opportunities.
If interested in the three-week sessions, you can register here. Each three-week session features more than 20 courses. The three-week classes are categorized as either:
- Courses: intensive instruction in specific quantitative methods and statistical techniques
- Lectures: supplementary instruction in math or statistical software packages
Participants in a three-week session may take up to 4 courses as well as unlimited lectures during the session for which they are enrolled.
If interested in the short workshops, you can register here. Short workshops focus on specific methodological techniques. Topics include:
- Introductory and advanced statistical methods
- Quantitative methods to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Network analysis
- Machine learning
- Mixed methods
- R statistical computing environment
