Summer is a good time for researchers to brush up on modern statistical techniques and research methods by taking advantage of short courses offered by faculty members who specialize in a variety of cutting-edge methods.  It is a good idea for graduate students to develop the habit of learning new techniques that may be applicable to their research.  Doing so will enable students to stay up to speed on new developments, and will facilitate networking with faculty and students from related research areas. 

The Science Student Council aims to enhance psychological science students’ experience as graduate students. As such, we have identified a number of short courses that are being offered in the United States this summer. They are listed below.

See the following websites for additional information on these and other workshops:

Research Training Opportunities Outside APA

Dr. Alan Reifman's Intro Stats Page

Many of these courses will likely be offered again in 2011, so if you cannot attend one this year, you can plan on doing so next year.

Nisha Gottfredson is a graduate student in the Quantitative Psychology program at the University of North Carolina.  She receives National Institutes of Health fellowship funding to study approaches for handling nonignorable missing data.