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Advanced Training Institutes

Geographic Information Systems for Behavioral Research
Tentative Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, July 16

8:30 - 9 am

Introduction of ATI Personnel (Golledge).

9 - 10:30 am

What is a GIS and how can it be used (Michael Goodchild and Gerard Rushton)

10:30 - 11 am

Coffee Break

11 am - 12 pm

What is a GIS and how can it be used (Michael Goodchild and Gerard Rushton) continued

12 - 1 pm

Lunch on own

1 - 2:30 pm

How to prepare and input data into a GIS (Goodchild/Rushton)

2:30 - 2:45 pm

Break

1 - 5:00 pm

Individual Consultation with Technical Assistants from the Spatial Thinking Program

 

Day 2: Thursday, July 17

9 - 10:15 am

GIS, Disability, Crime, and Education (Golledge/ESRI representative)

10:15 - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 - 12:30

GIS and Cancer Epidemiology Research (Gerard Rushton)

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch on own

1:30 - 3 pm

Laboratory on Epidemiology, Education

3 - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 - 5 pm

Technical laboratories using personal or provided data sets

 

Day 3: Friday, July 18

9 - 10:15 am

Perceptual and Cognitive Issues in GIS (Daniel Montello, Don Heth)

10:15 - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 - 12:30

Information Science; Spatial Cognition (Stephen Hirtle/Don Heth)

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch on own

1:30 - 3 pm

Application of GIS to Selected Problems in Psychology (technical assistance from UCSB Spatial Thinking Program)

3 - 3:15 pm

Break

3:15 - 5 pm

Closing session: Round Table Discussion

 

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