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IPSantar%C3%A9m Summer Course 2015 - 2nd edition

The IPSantar%C3%A9m Summer Course includes 2 modules: 1. Portuguese language and culture (30 hours); 2. One of the following four modules (15 hours each): a) Health and Foodb) Viticulture and Animal Productionc) Fitness and Outdoor Sportsd) Entrepreneurship The Portuguese language and culture

Design and Implementation of Longitudinal Surveys

The course will provide an overview of those aspects of survey design and implementation that are unique to longitudinal surveys or that have distinct features in the longitudinal context. Discussion will be placed within a framework of the sources of survey error (sampling, coverage, nonresponse,

Questionnaire Design

Briefly speaking, a respondent%E2%80%99s answer can only be as good as the question being asked. Thus, an effective questionnaire is a key component of a survey contributing to overall data quality. In addition to an overview of theoretical principles underlying questionnaire design this course

Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation

This course provides an introduction to the theory and application of Multiple Imputation (MI) (Rubin 1987) which has become a very popular way for handling missing data, because it allows for correct statistical inference in the presence of missing data. With the advent of MI algorithms

Understanding and Modeling Measurement Error in Social Surveys

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to measurement error (ME) in survey research. This is a crucial topic because there are always errors in the measurement and if we do not take this into account, substantive results may be completely wrong without realizing it. First, we will

Bolgar International Archeological Field School

Bolgar International Archeological Field School is an academic program offered by Kazan Federal University (Russia) in collaboration with Khalikov Institute of Archeology(Russia). The School is held annualy and hosted by the International Archeological Research Centre located in Bolgar, Republic of

Tools for Macroeconomists: The Essentials

This is a hands-on graduate-level course teaching key techniques to analyse and estimate macroeconomics models. It teaches the key building blocks of numerical analysis such as function approximation and numerical integration. The course shows how these techniques are used in perturbation and

PH3: Ion Beam Analysis for Cultural Heritage and Environment Studies

This course in intended for both active practitioners of the ion beam analysis and users of the analysis services in the field of cultural heritage and environment studies. The main focus of the course is in particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE). The course will cover basic physics behind PIXE