Quotes from Summer Program participants:
"I came to ICPSR's Summer Program because it has an outstanding reputation and I could do it in one month."
"I thoroughly enjoyed meeting people from so many disciplines and so many different countries. The professors are so good."
Teaching & Learning
Social Science Instruction at ICPSR
ICPSR offers a broad range of learning tools and courses. These tools help undergraduates acquire basic skills in quantitative data analysis, support teaching faculty with tools for the classroom, and provide basic and advanced training in social science methods through the internationally-renowned Summer Program.
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
The Summer Program provides training in research methodology. The program's breadth and the high quality of instruction have made it the preeminent forum for training in the tools of quantitative analysis. Instruction integrates hand-on data analysis with the theoretical and practical problems that arise in actual social science research.
The Summer Program takes place from early June to late August at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It centers around two four-week sessions. Many shorter three- and five-day courses are offered as well.
You can learn more about the Summer Program,
or visit the Summer Program site
.
Online Learning Center
The Online Learning Center
offers
Data-Driven Learning
Guides that supplement undergraduate social
science coursework with learning exercises using actual ICPSR data. They cover
42 subject areas in
political science, sociology, and social psychology. They can be completed by the student or used for
classroom demonstrations.
The guides are aimed at students in introductory and lower-level social science courses. They introduce basic concepts in quantitative analysis and demonstrate the process of analyzing data. Students do not need a background in statistics to use the guides. The subjects and structure of the guides were chosen to reflect the syllabi of the textbooks commonly used for introductory courses in the social sciences.
TeachingWithData.org
This portal provides access to resources to help faculty incorporate quantitative literacy into social science classes.
