Start Date: 2010-04-30 01:00:00

A New Session of Missing Data, April 30-May 1
Taught by Paul D. Allison, Ph.D.

Paul Allison is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches graduate methods and statistics. He is widely recognized as an extraordinarily effective teacher of statistical methods who can reach students with highly diverse backgrounds and expertise. Allison is the author of Missing Data (Sage 2001), Fixed Effects Regression Models (Sage 2009), Survival Analysis Using SAS (SAS Institute 1995), Logistic Regression Using SAS (SAS Institute 1999), Multiple Regression: A Primer (Pine Forge 1999), and Event History Analysis (Sage 1984). He is a member of the editorial board of Sociological Methods & Research. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Allison received the Lazarsfeld Award for distinguished contributions to sociological methodology in 2001.

The 2-day seminar on Missing Data, April 23-24 sold out within a few days. So there is now a new session scheduled on Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1. If you register now, you can save $100 off the registration fee.

If you have missing data problems (and who doesn't), this course will provide you with tools to solve those problems using new methods that are far superior to standard techniques.

Here's what participants said were the most important things they gained:

* "I learned many new methods of imputing missing values and, most important, I learned when and how to use it, and when it was not recommended to do so."
* "Many practical hints for my own work. The interactive presentation style was great. In the breaks, being able to ask questions related to own research was useful."
* "A comprehensive and almost complete presentation in a very short seminar, which encourages one to go further and use such methods to handle missing data in empirical research."
* 'Simple explanations of theories and concepts (without too much statistical theory); practical implementation of methodologies"
* "Concrete hands-on examples for doing ML and imputations, commands for SAS and Stata, tips for choosing the right software."

Some Details:

The class is held at Temple University Center City, just across from City Hall in the heart of downtown Philadelphia. We'll meet from 9 to 4 each day with a 1-hour lunch break.

You’ll receive a copy of my book Missing Data, along with a bound manual containing detailed lecture notes (with equations and graphics), examples of computer printout, and many other useful features. The fee of $750 includes all course materials. If you register on or before Friday, March 26, the fee is reduced to $650.

If you need a hotel room, special rates have been arranged at the Club Quarters Hotel which is a 5-minute walk from the classroom.

For additional information about the course, click here.

Here are the other courses being offered this spring and summer:

Longitudinal Data Analysis
May 7-8 Washington, DC (Using Stata)
May 21-22 Los Angeles (Using SAS)

Structural Equation Models
June 21-23, Bologna, Italy
Registration is not yet available.

Categorical Data Analysis
July 12-16, Philadelphia

Event History & Survival Analysis
July 19-23, Philadelphia