Data Visualization and Graphing Results for the Social Sciences

PolBeRG,  ELECDEM and the Department of Political Science cordially invite you to a workshop on Data Visualization and Graphing Results for the Social Sciences

April 26:    

14:00 – 15:30    

 “The Graphs They are a-Changin': Principles, Examples, Software" - Lecture by Joost van Beek and Manuel Bosancianu

16:30 – 18:00    

“Visualizing Interaction Effects in Regression and Discrete Choice Models” - Lecture by Dr. Thomas Scotto

April 27    

11:00  – 12:30    

"Graphical Data Analysis: Foolish Displays and Fully Informative Displays, How Can You Tell the Difference?" - Lecture by Prof. Antony Unwin

16:30 – 18:00    

"Visualizing Relational/Network Data: a Smörgåsbord of Approaches, Interpretations and Caveats” - Lecture by Dr. Carl Nordlund

April 28:    

14:00 – 15:30    

"Advanced Graphical Data Analysis and Software: Multivariate Approaches, Interactive Graphics, Mondrian, iplots and R." - Lecture by Prof. Antony Unwin

16:00 – 17:30    

“IRT and Confirmatory Factor Analysis—Interpreting Item Characteristic Curves (ICC) with the MPLUS Package” - Lecture by Dr. Thomas Scotto

18:00 – Closing remarks

Lecturers:

Antony Unwin, Professor at the University of Augsburg,

Thomas Scotto, Reader at the University of Essex

Carl Nordlund, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Central European University,

Joost van Beek, Research Fellow at the Central European University,

Manuel Constantin Bosancianu, Central European University.