This online course will provide a basic introduction to time series analysis and its applications in social science research. We will cover time series regression and exploratory data analysis, ARIMA models, model identification/estimation, intervention analysis and other models used for causal inference. This course will use examples and hands-on labs in STATA. Participants should have a thorough understanding of regression analysis and some familiarity with STATA. This course will be presented through Zoom. Please be sure to have a reliable internet connection for this course. Participants MUST register at least 3 days prior in order to receive the meeting ID and link for this course (this will be sent to registrants by the instructor once registration closes).

Instructor Bio:
Emily Wager is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Houston. She earned her PhD in political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She researches topics related to macro politics, race and inequality. Link to personal website: http://www.emilymwager.com

Registration Fees:
– UNC CH Students: $0, with a $25 deposit to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course)
– UNC CH Faculty/Staff/Postdoc: $50

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This class will be offered via Zoom ONLY.  Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded. Registration closes at 12:01am on 10/1/2021. Once registration closes, no late registrations will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS! 

Zoom link for this course will be sent prior to the course. Registration must be made at least 3 days prior to the course date to receive the Zoom link.

Join a live training session for the N3C Data Enclave. Users of all types can learn how to navigate the N3C, utilize the Enclave and resources it provides, and learn how to better achieve their analytical goals. This orientation is split into 2 sessions – Session A and Session B. These orientations are ongoing and will alternate week by week. Session A is recommended before attending Session B

Session B is for analysts, statisticians, data scientists, or anyone who wants to gain a broader understanding of the tools needed to work with the data.

Topics include:

• Focus on technical aspects of working with data in the secure N3C Enclave, including use of OMOP concept sets and N3C-specific tooling, such as the Concept Set Browser.
• Introduce commonly used analysis tools, such as Contour and Code Workbooks and corresponding workflows for simple analyses.
• Introduce the Enclave Knowledge Store, a mechanism for sharing and using community-developed code and data across projects.

Note: This orientation is held alternating Tuesdays | 8-9:30am PT/11am-12:30pm ET

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Please join the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for a moderated panel designed for people looking to prepare preproposals for the Fall 2021 Creativity Hubs competition. More information on the Creativity Hubs competition is available at https://research.unc.edu/creativity-hubs/rfp/.

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This online training session will provide an introduction to qualitative research methods. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences conducting qualitative research.

Topics:

• Differences between quantitative and qualitative research
• Qualitative research methodologies
• Strategies for qualitative data collection
• Methods of qualitative data analysis

Presenter: MaryBeth Grewe, MPH,
NC TraCS Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program Qualitative Research Specialist

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This is a four-part course.

SAS part 1 of 4 will give an introduction to the SAS system and SAS windows. Topics to be covered include:

• creating and saving SAS programs
• reading in data from simple and complex text data sets
• typing variables
• obtaining frequencies, contents, and univariate statistics

Instructor: Chris Wiesen
Please note: Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the virtual lab. 

Registration fees
$20 deposit required to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course).

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When tasked with designing recruitment materials, how do you make sure your study stands out from the others? What tools are at your disposal to create eye-catching materials? How do you communicate your study quickly and effectively?

Understanding the tools and strategies for developing recruitment materials can start your recruitment on the right foot. Join the NC TraCS Research Recruitment and Retention Program to learn how to use layout, images, and color to help your materials stand out.

Recruitment Series Sessions

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The NC TraCS Recruitment and Retention Program is a 4-part recruitment series culminating in a hands-on material design workshop. In this series, you will learn how to effectively pitch your study, communicate your study to a broad audience, and create eye-catching recruitment materials.

This is a four-part course.

SAS 2/4 will cover:

• formatting variable venues
• creating SAS libraries for storing and retrieving SAS data sets and format files
• reading raw data from external files
• creating new SAS data sets from existing SAS data sets, subsetting by observation and by variable

Instructor: Chris Wiesen
Please note: Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the virtual lab. 

Registration fees
$20 deposit required to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course).

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This is a four-part course.

SAS 3/4 will cover:

• how to create new SAS data sets combining information from multiple existing SAS data sets
• how to sort, concatenate, interleave, and merge data sets
• how to perform the t-test, and test for no association in a contingency table

Instructor: Chris Wiesen
Please note: Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the virtual lab. 

Registration fees
$20 deposit required to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course).

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Registration is open for the 2021-2022 TraCS Professional Development Seminar series. This seminar series is aimed at research professionals, graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty researchers. In this series, we cover foundational skills useful for career development in clinical/translational research.

The TraCS Professional Development Seminar series is split into 4 modules: Finding Funding, Communication Skills, Mentor-Mentee Training, and Rigor and Reproducibility.

Communication Skills

Through the UNC Event Registration system, you will be able to select which sessions you would like to attend. Please note: the Zoom link that you receive upon registration will work for all sessions within the Communication Skills module. Each session will be held in-person and/or via Zoom on Fridays.

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This is a four-part course.

For SAS 4/4, attendants will be allowed to suggest topics. Past topics include variable retyping, creating SAS datasets from SAS output; creating html and Microsoft Word tables, ANOVA, importing and exporting Excel files.

Instructor: Chris Wiesen
Please note: Attendees must bring a laptop to this course with SAS (free 14-day trial of SAS software available from programmer) already loaded. SAS software will not be provided. If you are part of the UNC community, you can access SAS on the virtual lab. 

Registration fees
$20 deposit required to hold your spot (deposit is refundable upon your attendance for at least 66% of the course).

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