Introduction to Generalized Linear Models - On-Demand

Strengthen your statistical modeling skills with our online seminar on Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) in R, taught by Professor Rafael Moral, a leading expert in statistical ecology. Designed for PhD students, professors, and professional researchers, this workshop provides both the theoretical foundation and practical R-based skills needed to model binary, binomial, categorical, count, overdispersed, and zero-inflated data with confidence. Participants will learn how to select appropriate GLMs, implement them using R’s glm function, interpret results, compare models, make predictions, and handle common challenges such as overdispersion and excess zeros. Delivered via Zoom, the seminar includes take-home skill challenges, access to recordings, slides, code, data, and outputs for 30 days, plus a monitored discussion forum for follow-up questions. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your statistical toolkit and apply modern modeling approaches to real-world research problems. #DataScience #Biostatistics #Mathematics #Statistics #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to Machine Learning - On-Demand

Advance your research with machine learning in R! Join Professor Rafael Moral, Professor of Statistical Ecology and PR Statistics instructor, for an on-demand online workshop designed for PhD students, professors, and professional researchers who want to strengthen their data analysis, prediction, and classification skills. This comprehensive seminar covers key machine learning concepts and techniques, including supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, PCA, linear and logistic regression, regularization methods such as ridge regression, LASSO and elastic net, splines and generalized additive models, cross-validation, CART, random forests, and Bayesian additive regression trees (BART). With a strong focus on practical application in R, participants will gain the tools to analyze complex datasets, improve model performance, and apply machine learning confidently to their own research. The workshop includes access to videos, slides, data, code, and outputs for 30 days after enrolment activation, plus an official Instats certificate of completion with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #Bioinformatics #ComputerScience #Statistics #DataScience #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Self-Leadership for Academic Wellbeing - Livestream starting Sep 15, 2026 (UTC)

Join our upcoming online seminar on self-leadership for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic professionals, led by Ehssan Sakhaee of the University of Canberra. This highly interactive seminar explores how wellbeing, resilience, attention management, emotional intelligence, and psychological flexibility directly shape research quality, writing, collaboration, publication workflows, and long-term scholarly impact. Moving beyond traditional ideas of productivity, the session introduces evidence-informed frameworks from leadership studies, positive psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, self-determination theory, and organisational psychology to help researchers navigate pressure, uncertainty, perfectionism, imposter feelings, distraction, and motivational decline. Participants will work with the Awareness, Acceptance, and Agency framework and develop a personalised self-leadership plan for sustaining focus, managing energy, improving decision-making, and building healthier, more effective research habits. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days, and participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion. #Education #Management #Psychology #OrganizationStudies #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Causal Inference with LLMs - On-Demand

How can researchers use large language models without compromising the rigor of causal inference? This online Instats seminar, taught by Moses Boudourides (Northwestern University), explores how LLMs can be integrated into defensible causal workflows for textual, social media, administrative, and mixed-format data. Designed for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic staff, the seminar covers how to formalise causal questions, use LLMs to measure latent constructs, address prediction error and bias, generate and evaluate candidate instruments, support causal discovery, and estimate treatment effects with high-dimensional text data. No prior knowledge of causal inference, LLMs, or programming is required; participants receive fully annotated Python and R scripts, lecture slides, diagnostic tools, a curated reading list, access to recordings and materials for 30 days, a monitored Q&A forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion. #AppliedResearch #BayesianStatistics #CausalInference #ComputationalSocialScience #ComputationalStatistics #ComputerScience #DataScience #Economics #EnvironmentalSciences #Finance #Healthcare #MachineLearning #Management #MixedMethods #OrganizationStudies #RegressionModelingStrategies #ResearchMethods #SocialSciences #Sociology #Statisticalmodellingandregression #Statistics #SocialTheory #Python #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Machine Learning for Computational Biology 3.0 - On-Demand

Ready to bring machine learning into your computational biology research? Join Nikolay Oskolkov from Molecular Biosciences, Lund University, for Machine Learning for Computational Biology, a one-day online workshop designed for PhD students, professors, and professional researchers working in biostatistics, genetics, data science, bioinformatics, genomics, ecology, and related fields. This practical seminar combines essential theory with hands-on coding in R and Python, covering neural networks, gradient descent, random forests, k-means clustering, Gaussian Mixture Models, MCMC methods, autoencoders, model troubleshooting, ethical considerations, and real-world biological applications. Participants will learn how to implement key algorithms from scratch and apply them to complex biological data, with take-home skill challenges, access to recordings and materials for 30 days, an instructor-monitored discussion forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion, including ECTS Equivalent points for European students. #MachineLearning #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #Genomics #DataScience #PhDTraining #ResearchSkills #Python #RStats #Biostatistics #Genetics #DataScience #Biology #Ecology #Bioinformatics #Genomics #ComputationalBiology #ArtificialIntelligence #ComputerScience #Statistics #R #Python #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Recherche 2SLGBTQ+ à Statistique Canada (Séminaire gratuit) - On-Demand

Vous souhaitez mieux comprendre comment mesurer et analyser la diversité sexuelle et de genre dans les données publiques canadiennes? Ce séminaire en ligne, destiné aux doctorant·e·s et aux chercheur·euse·s professionnel·le·s, présentera les normes et questions de Statistique Canada sur le genre, le sexe à la naissance et l’orientation sexuelle, ainsi que les développements récents liés à la collecte de données sur les populations 2SLGBTQ+. La séance, offerte en français avec diapositives et notes en français et en anglais, abordera des exemples d’analyses comparatives entre les sexes plus (ACS Plus), les défis et possibilités liés aux données d’enquête, ainsi que les méthodes permettant d’identifier des sous-groupes sous-représentés ou invisibilisés. Les participant·e·s apprendront à concevoir des mesures inclusives de l’intersectionnalité, à interpréter les écarts sociodémographiques et socioéconomiques, et à définir des objectifs transparents pour la collecte de données d’auto-identification en contexte EDI. Le séminaire est offert en direct sur Zoom, avec accès aux enregistrements, au matériel et à un forum de questions-réponses pendant 30 jours, ainsi qu’un certificat officiel de réussite Instats. #SocialSciences #Statistics #SurveyStatistics #PublicPolicy #Sociology #Demography #DataScience #Education #PublicHealth #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Applied Research in the AI Era (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join an upcoming online seminar designed for PhD students and professional researchers on how contemporary AI methods can be integrated into rigorous academic research, with a special focus on applications in Marketing Research. Hosted with the Academy of Marketing Science, this workshop features leading scholars Simon Blanchard from Georgetown University and Wassili Lasarov from Audencia, who will share practical and conceptual perspectives on using AI to strengthen research design, improve execution, support manuscript preparation, and enhance publication outcomes. The seminar combines hands-on guidance with actionable insights that participants can apply directly to their own research projects. Live sessions are delivered via Zoom, with recordings, slides, materials, data, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days afterward, making it easy to participate live or asynchronously. Participants will also receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available where applicable. #Administration #Business #Marketing #SocialSciences #ComputerScience #Statistics #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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ASA Sports Analytics Conference - On-Demand

Join us April 24–25, 2026, for the ASA Sports Analytics Conference, a two-day virtual workshop hosted by the American Statistical Association and delivered live via Instats for PhD students, faculty, and professional researchers interested in the methodological and applied frontiers of sports data science. Sports offer a powerful laboratory for statistical innovation, from high-frequency tracking and biomechanics to causal inference, prediction, networked data, and reproducible workflows. We are excited to feature distinguished speakers Mike Lopez (NFL), Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology), and Rebecca Nugent (Carnegie Mellon University). Abstract submissions are now open for both Near/Recent Grad and Open tracks, and accepted paper authors will receive free conference registration. We welcome innovative work from academic and industry researchers, including high-level descriptions where public disclosure is limited. Submit a one-page PDF abstract by 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, February 22, 2026: https://tinyurl.com/VSAC2026. To join the mailing list for conference updates, complete the form here: https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=fZ3ViMuuskGQxVVZXeAlNlBLjccNNcJGkzrSJ0iZO_1UOTNSMVE4V0ZINTFPSkFFRkJTU0tXTlZENS4u #Statistics #ComputerScience #DataScience #Mathematics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Advanced Regression with ChatGPT and Stata 2.0 - On-Demand

Take your regression skills further with this advanced online workshop for PhD students and professional researchers: Advanced Regression with ChatGPT & Stata. Building on introductory regression foundations, this seminar helps you develop confidence with more complex modeling challenges, including interaction effects, diagnostics and assumptions, curvilinear relationships, logistic regression, data refinement, weighting, scale construction, missing data, and multiple imputation. A key feature of the workshop is the continued use of ChatGPT as a learning assistant, helping you explore modeling strategies, troubleshoot Stata commands, clarify concepts, and interpret results in a practical, future-ready research workflow. Designed for participants with prior regression knowledge, the seminar includes step-by-step Stata guidance, take-home skill challenges, access to recordings and materials for 30 days, instructor-supported discussion, and an official Instats certificate of completion. The workshop can be taken individually or as part of the Using ChatGPT with Stata course, with a 10% discount when registering for two or more seminars. #SocialSciences #Statisticalmodellingandregression #Statistics #StatisticsEducation #SurveyStatistics #ComputerScience #Education #DataScience #SoftwareEngineering #Economics #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Multilevel Models with ChatGPT and Stata 2.0 - On-Demand

Join our online workshop on Multilevel Modeling with Stata and ChatGPT, designed for PhD students, professional researchers, graduate students, and analysts who are familiar with basic regression and ready to work with nested or clustered data such as individuals within households, patients within hospitals, or respondents within countries. This practical seminar introduces key concepts including empty models, intraclass correlation (ICC), random intercept and random slope models, Level-2 predictors, cross-level interactions, and applied extensions such as logistic multilevel models, three-level models, cross-classified structures, weighting, time, outliers, and post-estimation tools. A distinctive feature of the workshop is the integration of ChatGPT as a learning assistant to help clarify concepts, generate and refine Stata commands, troubleshoot issues, and explore alternative modeling strategies. The seminar can be taken individually or as part of the Using ChatGPT with Stata course, with a 10% automatic discount when purchasing two or more workshops. Livestream sessions are held via Zoom, with recordings, materials, data, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days afterward, plus an official Instats certificate of completion. #SocialSciences #Statistics #StatisticsEducation #SurveyStatistics #ComputerScience #DataScience #Psychology #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Publishing Management Research in FT-50 Journals - On-Demand

Publishing in FT-50 journals is a major milestone for management scholars, and this online seminar offers a practical, evidence-informed pathway for getting there. Led by Arjun Mitra (California State University, Los Angeles), an FT-50 published scholar with editorial board experience at journals including Human Relations and Journal of Management Studies, the workshop gives PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic staff concrete guidance on framing strong contribution claims, building theory, structuring introductions and discussions, aligning empirical strategy with theoretical arguments, and responding effectively to reviewers. Through successful manuscript examples, anonymised reviewer reports, manuscript clinic sessions, peer review exercises, and personalised feedback, participants will learn how to strengthen their own papers for top-tier management journals such as Organization Science, Human Relations, and Journal of Business Ethics. The seminar is delivered live via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, and participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion. #Business #Ethics #HumanCapital #HumanResourceManagement #Leadership #Management #OnlineSurvey #OrganisationalPsychology #OrganizationalBehavior #OrganizationStudies #Psychology #QuantitativeMethods #SocialPsychology #SocialSciences #Writing #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Publishing Management Research in FT-50 Journals - On-Demand

Publishing in Financial Times 50 (FT-50) journals is a major milestone for management scholars, but meeting reviewer and editor expectations requires more than a strong idea. This online seminar, led by Arjun Mitra of California State University, Los Angeles, offers PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic staff a practical, evidence-informed pathway for developing FT-50-ready manuscripts. Drawing on successful publications, anonymised reviewer reports, and examples from journals such as Organization Science, Human Relations, and Journal of Business Ethics, the workshop focuses on crafting compelling introductions, building stronger theoretical arguments, aligning empirical strategy with contribution claims, and writing persuasive discussions, cover letters, and rebuttals. Participants will take part in manuscript clinic sessions, peer review exercises, and guided revision activities designed to produce concrete improvements to their own work. Available live via Zoom, with recordings and materials accessible for 30 days, the seminar also includes an online Q&A forum and an official Instats certificate of completion. A valuable opportunity for researchers aiming to improve their chances of publication in top-tier management journals. #Business #Ethics #HumanCapital #HumanResourceManagement #Leadership #Management #OnlineSurvey #OrganisationalPsychology #OrganizationalBehavior #OrganizationStudies #Psychology #QuantitativeMethods #SocialPsychology #SocialSciences #Writing #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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LLM Interfaces with ellmer - Livestream starting Aug 13, 2026 (UTC)

Join our hands-on online workshop on ellmer, the R package that offers a consistent interface to leading large language model APIs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Google, and more. Designed for PhD students, professional researchers, and R users with knowledge of functions, lists, and package usage, this seminar will show you how to create and configure chat objects, manage conversation state, write repeatable prompts, register R functions as tools, extract structured data using defined schemas, stream responses, run async requests, manage token usage, and debug common LLM integration issues. Working with live APIs, participants will build practical examples that connect models to external R functions and convert unstructured text into validated R data structures. No prior LLM or API experience is required. Livestream seminars are delivered via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, plus an official Instats certificate of completion. #AcademicLiteracy #Biochemistry #Biology #Chemistry #ClinicalResearch #Econometrics #Economics #Marketing #DataScience #SoftwareEngineering #ComputerScience #R #ellmer #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Nuts and Bolts of AI: A Conceptual Explanation - Livestream starting Oct 9, 2026 (UTC)

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday research practice, but using it well requires more than knowing which tool to open. This online seminar gives PhD students, academic staff, and professional researchers a clear conceptual understanding of AI without code or math, connecting the historical development of perceptrons and neural networks to the mechanisms behind today’s large language models. Participants will learn how language-based AI systems process information, why they produce useful results, where they remain unreliable, and how issues such as hallucination, prompt sensitivity, and inconsistency should shape scholarly use. Designed for researchers across disciplines, the seminar supports more critical and responsible engagement with AI in literature review, coding assistance, text analysis, qualitative interpretation, and broader research workflows. Livestream sessions are offered via Zoom, with recordings, slides, materials, and a monitored Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, making it possible to attend live or asynchronously. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available where shown. disciplines #Education #InformationScience #DataScience #ComputerScience #OpenRouter #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to Panel-data Analysis Using Stata (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Dec 8, 2026 (UTC)

Strengthen your longitudinal data skills with our online seminar on panel-data analysis in Stata, designed for PhD students and professional researchers working with repeated observations on individuals, countries, firms, sectors, or other units. This workshop introduces the conceptual foundations of panel models and shows how to apply them in practical Stata workflows, including model specification, comparison, coefficient interpretation, unobserved heterogeneity, and the assumptions that shape credible causal and descriptive inference. Ideal for researchers ready to move beyond basic regression, the seminar combines methodological rigor with hands-on implementation to support reproducible, publication-ready empirical work. Join live via Zoom or participate asynchronously: recordings, slides, code, output, and data remain available online for 30 days after the seminar, and a monitored Q&A forum lets you continue asking content-related questions after the live sessions. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for eligible European students where indicated. #Econometrics #PoliticalScience #Statistics #Economics #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to SEM Using Stata (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Oct 29, 2026 (UTC)

Join our online seminar designed for PhD students and professional researchers interested in applying structural equation models (SEMs) in Stata. This workshop introduces Stata’s sem and gsem commands, along with the SEM Builder, showing how SEMs can be used to model latent constructs, measurement models, mediation, longitudinal relationships, confirmatory factor analysis, regression models, and combined measurement and structural components. You will also learn practical tools for evaluating model fit. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings and all materials, including slides, code, output, and data, available online for 30 days after the seminar ends, making it easy to attend live or asynchronously. Participants can also ask follow-up questions through an online Q&A forum monitored by the seminar expert(s) for 30 days. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, and ECTS Equivalent points are available for eligible European students where indicated. #Management #Psychology #PublicHealth #Sociology #Biostatistics #DataScience #Statistics #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to Stata (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Sep 1, 2026 (UTC)

Join our online seminar for PhD students, professional researchers, and academic staff seeking a rigorous, practical introduction to Stata for data management, statistical analysis, graphics, modeling, and reproducible research workflows. Taught by StataCorp, this seminar is designed for researchers in fields such as biostatistics, econometrics, political science, psychology, public health, public policy, sociology, and statistics who want to build confidence using Stata in publication-oriented empirical work. Participants will learn how to import, inspect, clean, and transform data; create high-quality visualizations; estimate and interpret basic models; and organize analysis in transparent, reproducible workflows suitable for manuscripts, reports, and dissertations. No advanced Stata experience is required, though some familiarity with statistical analysis is helpful, and participants should have access to a licensed installation of Stata. The seminar is available via Zoom, with recordings and materials accessible for 30 days, plus a monitored Q&A forum for follow-up questions. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available where shown. #Biostatistics #Econometrics #PoliticalScience #Psychology #PublicHealth #PublicPolicy #Sociology #Statistics #Economics #DataScience #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Machine Learning for Computational Biology - Livestream starting Sep 8, 2026 (UTC)

Ready to bring machine learning into your computational biology research? Join Nikolay Oskolkov from Molecular Biosciences, Lund University, for the one-day online workshop “Machine Learning for Computational Biology,” designed for PhD students, professors, and professional researchers working in biostatistics, genetics, data science, bioinformatics, genomics, ecology, and related fields. This hands-on seminar combines essential theory with practical coding in R and Python, covering neural networks, gradient descent, random forests, k-means clustering, Gaussian Mixture Models, MCMC methods, autoencoders, model troubleshooting, optimization, ethical considerations, and real-world biological applications. Participants will learn how to implement key algorithms from scratch and apply them to complex biological data, leaving with practical skills they can immediately use in their own research. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings, slides, data, code, take-home skill challenges, and an instructor-monitored chat forum available for 30 days after the session, making it easy to attend live or revisit the material asynchronously. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #Biostatistics #Genetics #DataScience #Biology #Ecology #Bioinformatics #Genomics #ComputationalBiology #ArtificialIntelligence #ComputerScience #Statistics #R #Python #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to Multilevel Modeling Using Stata (Free Seminar) - Livestream starting Oct 20, 2026 (UTC)

Working with grouped, nested, or longitudinal data in your research? Join our online seminar introducing multilevel modeling for PhD students and professional researchers, with practical demonstrations in Stata using mixed, predict, twoway, margins, and marginsplot. We’ll cover how to model data structures such as students within schools, repeated measurements within individuals, and crossed groupings like regions and occupations, helping you account for dependence and better understand variation across levels. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings, slides, code, output, and data available for 30 days, plus access to a monitored Q&A forum so you can continue asking questions after the live sessions. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for eligible European students where indicated. #Education #Medicine #OrganisationalPsychology #Psychology #PublicHealth #Statistics #Biostatistics #DataScience #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata - Livestream starting Feb 23, 2027 (UTC)

Join our online seminar designed for PhD students and professional researchers who want to build practical skills in structural equation modeling using Stata. This seminar provides a clear overview of linear SEM, including model specification, fitting, evaluation, and path diagrams, before moving into Stata’s SEM tools such as the sem command, SEM Builder, and ssd commands for summary statistics. Participants will explore key model types, including regression, path analysis, mediation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, full structural equation models, latent growth curves, multiple-group models, and an introduction to generalized SEM with the gsem command for multilevel models and binary, ordered, count, and categorical outcomes. The seminar also covers how to test, interpret, compare, and report SEM results, including standardized estimates, direct and indirect effects, goodness-of-fit statistics, and modification indices. All livestream sessions are delivered via Zoom, with recordings and materials available online for 30 days after the seminar, plus access to a monitored Q&A forum for follow-up questions. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS equivalent points available where applicable. #Education #Management #Psychology #PublicHealth #Sociology #Statistics #DataScience #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Introduction to Dyadic Data Analysis 2.0 - Livestream starting Aug 12, 2026 (UTC)

Are you working with paired or relational data in sociology, psychology, human development, family science, or the social and health sciences? Join Professor Michael Fitzgerald of Oklahoma State University for a comprehensive three-day online workshop on Dyadic Data Analysis with lavaan, designed for PhD students, academic researchers, and professionals who want to move beyond individual-level analyses and model the complex ways paired individuals interact and influence one another. Participants will learn the conceptual foundations of dyadic analysis, when dyadic models are needed, key design and measurement considerations, measurement invariance, actor-partner interdependence models (APIM), common fate models (CFM), empirical distinguishability, and how to specify and interpret dyadic models using lavaan. This hands-on seminar will equip you with practical skills to design stronger dyadic studies, apply sophisticated statistical models, and generate more nuanced, impactful research. The workshop is delivered via Zoom with take-home skill challenges, access to recordings and materials for 30 days, a monitored discussion forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #Psychology #Sociology #SocialWork #Criminology #PublicHealth #Psychiatry #SocialSciences #HumanDevelopmentandFamilyScience #DataScience #Statistics #R #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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High-Performance Programming for Biology - Livestream starting Nov 2, 2026 (UTC)

Advance your computational biology toolkit with our online seminar on high-performance programming in C and C++ for biological and genomic applications. Designed for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic staff, this expert-led workshop with Giulio Formenti from the Vertebrate Genome Lab at The Rockefeller University focuses on practical, research-grade implementation techniques for genome-scale challenges, including large genomes, sequencing reads, k-mers, memory layout, profiling, multithreading, data structures, binary formats, build systems, and reproducible software development. Through theory, coding exercises, and real genomic workflows, participants will learn how to build faster, more scalable, and more reliable research software for computational biology, from optimized executables to publishable methods and reusable tools. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings, slides, code, data, and an expert-moderated Q&A forum available for 30 days after the seminar, making it easy to attend live or asynchronously. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS equivalent points available where indicated. #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering #Genomics #C #C++ #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Panel-data Analysis Using Stata - Livestream starting May 18, 2027 (UTC)

Strengthen your quantitative research skills with our online seminar on panel-data analysis in Stata, designed for PhD students and professional researchers. This workshop begins with a quick introduction to Stata and basic regression analysis before moving into linear panel-data models, including fixed-effects, random-effects, correlated random-effects, Hausman and Mundlak tests, and high-dimensional fixed effects. Participants will also explore instrumental-variables estimation, dynamic panel-data models such as the Arellano–Bond and Arellano–Bover/Blundell–Bond estimators, and nonlinear panel-data models for binary and count outcomes. Seminars are delivered via Zoom, with recordings, materials, data, code, outputs, and handouts available online for 30 days after the seminar, plus access to an expert-moderated Q&A forum. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available for eligible European students. #Statistics #Economics #Stata #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Using Mplus for Dynamic SEM (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join us for an online seminar on Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM) with Mplus, designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers working with intensive longitudinal and time series data. DSEM offers powerful tools for modeling dynamic processes, intra-individual variability, time-lagged effects, autocorrelation, moving average processes, latent variables, and missing data, making it especially valuable for research in psychology, education, social sciences, health sciences, and related fields. Participants will learn the theoretical foundations of DSEM, how it differs from traditional SEM, how to specify and estimate models in Mplus using the Bayes estimator, and how to evaluate model fit and interpret complex outputs in applied research settings. The seminar is delivered online via Zoom and includes take-home skill challenges, access to recordings and materials for 30 days, an instructor-monitored discussion forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #Education #Statistics #Psychology #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Using Mplus for DSEM with Cycles (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Advance your longitudinal data analysis skills with Professor Muthén’s online seminar on Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM) with cycles, designed for PhD students, professors, and professional researchers working with complex panel, time-series, social, health, education, or psychology data. This seminar introduces cutting-edge approaches for modeling dynamic change, repeating cycles, and periodicity using Mplus, with practical coverage of model specification, interpretation, convergence and data-quality challenges, robustness checks, sensitivity analyses, multilevel DSEM, and real-world applications. Originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 7 at statmodel.com, the seminar is supported by recent methodological resources from Muthén, Asparouhov, Keijsers, and Shiffman. Participants receive access to Zoom recordings, slides, data, input/output files, take-home skill challenges, and an instructor-monitored discussion forum for 30 days, making it possible to attend live or asynchronously. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #DataScience #Education #Psychology #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Can CLPM Establish Cross-Lagged Effects? (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join us for an online seminar on Cross-Lagged Panel Modeling (CLPM) with Professor Bengt Muthén, a leading expert in structural equation modeling. Designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers, this seminar explores how CLPM can be used to investigate cross-lagged effects in longitudinal panel data, while also addressing the methodological challenges, limitations, and interpretive pitfalls that have shaped ongoing debates in the field. Participants will gain practical insights into the theory and application of CLPM, helping them strengthen the robustness of their current and future research. The seminar is available via Zoom or on demand, with access to recordings, slides, data, input/output files, take-home skill challenges, and a monitored discussion forum for 30 days. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS-equivalent points available for eligible European students. #Education #Psychology #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 2: Categorical Variables (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join our online seminar on cross-lagged modeling for categorical variables, designed for PhD students and professional researchers working with longitudinal panel data. Led by Professor Muthén, this seminar explores how to model temporal relationships, reciprocal effects, missing data, and model fit when categorical variables are central to your research questions. Using Mplus, participants will gain practical insight into the challenges of analyzing categorical data over time and learn strategies for drawing more rigorous and robust conclusions from complex longitudinal studies. The seminar includes access to recordings and materials for 30 days, take-home skill challenges, an instructor-monitored discussion forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. Whether you attend live or asynchronously, this is a valuable opportunity to strengthen your expertise in advanced longitudinal modeling. #DataScience #Statistics #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Using Mplus for CLPM, Part 1: Continuous Variables (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join our online seminar on cross-lagged panel modeling with Mplus, designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers looking to strengthen their longitudinal data analysis skills. This workshop provides a practical deep dive into cross-lagged models for panel data with continuous variables, including the conceptual foundations of CLPM, estimation of cross-lagged paths and autoregressive coefficients, and interpretation of model fit indices. Based on Professor Bengt Muthén’s expert instruction and originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 4 (Part I), the seminar combines rigorous statistical insight with applied examples and supporting materials. Participants receive access to recordings, slides, inputs, outputs, and data for 30 days, along with take-home skill challenges, instructor-monitored discussion support, and an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. Whether you attend live via Zoom or asynchronously on demand, this seminar is an excellent opportunity to build confidence in modeling dynamic relationships over time using Mplus. #Psychology #Education #DataScience #Statistics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Better Longitudinal SEM: Wheaton et al. 46 Years Later (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join us for an online seminar on new approaches to longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Bengt Muthén, renowned scholar from UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers in social sciences, psychology, education, and related fields, this masterclass explores the evolution of longitudinal SEM and demonstrates how modern techniques can improve model fit, interpretability, and insight into latent variable frameworks. Inspired by the landmark Wheaton et al. study and originally presented as Mplus Web Talk 3 on statmodel.com, the seminar combines historical context with practical applications to strengthen your analytical toolkit. Participants will receive access to recordings, slides, data, program inputs/outputs, and take-home skill challenges for 30 days, with an instructor-monitored forum for follow-up questions. An official Instats certificate of completion is provided, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #SocialTheory #DataScience #Psychology #Statistics #Education #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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Using Mplus for LTA and RI-LTA (Free Seminar) - On-Demand

Join us for an online seminar designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers interested in modeling change in longitudinal data using Latent Transition Analysis (LTA) and Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis (RI-LTA). Led by Bengt Muthén, a leading expert in latent variable modeling and key developer of Mplus, this seminar provides an in-depth introduction to these powerful methods for studying transitions in latent class membership over time, with applications across psychology, education, and the social sciences. Participants will learn how to implement LTA and RI-LTA in Mplus, interpret results, and address common challenges in longitudinal data analysis, gaining tools to uncover dynamic patterns that traditional approaches may miss. The seminar includes access to recordings and materials for 30 days, take-home skill challenges, an instructor-monitored discussion forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS Equivalent points available for European students. #DataScience #Statistics #Psychology #Mplus #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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