The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) and the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC) will host two virtual workshops this summer. Applications are due May 15, 2023 (11:59 pm EST).
The NHATS workshop will be held June 26-28, 2023. The NSOC workshop will be held July 31-August 2, 2023.
To apply, please fill out the application below. Applicants will be notified in early June.
Overview
The NHATS/NSOC workshops are 3-day hands-on virtual learning experiences. The goal is to assist graduate students, post-docs, early career faculty, and faculty new to NHATS/NSOC to complete the initial steps of an analysis of interest. Applicants must specify in their applications their main outcome(s), predictors, and sample of interest.
Workshop focus
The NHATS workshop will provide users with a working knowledge of NHATS. The NHATS workshop is designed to support researchers interested in projects focused on older adults, their health and functioning, and related care issues.
The NSOC workshop will provide users with a working knowledge of NHATS and NSOC. The NSOC workshop is designed to support researchers interested in projects focused on caregivers or care networks to older adults.
Both workshops will provide participants with hands-on guidance on how to select and merge files to create an analytic sample, how to analyze an outcome and key predictor of interest, and how to use survey weights and design variables in an analysis. Workshop faculty include NHATS and NSOC investigators and staff.
Requirements
Applicants should have some prior experience with survey data and statistical programming (e.g. SAS, STATA, R). Graduate students should complete their dissertation proposal defense before applying. Accepted applicants will be asked to commit up to four hours before the workshop and three full days during the workshop.
Questions
If you have questions, please email us at nhatshelp@umich.edu.