Overview
The NHATS/NSOC workshops offer 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.
At this time, we cannot accommodate projects that require restricted data access (e.g., Medicare/CMS, geography, other data linkage).
If you are working with a collaborator on a project (e.g., coauthor, data analyst, student) and they also wish to attend, please indicate that on your application (and submit only one application per project).
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.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who should apply to the workshop? The workshop will be most helpful to researchers who have clearly defined research questions or specific aims, know the dataset contains the information needed to complete their project, and – for graduate students – have defended their dissertation proposal. Early stage graduate students are encouraged to audit the workshops (see below). To apply, fill out the form on this webpage (left hand side).
What is the audit option? The audit option allows you to attend the overview lectures covering NHATS/NSOC basics and to ask questions at office hours on the last day of each workshop. The audit option is best for researchers who are still familiarizing themselves with NHATS or NSOC, but have a particular research question in mind. Lectures cover how to find and use online materials, merging files, choosing an analytic sample and weighting. Please register to audit here.
Should I take the free, online self-paced course? We recommend the online self-pace course for those applying to the workshop and those planning to audit. Please register here. Applicants accepted to the workshop will be required to register for the online, self-paced course.
Who will be there? The NHATS workshop includes: Vicki Freedman, Jennifer Schrack, Pablo Martinez Amezcua, Thomas Cudjoe, Joshua Ehrlich, Mengyao Hu, Maureen Skehan, Sarah Patterson, and Anne Blumenthal. The NSOC workshop includes: Vicki Freedman, Jennifer Wolff, Katherine Ornstein, Mengyao Hu, Maureen Skehan, Sarah Patterson, and Anne Blumenthal.
Questions
If you have questions, please email us at [email protected].
