REMINDER OF INTRODUCTION TO IBM FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS COURSES IN CAMBRIDGE & NEWCASTLE APRIL 2020

[Peter Watson-7]

 

SSESS: SPSS (SPSS IBM STATISTICS) USERS GROUP

ONE-DAY SPSS WORKSHOP TO BE LED BY KEITH BENTLEY:

AN INTRODUCTION TO IBM SPSS FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

WEDNESDAY 8TH APRIL 2020

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

TUESDAY 14TH APRIL 2020

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

 

ASSESS is an independent user group for SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics), a computer package for analysing and presenting data. It is run by users, for users and is completely independent of manufacturers of the software.

Since 1996 ASSESS have given a wide series of one and half-day workshops at venues around the country on many areas including SPSS syntax, SPSS macros, Survival analysis in SPSS and Analysis of categorical data in SPSS.

 

A one day workshop is provisionally planned to be held in Titan Teaching Room 1, Cockcroft Building, New Museums Site, University of Cambridge on Wednesday 8th April 2020 and repeated at the Ridley-2 Building, University of Newcastle on Tuesday 14th April 2020 both led by Keith Bentley (University of Salford). Workshop topics and other details including a booking form are at http://www.spssusers.co.uk/Events/2020/workshopannounce.html.

 

This all-day workshop course introduces IBM SPSS Statistics to complete beginners. The aim of the course is to give delegates

with little or no computational experience the confidence and skills to be able to use the software from scratch to best utilise information obtained from surveys on crime areas, types of crime and types of people involved in crime to better inform about patterns and locations of behaviours to ultimately enable the setting of goals and strategies on a local and national level.

 

This is an opportunity to acquire life skills from someone uniquely qualified in the  undertaking of police work at a high level and who is an experienced teacher in the practical use of computer software and statistics.Throughout the day, (fairly basic) interactive SPSS tasks will be used to explore the points being made. The  training session will be making use of a very large data set, a copy of a British Crime Survey with over 46,000 cases and 3000 variables.

               

Keith Bentley, a retired senior police officer, who currently holds lectureships in the Business School and the

Criminology Faculties at the University of Salford. He is a regular user of the statistical software, SPSS, and specializes

in the Field of police intelligence systems.  Keith is also engaged as an intelligence expert with the European Union TAIEX

organization in Brussels and has frequently assisted SPSS by delivering important lectures and workshops across Europe and Australia. Keith has given courses and talks using SPSS Statistics on shaping policy decision making which was well received by police,

business and other attenders who were eager to further their own and colleagues understanding of the software.

 

The day will run from approximately 9-45am to 4-45pm. The booking fee includes

mid-morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea but not overnight accommodation.

 

Further details will be sent out to delegates upon receipt of booking forms.

 

 

 

BOOKING FORM

KEITH BENTLEY WORKSHOP: AN INTRODUCTION TO IBM SPSS FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

Wednesday 8th April 2020 (Cambridge)

Tuesday 14th April 2020 (Newcastle) 

 

Important:

Bookings will not be treated as firm until a cheque or official (company) order, payable to ASSESS, is received. Note payment can also be made by BACS. Details on request. Please indicate if you require a receipt of payment. Please note we reserve the right to cancel the workshop if there are insufficient numbers.

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For official orders please also give here the number and address for invoicing:

               

 

Return completed forms to Peter Watson, ASSESS, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF by Tuesday 24th March 2020 (Cambridge)

and Tuesday 31st March (Newcastle).

 

Telephone enquiries about bookings: [phone] x69479 or [phone] (direct line) (both number have an answerphone)

E-mail enquiries about bookings: [hidden email]  (important:  put ‘ASSESS’ in the Subject field)

 

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Peter Watson

MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit

University of Cambridge

15 Chaucer Road

Cambridge

CB2 7EF

 

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