Southampton Summer Statistics School
Date:
09/07/2025 - 11/07/2025
Organised by:
University of Southampton
Presenter:
Keynote: Professor Chris Brown, Southampton Education School
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Dr James Hall
j.e.hall@soton.ac.uk
Map:
View in Google Maps (SO17 1BJ)
Venue:
Tizard Building
Room 13/3019 - Seminar Room
Highfield Campus
University of Southampton
Description:
Elevate your statistical analysis skills at the Southampton Summer Statistics School (SSSS) 2025, a 3-day intensive program designed for PhD students, post-doctoral academics, and professionals seeking to enhance their expertise in advanced statistical techniques.
Hosted by the Southampton Education School, each day features workshops that combine 50% theory with 50% hands-on practical exercises. Attendees can choose to attend as many of the sessions detailed below as they wish - simply select which sessions you'd like to attend when registering.
Note registration closes on 15 June 2025.
Day 1: Wednesday, 9 July 2025
AM Session: 09:30 - 13:00:
Keynote: "Making better decisions, eschewing conspiracy, populism and science denial: Analysing the attributes of individuals who engage effectively with ideas" - Prof Chris Brown, Southampton Education School
Lecture & Workshop: Introduction to Strucutral Equation Modelling (SEM) - Dr James Hall, Southampton Education School
PM Session: 14:00 - 16:30:
Lecture & Workshop: SEM for Growth Modelling - Dr James Hall, Southampton Education School
Day 2: Thursday, 10 July 2025
AM Session: 09:30 - 13:00:
Panel Discussion: “Making Statistical Methods Matter: Lessons from Educational Research”
Lecture & Workshop: Multilevel Modelling - Prof Chris Downey, Southampton Education School
PM Session: 14:00 - 16:30:
Lecture & Workshop: Causal Inference in Observational Data - Ms Yin Wang, Southampton Education School
Day 3: Friday, 11 July 2025
AM Session: 0900 - 11:30:
Lecture & Workshop: Machine Learning for Social Scientists - Dr Nora McIntyre, Southampton Education School
PM Session: 12:30 - 16:30
Lecture & Workshop: Item Response Theory (IRT) - Prof Christian Bokhove, Southampton Education School
Closing Session: "Connecting Research and Practice: Opportunites for Collaboration with Southampton"
To assist attendees, pre-session resources, including software installation guides and datasets, will be provided beforehand to maximise your learning and participation in hands-on activities.
Target Audience: Non-academics and Academics working with numeric data and social science. This includes professionals, PhD students, and Post-Docs from from all disciplines!
Cost:
Free
Website and registration:
Region:
South East
Keywords:
Multilevel Modelling , Structural equation models, Item response theory, Machine learning, Causal inference in Observational data
Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:
Multilevel Modelling
Structural equation models
Item response theory
Machine learning