The Joint Program in Survey Methodology offers a variety of short courses. Be sure to bookmark this new website address. Short Courses are open to the public and admission through the University of Maryland admission office is not required.

Short Courses for 2024-2025 will be delivered online through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction, with the exception of 'Introduction to Survey Sampling'.

  • Synchronous: instructor meets with all students at a specified day and time, which will be reflected on your schedule and also in the Schedule of Classes. (Live Sessions)
  • Asynchronous: instructor provides content for students to review on their own (Hybrid)

 

REGISTRATION FOR ALL COURSES WILL CLOSE 5 BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE CLASS START DATE.

JPSM flat rate is $700.00 per course.

Exception:

On-Site Class fee is $900: Introduction to Survey Sampling.

 

(*) These Courses are part of the AAPOR/JPSM Citation Program.

 

The New JPSM Short Courses Flat Rate is:

  • $700.00

Exception:

On-Site Class fee is $900: Introduction to Survey Sampling.

Fees and awards are not transferable due to nonattendance. 

Online registration is required. The registration deadline is 5 business days prior to the class start date. Confirmation of acceptance will be sent after the registration form and payment have been processed. Payment by credit card is required. Payment is due at the time of registration. Payments are course and date specific. Please note – if payment is not received at the time of registration, the registrant’s form will be deleted. Registrants are responsible for keeping track of their registrations and course dates. Contact JPSM if you have any questions concerning the status of the registration.

 

Tax Identification Number (University of Maryland): 55-6002003, DUNS (University of Maryland): 808124564

Unique Entity Identifier NPU8ULVAAS23

Please notify JPSM as soon as possible if you need to cancel your registration. Fees and awards are not transferable due to nonattendance. Cancellation requests should be sent to jpsm-shortcourse.umd.edu. You will be fully reimbursed if you cancel prior to 5 business days before the start of class. Cancellation on or less than 5 business days before the class is not reimbursable but we may transfer your registration to another short course.

Questions for this course should be directed to the JPSM Short Course, University of Maryland, 1218 Lefrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742.

Phone: 301-314-7911

Fax: 301-314- 7912

Email: jpsm-shortcourse [at] umd [dot] edu

Title Date Instructors Location Register
Introduction to Big Data for Social Science Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
  • Christoph Kern and Anna- Carolina Haensch
Zoom Live Sessions
* Introduction to Machine Learning and Big Data for Survey Researchers and Social Scientists Monday, December 02, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024
  • Trent Buskirk
Online
* Introduction to Survey Sampling Monday, December 09, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
  • Colm O’Muircheartaigh and James M. Lepkowski
On-Site - UMD
Natural Language Processing with R Monday, January 20, 2025
Friday, January 31, 2025
  • Robyn Ferg
Online
Practical tools for Designing and Weighting Surveys Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
  • Rick Valliant and Jill Dever
Online
* Synthetic Data: Balancing Confidentiality and Quality in Public Use Files. Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, March 07, 2025
  • Joerg Drechsler and Jerome P. Reiter
Online
* Writing Questions For Surveys Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
  • Nora Cate Schaeffer
Zoom Live Sessions
* Introduction to Survey Estimation Monday, March 24, 2025
Friday, April 04, 2025
  • David Morganstein
  • Sunghee Lee
Online
Bayesian Inference for Surveys Monday, April 07, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
  • Trivellore Raghunathan & Roderick Little
Online
Analysis of complex sample survey data using R. Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, May 02, 2025
  • Daniel Bonnery
Online
*Data Linkage - Syllabus coming soon Monday, May 05, 2025
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
  • Partha Lahiri
Zoom Live Sessions