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Summer School in Event History & Survival Analysis

22-26 JUNE 2009

Summer School in Event History & Survival Analysis

(June 22-26, 2009, Bertinoro, Italy)

 

taught by Prof. Paul D. Allison organized by Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali University of Bologna & Forlì, Bertinoro, June 22-26, 2009

 

School objectives

 

This is an applications-oriented course on statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data on the occurrence of events, such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, arrests, promotions, residential moves, innovations, bankruptcies, revolutions, etc. The focus will be on regression models in which the risk of event occurrence is a function of a set of explanatory variables. Topics will include life tables, Kaplan-Meier estimation, accelerated failure-time models, hazard models, censoring, maximum likelihood estimation, Cox regression models, partial likelihood, time-dependent covariates, competing risks, repeated events, unobserved heterogeneity, discrete-time methods.

 

In addition to the lectures, participants will spend about 1.5 hours each day doing supervised assignments with data provided by the instructor. There will be computers on site for hands-on assignments and practice. All examples and exercises will be done with the Stata package.  The following Stata commands will be covered: ltable, stset, sts list, sts graph, sts test, streg, stcox, stcurve and cloglog.  For those who prefer SAS, lectures notes using that package are available to participants. Download the full program here.

 

Instructor

 

Paul Allison is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches graduate methods and statistics. He is widely recognized as an extraordinarily effective teacher of statistical methods who can reach students with highly diverse backgrounds and expertise. Prof. Allison is the author of Fixed Effects Regression Methods for Longitudinal Data Using SAS (SAS Institute 2005), Missing Data (Sage 2001), Logistic Regression Using SAS®: Theory and Application (SAS Institute 1999), Multiple Regression: A Primer (Pine Forge 1999), Survival Analysis Using SAS®: A Practical Guide (SAS Institute 1995), Event History Analysis (Sage 1984), and numerous articles on regression analysis, log-linear analysis, logit analysis, latent variable models, missing data, and inequality measures. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is also on the editorial board of Sociological Methods and Research.  In 2001 he received the Paul Lazarsfeld Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions to Sociological Methodology.

 

Prerequisites

 

This course is designed for participants who have had the equivalent of at least two courses in statistics: an introductory course and a course on linear regression.  Some familiarity with logistic regression is helpful but not essential. 

 

The venue

 

The 5 day course will be hosted by the The University Centre of Bertinoro, a stunning medieval fortress located on the hills of Forli, about 60 Km away from Bologna. Bertinoro is easily reached by train and taxi from Bologna and is close to many splendid Italian locations such as Ravenna, Rimini on the Adriatic coast, and the Republic of San Marino (all within 35km) as well as some less well-known locations like the thermal springs of Fratta Terme, the Pieve di San Donato in Polenta and the castle and monastic gardens of Monte Maggio (http://www.ceub.it/inglese/centro_universitario.htm)

 

The schedule

 

Here is a typical day's schedule:

 

09:30am-11:30am          Lecture

 

11:30am-13:00am          Supervised computing

 

13:00am-13:30pm          Lunch break

 

13:30pm-16:00pm          Lecture

 

16:30pm-17:00pm          Computing and consulting

 

Participants will receive a 100-page manual containing detailed lecture notes (with equations and graphics, examples of computer printout etc.). This document frees participants from the distracting task of note taking. Note that you will have to bring your own laptop and make sure that STATA is installed on it (please let us know in advance if you don’t have STATA).

 

Registration fees and application

 

Participation is open to doctoral and post-doctoral students as well as faculty. Deadline for applications is June, 1 2009.

 

PhDs & Post-Docs: Euro 400

 

Faculty: Euro 600

 

These fees are subsidized by FRIDA and are charged to recoup direct expenses. The fee entitles to  lecture notes, lunches, refreshments and coffee breaks throughout the week. Participants are expected to make their own arrangements for housing. Admitted participants will receive details on the payment procedure and accommodation options (inexpensive lodging is available within the fortress). Registration will be confirmed as soon as the payment is received. Applications should be sent exclusively to this address: summerschool.sa@unibo.it
 
More info:
 
Detailed programme
 
Paul D. Allison CV