Please register for the course program via the online registration tool in August 2023. You can request the respective link from Annette Förster (annette.foerster[at]uni-mannheim.de).

Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS)

We are excited to cooperate with the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS). IOPS is an institute for the advanced dissertation training in psychometrics and sociometrics; it also coordinates the high-quality research in this area.

Participating universities are:

  • Leiden University
  • University of Amsterdam (UvA)
  • University of Groningen
  • Twente University
  • Tilburg University
  • Utrecht University
  • KU Leuven

Participating research institutes:

  • CITO (National Institute of Educational Measurement)
  • CBS (Statistics Netherlands)

IOPS opens up courses for SMiP members to participate in and SMiP does so for IOPS members.

The following courses from the SMiP qualification program are open for IOPS members:

Basic Concepts of Stochastic Processes

Instructor:

Rolf Ulrich

Dates:

12 October (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 pm. ) and

13 October 2023 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Location:

Tübingen (Room: 4328)

Introduction to R: Basics

Instructor:

Martin Schnuerch

Date:

26 October 2023 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

Location:

Mannheim (Room: 108 CIP Pool, B6 30-32)

Introduction to R: Advanced

Instructor:

Martin Schnuerch

Date:

27 October 2023 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

Location:

Mannheim (Room: 108 CIP Pool, B6 30-32)

Introduction to Scientific Python

Instructor:

Marvin Schmitt

Date:

16 November 2023 (10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) and

17 November 2023 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

Location:

Mannheim (Room: 108 CIP Pool, B6 30-32)

* SMiP PhD students may also attend other method workshops (e.g., offered by the CDSS: GESS, or by IOPS). Please consult the coordinator for further information.

Please refer to the complete   SMiP program   for continuous updates.