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CSLS Miniseries on Empirical Research Methods

CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2009-2010


Two years ago CSLS launched a new and instantly popular series of methodology seminars presenting aspects of empirical research methods by and for legal and socio-legal scholars, with 3 workshops on a range of qualitative and quantitative methods (See links to the podcasts and other workshop materials under 2008-09, below.)  
 
For 2009-2010, the following 3 workshops have been scheduled. To go to the website of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below.  
 
Friday, November 6, 2009 The first workshop, "Doing Story-Based Research in Socio-Legal Studies," will be led by Michael Musheno, Department of Criminal Justice, SFSU and Distinguished Affiliated Scholar at CSLS and by Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy and Social Research, University of Kansas, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.  Lunch will be provided.
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Friday, March 5, 2010 The second workshop, "Using Old and New Media as Data Sources," will  be led by Jennifer S. Earl, Director, Center for Information, Technology and Society and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Friday, March 5, 2009  from 9:00 a.m. to noon in the JSP Seminar Room. Lunch will be provided. 
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Friday, April 9, 2010 The third workshop, "The ABCs of Data Management: Sampling, Weights, and Missing Data," will be led by Su Li, Statistician, Berkeley Law beginning in January 2010.  (She is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wichita State University until December 2009.)  Lunch will be provided.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS 2008-2009

Last year, CSLS launched a new and instantly popular series of methodology seminars presenting aspects of empirical research methods by and for legal and socio-legal scholars, with 4 workshops on a range of qualitative and quantitative methods (See links to the podcasts and other workshop materials under 2007-2008, below.)

For 20078-2009, the following 5 workshops have been scheduled. To go to the website of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below.

Friday, October 17, 2008
The first workshop, Using Atlas.ti for Qualitative Research, was led by Yuki Kato of Tulane University and Danielle S. Rudes of George Mason University, on Friday, October 17, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room, with an optional hands-on session in the afternoon.   

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Additional workshop materials:    
Guidebook to Atlas.ti 
Powerpoint lecture Powerpoint, part II
For more information, including information about updates and user tips, visit the Atlas.ti website at  <http://www.atlasti.com>.

Friday, November 14th, 2009  **WORKSHOP TO BE RESCHEDULED**
The second workshop How to Prepare a Grant Proposal for Empirical Research, to have been led by Lauren Edelman of the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday, November 14, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room will be rescheduled.

Friday, January 30, 2009
The third workshop was GIS, Analytical Mapping, and Spatial Modeling: Crime, Law and Society Applications, led by Robert N. Parker of the University California, Riverside and the Presley Center for Research in Criminal Justice, on Friday, January 30, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint Lecture
GIS Workshop Examples Instructions 2008-09

Friday, April 3, 2009
This workshop was entitled How to Design Research to Evaluate Programs and was led by Justin McCrary, University of California, Berkeley on April 3, 2009 from 9:00am to 12 noon in the JSP Seminar Room.
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CSLS MINI-SERIES ON EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHODS for 2007-2008

CSLS launched a new series of methodology seminars presenting aspects of empirical research methods by and for legal and sociolegal scholars in 2007. To go to the webpage of any of the workshops in the mini-series, click on the seminar title below. There you will find the videos of each 3-hour seminar; handouts; powerpoint slides; bibliographies; and other course materials.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Systematic Qualitative Fieldwork led by Calvin Morrill of UC Irvine 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint lecture:  Part I and Part II
Course Syllabus

October 23, 2007
Historical-Comparative Methods led by Robin Stryker of the University of Minnesota, 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Powerpoint Lecture

Thursday, February 21, 2008
An Introduction to Survey Research led by Tom Piazza of U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center,  9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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Six items
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Art and Science of Interviewing, led by Kristin Luker, Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, U.C. Berkeley, 9 a.m. to noon, in the JSP Seminar Room.
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