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Wed 13 May 2009 – Wed 10 Jun 2009

May 2009

Wed 13	SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 2 Finished 09:15 - 12:15 Phoenix Teaching Room SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This session follows on from Part 1 and covers useful techniques and tricks. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use SPSS for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.
	EndNote for Bibliographies: Introduction (self-paced) Finished 14:15 - 16:15 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site An introduction to the bibliography package EndNote and its interface with Microsoft Word. EndNote is a program that stores bibliographic references, and notes about those references, in an EndNote Library. EndNote then interfaces with MS Word to help you create a bibliography and bibliographic citations while you type a document. The style (contents and layout) of the citations and bibliography can then be formatted in an Output Style of your choice; this can easily be changed without retyping.
	Illustrator: The Basics Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Illustrator is a professional graphical illustration package available on Mac and PC platform.
Thu 14	Excel 2007 (Spreadsheet Package): Introduction Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room Microsoft Excel is the chosen spreadsheet package as it is a popular choice, both on Macintosh and PC.
	Web Authoring: DreamWeaver Introduction (Level 4) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Balfour Macintosh Room Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful web creation tool that allows non-technical people to produce professional websites. This course provides a practical introduction for those that wish to use Dreamweaver to create web-pages and manage websites. It focuses on building a small website.
	Word: Mastering Dissertations and Theses (Level 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre This course is a task-focused version of the "Mastering Advanced Features" course. It is designed to give a overview of the advanced features of Microsoft Word 2003 that are most relevant to producing dissertations, theses and other long documents.
Fri 15	MATLAB: Further Use (Part 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room MATLAB is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course follows on from an earlier course entitled "MATLAB: Getting Started". This course has been revised this term due to unforseen circumstances. It includes some topics from the previously run MatLab Further Use Part 1 and Part 2 course.
Mon 18	Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Next Steps (Level 4) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites.
Tue 19	Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Next Steps (Level 4) (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites.
	Stata (Statistical Package): Basic Part 1 Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room Stata is a powerful general purpose statistical package. This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of Stata will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).
Wed 20	MATLAB: Further Use (Part 2) CANCELLED 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course follows on from "MATLAB: Further Use (Part 2)". It describes further facilities and useful techniques that are available in MATLAB, and also how to access Nag Toolbox from Matlab. Unfortunatley, this course has been cancelled for this Easter Term due to unforseen circumstances. However topics from this course have been incorporated into the MATLAB: Further Use (Part1) course: http://training.csx.cam.ac.uk/event/2146
	Stata (Statistical Package): Basic Part 2 Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This session follows on from Part 1 and covers useful techniques and tricks. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.
Thu 21	Access 2007 (Database Package): Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2007. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace.
Fri 22	Access 2007 (Database Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2007. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace.
Tue 26	Web Authoring: Web Graphics (Level 3) Finished 14:15 - 16:00 Phoenix Teaching Room The rendering time for web pages is dominated by the graphics on the page. This course teaches methods of preparing graphics so minimise information loss and maximise transfer and rendering efficiency. There is an opportuinity to try the methods using PhotoShop.
Wed 27	Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.
Fri 29	Excel 2007: Further Use Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.
	Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

June 2009

Mon 1	Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (3 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others. As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.
Tue 2	Mplus (Statistical Package): Basics CANCELLED 09:30 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room Mplus (www.statmodel.com) is a syntax based commercial statistical software package for estimating models containing latent,or unobserved, variables. It has grown out of the tradition in statistical modelling known as SEM - Structural Equation Models, sometimes called LISREL models (this stands for linear structural relations modelling). However Mplus is much more comprehensive that this and can handle models for multivariate analysis with both continuous and categorical observed and latent variables e.g. probit and logistic regression models and their SEM equivalents. It also has capabilities for estimating latent classification and trajectory models, multilevel models, conducting Monte Carlo simulations, combining multiply imputed data sets, and handling complex data from survey samples. This course is intended to introduce new users to the basic code required to run half a dozen simple examples.
Wed 3	Access 2007: Further Use (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2007 to store and retrieve data who wish to explore queries, forms and reporting. Those who have attended the Access Intro course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course ended.
Thu 4	Access 2007: Further Use (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2007 to store and retrieve data who wish to explore queries, forms and reporting. Those who have attended the Access Intro course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course ended.
Fri 5	Python: Introduction for Programmers Finished 10:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This full-day course introduces the Python programming language to programmers who are already familiar with another high level programing language such as C/C++, Fortran, Java, Perl or Visual Basic. The aim of this course is to give such programmers sufficient familiarity with Python that they can attend any of the more advanced Python courses organised by the Computing service and easily follow any of the widely available Python tutorials on the more complex aspects of the language. This course covers all the material contained in the "Programming: Python for Absolute Beginners" course, but in a more abbreviated fashion suitable for those who already have significant programming experience. This course does NOT cover the more complex aspects of the language (for such topics see the other Computing Service Python courses), nor is there much explicit discussion of the object oriented features of Python.
Tue 9	Stata for Regression Analysis (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into Stata, and know how to operate basic syntax having completed the Basics course or through self-study with the student version or manuals. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard Stata procedures. Guidance will also be provided on further addons that may be of interest.
Wed 10	Web Site Management: Creating and Managing a Web Site (Level 3) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This two-part course will describe good-practice aspects of designing, building and running a web site, and providing information on a web server. The requirements for providing accessible web pages, utilising the site-wide search engine on your web pages and liaising with a web design company are also covered. In addition, Helen Sargan runs an "access/site design clinic" with information providers on a one-to-one basis: please contact her directly to make an appointment.
	Stata for Regression Analysis (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into Stata, and know how to operate basic syntax having completed the Basics course or through self-study with the student version or manuals. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard Stata procedures. Guidance will also be provided on further addons that may be of interest.