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Long time SPSS user.

PROGRAMME

The 34th annual IBM SPSS Statistics users group meeting will be held in the lecture theatre at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, on Friday 18th October 2024. Links to workshop synopses below.

Timetable
9:30am to 11:30am COURSE SESSIONAn introduction to Exploratory Factor Analysis using IBM SPSS
by Anne Laure Humbert, University of Gothenburg
11:30am to 11:50amCOFFEE
11:50am to
12-30pm
TALKWhat’s new and what’s useful in SPSS Version 29 by Astrid Cook, Version 1
12-30pm to
1-15pm
BUFFET LUNCH
1-15pm to
1-45pm
TALKLearning through SPSS: experiences teaching in higher education by Gillian Dickinson, University of Blackburn
1-45pm to
2-15pm
TALKUsing SPSS in practice: a student perspective by a student, University of Blackburn
2-15pm to
4-30pm

(includes coffee mid-session)
COURSE SESSIONAn introduction to Confirmatory Factor Analysis using SPSS AMOS
by Charles Dennis, University of Middlesex

For info: the provisional workshop synopses are here in MS Word format. A booking form may be found at https://assess-spss.co.uk/talksandcourses-bookingform/

Registration begins at 9-15am. Morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea are included in the registration fee. A timetable will be e-mailed to delegates in advance. Delegates should bring a laptop with them with SPSS and AMOS loaded on for the course sessions.

The venue

The venue for both the workshops and the users’ meeting is the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit which is located at the end of a quiet residential street off Trumpington Road (A1134), one of the main roads in and out of Cambridge about one mile form the city centre. A map of the venue location together with further directions for travel are https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/contact-us/.

Accommodation in Cambridge is bookable via tourist information on 01223 457581 or 0871 226 8006 (Email:info@visitcambridge.org) or at http://www.visitcambridge.org/ .

Link to: MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

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The advantage of this is that more than one person could edit the pages…