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Shinobu Kitayama to serve as next director of RCGD
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Events
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Jul
12
June 2 - July 30, 2026 T/TH Course - Sampling in Practice
Yajuan Si - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Off Campus Location @ 1:00pm -
Jul
13
Noncredit short courses presented by the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
Off Campus Location @ 9:00am -
Jul
13
Integrating Qualitative Methods into Survey Research
A noncredit course presented by Darby Steiger
Off Campus Location @ 10:30am -
Jul
13
Designing and Writing Questions for Surveys: Guidelines and Recommendations
A noncredit course presented by Jennifer (Jen) Dykema
Off Campus Location @ 1:00pm -
Jul
13
June 2 - July 30, 2026 T/TH Course - Sampling in Practice
Yajuan Si - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Off Campus Location @ 1:00pm -
Jul
14
Noncredit short courses presented by the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
Off Campus Location @ 9:00am -
Jul
14
Integrating Qualitative Methods into Survey Research
A noncredit course presented by Darby Steiger
Off Campus Location @ 10:30am -
Jul
14
Designing and Writing Questions for Surveys: Guidelines and Recommendations
A noncredit course presented by Jennifer (Jen) Dykema
Off Campus Location @ 1:00pm