Dear All, Please see below some information on ESS SSDA Virtual Course offerings that you and/or your students may be interested in. We have a number of exciting new courses on offer this year. I suggest that you have a peruse over the wide range of courses available. Of course, any content related questions, please do not hesitate to contact Royce or myself. For registration or admission questions, the administration can be reached at essexsummerschoolssda@essex.ac.uk We look forward to seeing (albeit virtually) you this summer. We all hope that you and your family are well and safe. All our best, Nicole For over 50 years, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has offered world-class instruction in a wide range of social science research methods from an international team of instructors. The 54th Essex Summer School will continue this tradition in 2021 with an online format, allowing participants around the world to continue their research methods training this summer. For more information on our online courses, please visit our website at https://essexsummerschool.com/ Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis <https://essexsummerschool.com/> The Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. For over 50 years, the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis has offered world-class instruction in a wide range of social science research methods from an international team of instructors. essexsummerschool.com . The Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis offers a wide variety of courses in quantitative and qualitative research methods. Courses run in three two-week sessions from 12 July to 20 August 2021. Courses are offered live online in morning and afternoon sessions during UK time. Courses are 35 hours over two weeks, with several one-week courses also available. ESS also offers the opportunity to earn ECTS transfer credit. Along with our courses, we will be offering opportunities to enhance students’ ESS experience outside of the virtual classroom. These will include presentations from internationally renowned experts in social science methodology as part of our Speaker Series, as well as opportunities to network with hundreds of fellow ESS participants from around the world. Apply now to guarantee your place. ESS courses for 2021 include: o Time Series and Panel Models o Case Study Methods o Machine learning o Social Network Analysis o Bayesian Analysis o Social Media and Textual Data o Survey Data Analysis and Survey Experiments o Causal Inference and Experiments o Computational Methods o Scaling Methods, IRT, and Ideal Point Estimation o Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation o Categorical, Choice and Count Models o Geospatial Data and Spatial Analysis o Multilevel Models o Mixed Methods o Spatial Econometrics o Quantitative Text Analysis o Quantitative Methods in R, Stata and SPSS o Programming in Python -- Nicole Baerg Senior Lecturer & Co-Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis Department of Government University of Essex www.nicolebaerg.com nicole.baerg@essex.ac.uk She/her/hers