Dear Friends, wish you all a very special HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009! TRAINING COURSE ON COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, 16-25 March, 2009, CSS, Surat (Gujarat). Please visit: http://www.css.ac.in/tcourse.htm   Best regards Puttaraj.   FYI: text of circular inlined below:   TRAINING COURSE ON COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES CSS/COMP/TRA 2008-2009/775 December 29, 2008 Dear Sir, The Centre is organizing a training course on COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES between March 16 and March 25, 2009 with the financial support of ICSSR, New Delhi. The course is particularly meant for those who are engaged in survey research and have to deal with data processing and analysis. Knowledge of basic statistical methods is essential. Applicants must be PC literate. The Centre has its in-house computer division. A general outline of the course, the details of which will be sent to the participants after their selection, is given below: (1) Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Research  &  Uses of Computers in Social Sciences (2) Survey Research: Methods and Tools;  (3)  Types   of  Data,  Data  Structure,  and  Data  retrieval; (4)  Research  methodology; (5) Statistical techniques and data analysis using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) package; (6) Demographic Data Analysis (7) Internet as an Archive: Possibilities, Problems and Perspectives I shall indeed be thankful if you could kindly give due publicity to this amongst the faculty members / Ph.D. and M.Phil. students in your institution, who may be interested in applying for the course. Interested candidates are requested to send their application along with the filled in questionnaire (standard format enclosed) so as to reach us latest by January 29, 2009. For further information or to download the form, see our website at http://css.ac.in/form.pdf or write to us at: info@css.ac.in. Those selected will have to deposit Rs.500/- as earnest money to be sent by M.O. This amount is refundable only after full attendance in this course. Participants will be charged a fee of Rs.800 if they are teachers; Rs.400 if they are M.Phil/ Ph.D. students receiving fellowships and Rs.200 if they are M.Phil/ Ph.D. students not receiving any fellowship. We will defray to and fro second-class travel expenses besides providing usual hospitality to the participants, as per ICSSR rules. Yours sincerely, (Vimal Trivedi) Course Director To Download Form Click Here     Telephone:(0261) 2227173, 2227174, 2255298. Fax: 2223851 E-mail: info@css.ac.in Website: www.css.ac.in         Mr.Puttaraj, A. C. Asst. Librarian (Periodicals) SDTM Library, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, P.B. No.8313, Deonar, MUMBAI - 400 088 INDIA Tel:   +91-22-2556 3290, Ext.285 (O) Fax:  +91-22-2556 2912 Email: puttuc@yahoo.com,           choukimath@tiss.edu URL:   www.tiss.edu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.