Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis by IIT Kharagpur [Aug 16-18; UG; PG; Researcher; Professionals; Paid]: Register by July 23

IIT Kharagpur invites applications for the short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis. The course is open to all graduates and professionals (Govt. & Private).

About Categorical Data Analysis

In the era of data analytics, organizations collect and store a large amount of data. A significant proportion of such data is categorical in nature. Arriving at meaningful conclusions from categorical data requires specialized statistical tools for estimation and inference. In this three-day short-term course, the participants shall be introduced to these statistical models and also to their applications to real-life problem-solving using popular statistical software such as R, SPSS, Minitab and EViews.

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Course Objectives

• To enable the participants to understand the collection, description, and analysis of categorical
  data.
• To enable participants to construct statistical models to describe the association between explanatory
  variables and categorical responses.
• To enable participants to evaluate the goodness of fit of constructed models and draw inferences from
  constructed models.
• To enable participants to solve practical problems using the statistical solutions obtained during
  modeling

Content for a Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

The course will address the following main issues/ topics:

• Descriptive Analytics: Describing categorical data, study design, sampling the scheme, and association measures for contingency tables.
• Predictive Analytics: Using log-linear models for contingency tables including logistic regression, and multinomial logit models.
• Applications: Data analytics using categorical data from environmental, econometric, healthcare and business domains.

Delivery and Benefits for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

• Lecture sessions with tabletop exercises
• Hands-on training using statistical software
• Case studies
• Group discussions on the learning and its applications

Eligibility for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

• Government Officials
• Faculty from the technical institutes
• Scientists from research laboratories
• Executives and engineers from industries
• Graduate, postgraduate & research scholars
• Data Analyst

Training Methods of Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

The training methods consist of lecture sessions with tabletop exercises, hands-on training using statistical software, case studies, and group discussion on the learning and its applications.

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Application Fee for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

• Interested participants are requested to apply to the course online using the link provided below.
• The total number of seats is restricted to 40.
• Organization/Institute ID card would need to be submitted during application.
• The fee for the three-day program is as follows:
  • Student – Rs 5,000.00
  • Faculty – Rs 10,000.00
  • Industry – Rs 20,000.00

• Payment is to be made online. The course fee includes course materials and participation fees.
• The venue for the course will be the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.
• Boarding and lodging will be at the IIT Technology guest house on a self-payment basis.

Schedule for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

• 10.00 am – 12.30 pm Session I: Lectures and tutorials
• 12.30 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch break
• 02.00 pm – 05.30 pm Session II: Applications

How to Apply for a Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis?

Interested candidates can directly apply through this link.

Follow the below-mentioned process,

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Contact Details for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

Prof. Anand Jacob Abraham
Prof. Balagopal G Menon
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302

• Contact No. 03222 – 284758 (O)
• anandabraham[at]iem[dot]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in
• bgmenon[at]iem[dot]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in
• www[dot]iem[dot]iitkgp[dot]ac[dot]in/

Deadline for Short-term course on Categorical Data Analysis

Register by July 23, 2023.

Click here to view the official notification of the Short Course on Categorical Data Analysis by IIT Kharagpur

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