Training
Training
Mapmaking with R
Tim Elrick
This workshop will introduce you to the functions and packages in R that enable you to create geographic maps.
Using geographic data, we’ll look at working with different coordinate reference systems and projections, as well as converting latitude and longitude values into points, etc.
Management and analysis of Québec administrative data
Marc Dorais
The main objective of this workshop is to present methods for managing Quebec administrative data, using a set of 1,000 synthetically generated individuals, the donaSYq cohort, including: variable creation, file merging, and the creation of a cross-sectional database (one line per unit of analysis) from different databases.
Introduction to the use of Quebec administrative data for research
Marc Dorais
This workshop provides an overview of the various administrative databases in Quebec, which can be made available for research purposes by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
Costs
1/2 day
1 day and +
Student and postdoctoral fellow
$ 50
$ 100 per day
Staff from a QICSS member university
$ 100
$ 100 per day
Other
$ 150
$ 300 per day
Cancellation policy
If the event is cancelled by the QICSS, we will reimburse the registration fees.
In the case of a cancellation by the registrant, the following cancellation fees apply:
If the cancellation is more than five working days prior to the activity: 25% of the total amount paid will be retained;
Five working days or less prior to the activity: 50% of the total amount paid will be retained;
Two working days or less prior to the activity: 100% of the total amount paid will be retained.
