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Instats is a mission-driven organization devoted to improving research practices through expert-led training for PhD and post-PhD researchers across a broad range of fields, methods, and theoretical orientations across the globe.

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New Instats livestreaming seminar: Privacy Amplification for Range-Restricted Data (Free Seminar) - starting Nov 18, 2026 (UTC) #Research #Instats Full details and registration in the first reply.

New Instats livestreaming seminar: Structural Equation Modeling with AI - starting Nov 4, 2026 (UTC) #Research #Instats Full details and registration in the first reply.

Confounding can distort observational effects. Use a DAG to choose adjustment variables; check propensity-score overlap and balance before estimating effects. #CausalInference #R Full details and registration in the first reply.

Learn Building Autonomous AI Agents for Scientific Research at your own pace! #BibliometricResearch #Bioinformatics #Biology #Biostatistics #Botany #ClimateChange #ComputationalBiology #Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology #Genetics #Genomics #LifeSciences #PlantEcology #InformationScience #SoftwareEn

instats.orgBuilding Autonomous AI Agents for Scientific Research - On-DemandHow can autonomous AI agents support rigorous, reproducible scientific research? Join PhD students and professional researchers for an online seminar led by Renan Maestri, exploring how agentic AI differs from chat-based tools and how it can support literature workflows, coding, and research tasks in R. Through examples from computational biology and the life sciences, you’ll learn to compare local and cloud-based deployments, explore the open-source OpenCode ecosystem, understand token costs, and assess when AI-assisted automation is methodologically appropriate. Build the skills to use these tools critically while keeping your workflows transparent, reproducible, and auditable. The seminar is available via Zoom, with recordings and materials accessible for 30 days, a post-seminar Q&A forum, and an Instats certificate of completion. #BibliometricResearch #Bioinformatics #Biology #Biostatistics #Botany #ClimateChange #ComputationalBiology #Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology #Genetics #Genomics #LifeSciences #PlantEcology #InformationScience #SoftwareEngineering #DataScience #ComputerScience #OpenCode #RStudio #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

New Instats livestreaming seminar: Writing a Medical Research Paper: Draft to Submission #ClinicalResearch #MedicalJournalology #medicalpublishing #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #Researchmethodology #scientificpublication #scientificwriting #Linguistics #Communication #Biostatistics #Publi

instats.orgWriting a Medical Research Paper: Draft to Submission - Livestream starting Jan 21, 2027 (UTC) Turn your medical research draft into a clearer, more coherent, submission-ready manuscript. In this practical seminar series, physician, clinical epidemiologist, and CMAJ Associate Editor Behrooz Astaneh draws on his experience delivering more than 750 workshops to guide you through every stage of scientific writing—from structuring an IMRAD manuscript and reporting methods and results transparently to refining your discussion, abstract, title, and final pre-submission review. Learn through realistic examples and hands-on editing exercises, and explore how to use AI responsibly while protecting accuracy and confidentiality. Seminars are offered via Zoom, with recordings, materials, and access to an expert-moderated Q&A forum available for 30 days. Participants receive an official Instats certificate of completion. Strengthen your manuscript with practical, editor-informed guidance. #ClinicalResearch #MedicalJournalology #medicalpublishing #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #Researchmethodology #scientificpublication #scientificwriting #Linguistics #Communication #Biostatistics #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Medicine #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

Last chance to register for Understanding Large Language Models #AcademicLiteracy #AI disciplines #DataScience #Statistics #StatisticsEducation #CognitiveScience #ComputerScience #InformationScience #SoftwareEngineering #ChatGPT #Claude #Gemini #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

instats.orgUnderstanding Large Language Models - Livestream starting Oct 23, 2026 (UTC) Generative AI can transform research—but knowing when to trust it, which tool to choose, and when not to use it isn’t always obvious. Join Professor Peter Gruber for an online seminar that takes the mystery out of large language models and AI agents, building practical intuition about how they work, where they fall short, and how to use them effectively across academic tasks. Explore topics from tokens, embeddings, and next-token prediction to transformers, hallucinations, model selection, prompting, privacy, and agentic workflows. No programming or advanced mathematics knowledge is required. Peter brings technical and statistical expertise, extensive research experience, and a track record of AI seminars attended by more than 5,000 researchers. This seminar is part of Instats’ four-part course, “Using and Managing AI Agents Successfully”; save 10% when you enroll in all four seminars: https://instats.org/course/a-bit-of-ai-%E2%80%93-using-and-managing-agents-2. Attend live online or watch the recordings and access the materials for 30 days after the seminar. A certificate of completion is provided. #AcademicLiteracy #AI disciplines #DataScience #Statistics #StatisticsEducation #CognitiveScience #ComputerScience #InformationScience #SoftwareEngineering #ChatGPT #Claude #Gemini #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

New Instats livestreaming seminar: Publication Ethics: Key Issues and Editors’ Perspectives #Ethics #HealthSciences #MedicalJournalology #medicalpublishing #MedicalSciences #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #Publishing #Researchintegrity #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #PublicHealth #Law #Philos

instats.orgPublication Ethics: Key Issues and Editors’ Perspectives - Livestream starting Feb 11, 2027 (UTC) Join Behrooz Astaneh of McMaster University for an applied online seminar on publication ethics for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and academic professionals. Explore responsible authorship and acknowledgements, competing interests, plagiarism and text reuse, questionable research practices, image concerns, redundant publication, paper mills, copyright, and data sharing. Through medical and health sciences examples and case-based exercises, you’ll learn to assess concerns carefully, distinguish warning signs from confirmed evidence, and communicate or escalate issues appropriately. Attend live via Zoom or learn asynchronously: seminar recordings and materials, plus an expert-monitored Q&A forum, are available for 30 days after the seminar. Participants receive an Instats certificate of completion. #Ethics #HealthSciences #MedicalJournalology #medicalpublishing #MedicalSciences #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #Publishing #Researchintegrity #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #PublicHealth #Law #PhilosophyofScience #Medicine #InformationScience #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

New Instats livestreaming seminar: From Manuscript to Publication: A Practical Guide #ClinicalResearch #MedicalJournalology #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #publicationscience #Researchmethodology #Scholarlycommunication #Communication #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Medicine #PublicHealth #E

instats.orgFrom Manuscript to Publication: A Practical Guide - Livestream starting Jan 28, 2027 (UTC) Ready to take your research manuscript from journal selection to publication with greater confidence? Join this practical, editor-informed online seminar with Behrooz Astaneh, physician, clinical epidemiologist, and Associate Editor at the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Designed for PhD students and professional researchers, the workshop covers choosing a suitable and legitimate journal, preparing a complete submission, interpreting editorial decisions and reviewer feedback, and responding strategically through revision, appeal, or resubmission. Learn through realistic examples and practical exercises, and take away reusable checklists and templates to support your publishing journey. The seminar is delivered via Zoom, with recordings and materials available for 30 days, an expert-monitored Q&A forum, and an official Instats certificate of completion. #ClinicalResearch #MedicalJournalology #MedicalWriting #PublicationEthics #publicationscience #Researchmethodology #Scholarlycommunication #Communication #ClinicalorLaboratoryScience #Medicine #PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

Learn Predicting Network Structure with Hypergraphs at your own pace! #Engineering #ComputerScience #Business #SocialSciences #DigitalHumanities #HealthSciences #InformationScience #Statistics #Mathematics #DataScience #Bioinformatics #Python #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

instats.orgPredicting Network Structure with Hypergraphs - On-DemandHow can we predict connections that involve groups—not just pairs? Join Professor Moses Boudourides of Northwestern University for a four-day, non-coding online workshop on hyperlink prediction in hypergraphs. Designed for PhD students, academics, and professional researchers, the workshop explores how hypergraphs can reveal collective dynamics in fields such as social science, health, bioinformatics, finance, and transportation. Discover methods for hypergraph reconstruction, hidden hyperedge prediction, and temporal forecasting, alongside approaches including similarity-based heuristics, embeddings, Hypergraph Neural Networks, and spectral methods. Participants will gain a practical conceptual toolkit for applying these ideas in their own research. Seminars are delivered via Zoom, with recordings and materials available for 30 days, plus access to an expert-monitored Q&A forum and an Instats certificate of completion. #Engineering #ComputerScience #Business #SocialSciences #DigitalHumanities #HealthSciences #InformationScience #Statistics #Mathematics #DataScience #Bioinformatics #Python #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

New Instats livestreaming seminar: Foundations of Research Design and Data Science 2.0 #Demography #ComputerScience #StatisticsEducation #Business #ComputationalStatistics #HealthEconomics #SocialSciences #InformationSystems #PopulationBiology #ComputationalSocialScience #DigitalHumanities #H

instats.orgFoundations of Research Design and Data Science 2.0 - Livestream starting Jan 18, 2027 (UTC) Strengthen your research with practical statistical skills. The 5-day online “Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics” workshop from the Centre for Applied Statistics Courses (CASC) at University College London is designed for PhD students, academics and professional researchers across disciplines. Build confidence in data visualization, experimental design, hypothesis testing, regression, multivariate analysis, statistical software and reproducible research through a blend of theory and hands-on learning. Join live via Zoom or choose the on-demand option, with seminar materials available for 30 days and an instructor-monitored forum for questions. Participants receive an Instats certificate of completion, with ECTS equivalent points available for European students. Explore the workshop and take your research skills further. #ResearchMethods #Statistics #PhD #AcademicResearch #ProfessionalDevelopment #Demography #ComputerScience #StatisticsEducation #Business #ComputationalStatistics #HealthEconomics #SocialSciences #InformationSystems #PopulationBiology #ComputationalSocialScience #DigitalHumanities #History #Statisticalmodellingandregression #CulturalEconomics #PublicHealth #Education #Epidemiology #Biostatistics #Statistics #DataScience #Economics #Research #ResearchTraining #Instats

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instats.orgDoing Better Survey Experiments (Free Seminar) - Livestreamed Research Training | InstatsPhD-level seminar on Doing Better Survey Experiments (Free Seminar) with John Kane . Live Q&A plus on‑demand access. Join via your university’s Instats membership or enroll directly.