Activities will be divided between lecture sessions, discussions, and hands-on labs, allowing ample time for breaks. Lecture sessions will cover topics such as study design, changes to content and sample composition over time, rules for following sample members into new households, and weighting. Classroom lab sessions using PSID data extracts will illustrate key concepts and participants will develop their own analytic data files under the guidance of project staff. In addition, we will discuss topics including the recently-released and newly collected genomics data collected from 2014-2023 as well as new data files which explain family relationships and demographic characteristics over time.

Course management will be through Canvas and class meetings will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Travel stipends will be available for those who do not have accessible funding.

Eligibility: The workshop is designed for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and research professionals.

Software: Participants should be familiar with Stata or R. Course instruction will be in Stata with parallel R code provided.

Application: Admission to this workshop is competitive and enrollment is limited to 25 in-person participants. To apply for this workshop, select the “Register Now” button, fill out the Summer Program registration form, select this workshop, and then upload the following application materials:

• Current curriculum vitae (CV)
• A cover letter summarizing:
  • Your research interest and planned analyses using PSID data
  • How the workshop will help you meet your research or educational goals
  • Where you learned about the workshop (e.g., word of mouth, listserv announcement, advertisement)
• Applications from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows must include a letter of recommendation from a faculty advisor, project manager, or department chair. The letter writer should directly submit their recommendation to the ICPSR Summer Program at icpsr-sumprog@umich.edu and include the applicant’s name and “PSID Workshop” in the subject line or body of the email. The letter writer’s contact information (email address or telephone number) must be included in the letter of recommendation.

Deadline: April 15, 2026

Fee: $100, to be assessed only after applicants have been accepted into the workshop.

Sponsor: Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) with support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Science Foundation.