AQMeN - Applied Quantitative Methods Network

A two-day course on Data Visualisation, with Steve Rogers, Office of National Statistics, and Rikke Iversholt, Institute for Research & Innovation in Social Services

Outline: Rikke Iversholt, Friday 6th April, 09.30 - 13.00

Focusing on the use of data visualisation for the effective communication of data this workshop explores the uses of online data visualisation tools and provides advice on how to choose the most effective visualisation methods for different types of data. The workshop will include an interactive element in which delegates will be able to visualise their own data. For this purpose it would be helpful if delegates could bring a sample of data that they know well to use in the workshop.

Rikke's presentation on Data Visualisation for the Festival of Social Science event, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Services, can be viewed here, either as a pdf or with sound narrative:

http://aqmen.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Rikke_Iversholt_part1.pdf

http://aqmen.ac.uk/slides/FOSSevents/video9

Application Process
There are 18 places available on this course.  Priority for places will be given to students and academic staff in Scotland who meet the selection criteria and for which the course is free to attend.

Non-academics and academics from outside Scotland may apply but there will be a charge to attend as follows:

    * Academic students and staff in Scotland - FREE
    * Students and Academic staff outside Scotland - £50 per day (£25 per half-day)
    * Public and Voluntary Sector - £75 per day (£37.50 per half-day)
    * Private Sector - £100 per day (£50 per half-day)

PhD Expenses
PhD students studying in Scotland who live outside Edinburgh are eligible to claim for travel to and from the event and one nights evening meal and accommodation (5th April) where a booking has been made for both parts of this course.

AQMeN will only reimburse travel to/from an address in Scotland as provided on the application form.  Travel costs must be kept to a minimum.

AQMeN will reimburse a maximum of £50 per night towards accommodation and up to £15 (excluding alcohol) for evening meals on the 5th April only.

In order to be reimbursed for travel, meals and/or accommodation, original travel tickets and receipts clearing showing the date and journey taken must be provided.  For accommodation and meals a fully itemised receipt MUST be provided.  *Credit card receipts and email booking confirmations will not be accepted by our auditors and failure to provide the appropriate documentation will result in us being unable to reimburse you.

Non-attendance
All AQMeN courses are offered free of charge to PhD students and academics in Scotland; however, the courses are expensive to run, both in terms of time and money, and non-attendance on courses impacts on our ability to complete the programme of training and to adequately evaluate the value of these events.  This is detrimental to the future sustainability of AQMeN as the funding bodies expect full evaluation.

By applying for this course you are making an undertaking to attend the course.  Failure to do this may result in you being charged a fee to cover the cost of the course and any accommodation that has been booked.  If after a place is allocated and confirmed you are no longer able to attend, you must notify AQMeN as soon as possible to allow the place to be offered to someone on the waiting list.  Failure to provide advance notification, resulting in the place not being available to another may result in you being charged a fee to cover the cost of the course.