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Greetings from the CARMA staff!

I am pleased to send you information about upcoming Summer Short Courses on research methods topics being hosted in May and June of 2010 by the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. We are an interdisciplinary center focused on research methods topics relevant to the social and organizational sciences. For more information about CARMA, please visit

Overview of Courses and Instructors

Each of the short courses includes an equal balance of lecture and lab time with hands-on experience, with an emphasis on the application of the methodology. We have a very talented set of instructors for our Short Courses, many of whom are Editors, Past Editors, or Editorial Board members from our leading management journals. They will help you not only learn the technical details of the research method or analysis technique you will be studying, but they will also help you understand how it is being applied in management and organizational research.

Reservation Now Open for 2010 CARMA Summer Short Courses!

We are happy to inform you that we are now taking reservations for our 2010 CARMA Summer Short Courses. Each of our short courses is two and a half days and consists of both lecture and computer lab components. This year, we will be offering two programs.

CARMA Summer Short Course Program at Virginia Commonwealth University

This program (May 17 – May 22, 2010) with two sessions will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. The topics of eight short courses in this program are listed below:

Session I

May 17 – 19, 2010

"Introduction to Structural Equation Methods"
Dr. Larry Williams, Wayne State University

Session II

May 20 – 22, 2010

"Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Methods"
Dr. Bob Vandenberg, University of Georgia

"Meta-Analysis: Models & Processes"
Dr. Mike McDaniel, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Hannah Rothstein, Baruch College
"Testing Interactions with Linear Regression"

Dr. Herman Aguinis, Indiana University
"Grounded Theory Method & Analysis"

Dr. Karen Locke, College of William & Mary
"Survey Design/Data Collection Using the Internet"

Dr. Jeff Stanton, Syracuse University
"Introduction to Linear Regression"

Dr. Jose Cortina, George Mason University
"Alternatives to Difference Scores: Polynomial Regression & Response Surface Methodology"

Dr. Jeff Edwards, University of North Carolina

CARMA Summer Short Course Program at Wayne State University

This program (June 17 – June 19, 2010) will be hosted by Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. The topics of the five short courses are listed below:

"Nonlinear Dynamic Models: Neural Network & Agent Based Analylsis"
Dr. Paul Hanges, University of Maryland

"Repeated Measures/Longitudinal Research"
Dr. Robert Ployhart, University of South Carolina

"Social Network Analysis"
Rich DeJordy, Northeastern University

"Analysis of Limited Dependent Variables"
Dr. Harry Bowen, Queens University of Charlotte

"Multi-Level Measurement"
Dr. James LeBreton, Purdue University

Cost for Attending

The cost per course is $550 for students or $750 for faculty or professionals, and this cost includes lunches, a dinner, and all program materials. You can find information about how to register for our Short Courses, course abstracts, instructor biographies and evaluations of our Short Courses from previous years on our website at:

There is also a 50% discount for faculty and students coming from schools participating in our Consortium Webcast Program. A list of participating schools is available on our website at:

Last summer, nearly 200 faculty and doctoral students from universities throughout the United States and abroad participated in one or more of our short course events, and we also currently have over 140 universities from throughout the world participating in our CARMA Consortium Webcast Program and International Video Library Program, which has hosted 52 lectures on research topics that have been delivered live and via recordings using the internet. More information about CARMA and the events below can be found at our website:

Locations and Discount for Accommodation

We are very excited to have local area hotels in Richmond and Detroit provide a discounted rate for our Short Course participants this year!

CARMA Summer Short Course Program at Virginia Commonwealth University

We are very excited that we will be hosting our Summer Short Courses in Snead Hall, at the VCU School of Business located in Richmond, Virginia. Pictures are available on the School of Business website: (). I am also very happy to report that our main 2010 CARMA Summer Short Course hotel will be the newly remodeled Double Tree Hotel, which is only one block from Snead Hall. Detailed information on how to reserve a room will be made available shortly on our website at .

CARMA Summer Short Course Program at Wayne State University

This program will be hosted by Wayne State University, the new home of CARMA in Detroit, Michigan. These courses will be conducted at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Fort Shelby/Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. The DoubleTree Guest Suites will also provide discounted accommodations for Short Course participants. Reservation information will be made available shortly on our website at

Advanced Reservation Deadlines

Let me encourage you to reserve your spot soon, as we are limiting the number of participants in each course, and based on past experience some may fill up quickly. The deadline for Advanced Reservation for the Virginia Commonwealth University Program is April 1, 2010 (after this date a late registration fee is added). The deadline for Advanced Reservation for the Wayne State University Program is May 1, 2010 (after this date a late reservation fee is added).

Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way. Hope to see you in May!

Sincerely,

Dr. Larry J. Williams
Professor of Management
CARMA Director
Wayne State University
carma@vcu.edu carma@wayne.edu

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