UBDC Summer Training 2017: Measuring Segregation a Lifestyle

The course will introduce the MLID package in R, which offers tools and functions for studying ethnic and social segregation with a multilev

Course instructor: Richard Harris, School of Geographical Science, University of Bristol

Course duration: half day (Wednesday 6th September, 2017, 10:00am - 1:00pm)
Course location: Jura teaching lab, Level 4 Annexe, Glasgow University Library
Audience: Anyone interested in the measurement of ethnic and social segregation 
Pre-requisite knowledge: Prior experience of using R would be useful but is not essential

Course summary:
The course will introduce the MLID package in R, which offers tools and functions for studying ethnic and social segregation with a multilevel index of dissimilarity. The advantage of the multilevel approach it is it allows a well-known and easily interpretable index to be extended to measure the two principal dimensions of segregation simultaneously: spatial unevenness and spatial clustering. Scale differences can be examined to explore how much of the segregation is occurring at local, sub-regional or regional scales. A ‘hands on’ study using ethnicity data from the 2011 UK Census will be undertaken.

Course content:
- How to fit the index of dissimilarity (and other indices) within a regression framework in R
- How to examine the residuals to identify the places contributing most to the index score
- How to extend the model to look for scale effects
- How to use visual tools and other diagnostics to interpret the results

Venue: Jura Teaching Lab, Level 4 Annexe, University of Glasgow Library, Glasgow, G12 8QE

Price

Standard Rate: GBP 50.00
Student Discounted Rate - UK Registered Students: GBP 25.00
Other Discounted Rate - Staff at UK academic institutions, Research Council UK funded researchers, UK Public Sector staff and staff at UK registered charity organisations: GBP 35.00

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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/150906-0

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