Oregon Program Evaluators Network (OPEN) January and February 2008 events

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 30, 2007 -- OregonEval.org

On Thursday, January 10 from noon until 1 PM OPEN will host the first Brown Bag discussion of 2008 at Cube Space (622 SE Grand Avenue, Portland). Mike Riley will be presenting on Promoting Behavioral Change. The discussion covers the use of research techniques for measuring public opinion and the steps necessary for impacting change. Key topics and case histories involve driving the adoption of environmentally responsible behavior will be discussed. This presentation was originally presented to the North Pacific Regional Conference of the Public Relations Society of America in San Francisco. Mike Riley is the Research Director of Riley Research (RileyResearch.com) and is a graduate of Oregon State University. His background is in quantitative study design, and all phases and techniques of qualitative studies. Additionally, Mike is past-President of the Oregon Chapter of the American Marketing Association. This event is free but registration is required. Registration can be done at https://www.123signup.com/event?id=xhmvx .

On January 30th, OPEN will host a one-day SPSS Syntax training.  SPSS is a statistical software package which is used by many research analysts and program evaluators (SPSS.com). The Syntax training day will be $425 for OPEN members and $525 for non-members. OPEN memberships are $25 per year and can be purchased at OregonEval.org. There are no student rates for this training. This one-day course covers many aspects of using the Syntax language on which SPSS is based. The course introduces the rules of SPSS Syntax, how to build syntax commands as well as transformation programming in syntax and trouble shooting problems. Attendees will learn the rules of SPSS syntax, how to generate, write and modify syntax, and how syntax is used to facilitate repeated SPSS analyses and perform operations not available through SPSS dialog boxes.

On February 22, OPEN will host a training on SAS. SAS is a statistical software package used by many program evaluators and research analysts. The trainer will be Renu Gehring, who is an independent SAS consultant and a Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS. She also is the Chair of the Portland SAS Users Group. Attendees can attend either one, two, three, or all four days. Experienced SAS user may only want to attend the Advanced Topics days. Day one will be an Introductory Topics course, Day two an Intermediate Topics course, and Days three and four will be Advanced Topics.

Registration for the classes can be done at https://www.123signup.com/register?id=tgghh

More details on the classes can be found at http://oregoneval.org/program/events_flyers/OPEN_2008_SAS_TrainingTopics.pdf

The Oregon Program Evaluators Network (www.oregoneval.org) is a non profit membership group of more than 200 program evaluators and researchers in Oregon and southwest Washington. OPEN is one of the oldest officially recognized affiliates of the American Evaluation Association. Members of OPEN are employed in research firms, universities, government agencies and in private consulting practices. The mission of OPEN is to provide a regional, interdisciplinary forum for professional development, networking, and exchange of practical, methodological, and theoretical knowledge in the field of evaluation.

Contact: Pamela Clark, OPEN 2008 Communication Director
clark_pamela@yahoo.com 503-805-9668

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