Summer schools

University of Essex 

 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection 
Courses cover various types of quantitative and qualitative research methods, research design, techniques for data collection and measurement as well as mathematics.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Summer Program in Quantitative Methods
Offers scholars and students an in-depth summer training session in statistical analysis, research design, and computer applications. 

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques 2011

Now in its 64th year, the University of  Michigan's Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques provides rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program
teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. Classes start June 6 and meet through July 29. Courses range in length from one week to eight weeks.  The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques draws on a renowned group of instructors from within the
Survey Research Center and the University of Michigan community, and on other experts from outside the University.
 
The courses are run in assciation with the Inter-university  Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).