Advanced Issues in Survey Design and Analysis

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
The course is based on a total survey error perspective and discusses the major sources of survey error. Participants will be presented with tools for prevention and adjustment for such errors. Analysis methods are introduced using both SPSS and R.

Topics include measurement error, nonresponse adjustment and analysis of incomplete data and the analysis of complex surveys that include weighting, stratification and design effects. International comparative and longitudinal surveys are included. This course is organized by the Department of Methodology and Statistics (UU) in cooperation with Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Period
12-08-2013 - 16-08-2013 (1 weeks)

Target group
This course is intended for advanced students and professionals in fields such as social and behavioral research, marketing, business, health sciences, and official statistics. The course aims at researchers who intend to design their own survey, but also at researchers who analyze secondary data such as the European Social Survey (ESS) or the International Social Survey Program (ISSP). This course assumes a general knowledge of survey methodology and statistics comparable to the level of the course Foundations of Survey Research or equivalent. No prior knowledge of R is assumed.

Course aim
Under pressure of changes in modern society and technology, survey methodology is rapidly changing. This course aims to provide participants with state of the art knowledge and application oriented skills for modern survey design and analysis.

Credits
1.5 ECTS credits



Certificate of Attendance

Course fee
EUR 795: Course + course materials + housing

EUR 595: Course + course materials

Course leader
Prof. dr. E.D. de Leeuw

Scholarships
Utrecht Summer School doesn't offer scholarships for this course.

Utrecht University
Address: PO BOX 80148
Postal code: 3508 TC
City: Utrecht
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl
E-mail: summerschool@uu.nl
Phone: 0031302534400