This course is designed to provide an overview of the theory and practice of survey research methods with a focus on the unique challenges faced in the design and implementation of face-to-face surveys in developing and transitional countries. Issues related to sample design and sample management,

The course aims to offer participants general basic knowledge needed for implementation of high-quality web surveys. The course deals with the challenge of using the World Wide Web for survey data collection. Web surveys are technically easy to implement, however the understanding of underlying

In the social science questions, items or tests are used in order to measure social phenomena or concepts of interest, respectively. This course aims at encouraging participants regardless their discipline to learn about development and evaluation of high quality measurement instruments (i.e.,

This course provides an introduction to the statistical programming language R. Since R has gained a lot of attention among data analysts in general and social scientists in particular, we will emphasize the particularities of survey data analysis using R. The objective of the course is to enable

This course gives an overview of the design and implementation of surveys from the initial planning phase to the data preparation as a final step. Topics include survey mode assessment and selection, sampling frames and designs, nonresponse, interviewer effects, questionnaire design, cognitive

he course focuses on Measurement Models and their application in the broader Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Framework. We will show how a theoretical model represented through measurement models can be applied to empirical data and estimations for its fit can be derived. Confirmatory Factor

What are the basic steps of oral storytelling? This workshop looks at how we can give the story its voice back. Storytelling enhances communication and presentational skills, as well as develops imagination and the ability to improvise. No previous experience is necessary.The art of traditional

Corporate governance is an area that has grown rapidly in the past few decades and is now at the heart of the global responses to the financial crisis of 2007-9. Corporate governance is about how a (public) company is structured and directed. With the process of economic globalisation, the

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 19TH OF June!Join us for five fantastic and educative days at the Synapse BioBusiness Summer School %E2%80%9915 from 10-14th of August and get a taste of the business side of the life sciences. Through inspirational lectures, interactive workshops and specific case

International trade and international investment law facilitate global economic relationships, but often require states to sacrifice their sovereignty. This course aims to ensure students understand how the two fields of law work, what rights each provides to investors and states, and how they