Survey Analysis

taught by Tony Babinec

Brief Description:

This course covers the analysis of data gathered in surveys.

Instructor(s):
Level: Introductory

Who Should Take This Course:

Anyone who needs to conduct a survey and needs to know how to sample respondents and design questionnaires to produce usable results.

Dates:
August 17, 2012 to September 14, 2012
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Survey Analysis

taught by Tony Babinec

Aim of Course:

This course covers the analysis of data gathered in surveys.

Prerequisite(s):

Familiarity with the material covered in Survey Design and Sampling Procedures is helpful, but not essential. (If you have not covered the topics in that course, we recommend purchasing the books used in it.) Also note that hypothesis tests are covered in this course, but only in a concise procedural fashion.

For a more in-depth background on this subject, we recommend one or more courses in our introductory statistics sequence: Basic Concepts in Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Statistics 1: Inference for a Single Variable, and Introduction to Statistics 2: Working with Bivariate Data.

Course Program:

SESSION 1: Survey Psychometrics

• Select and apply reliability criteria
• Select and apply validity criteria
• Introduction to scaling and scoring

SESSION 2: Beginning Your Analysis

• Draft your analysis plan
• Create a codebook
• Missing data and outliers
• Simple summary statistics

SESSION 3: Analyzing Your Data

• Relationships and comparisons
• Common statistical methods
• Open-ended questions

SESSION 4: Report Survey Results

• Summarizing results in tables and charts
• Know your audience
• Language to use when describing surveys
• Checklist of contents when preparing a report

HOMEWORK:

Homework in this course consists of short answer questions to test concepts and guided data analysis problems using software.

Organization of the Course:

This course takes place over the internet at the Institute for 4 weeks. During each course week, you participate at times of your own choosing - there are no set times when you must be online. Course participants will be given access to a private discussion board. In class discussions led by the instructor, you can post questions, seek clarification, and interact with your fellow students and the instructor.

The course typically requires 15 hours per week. At the beginning of each week, you receive the relevant material, in addition to answers to exercises from the previous session. During the week, you are expected to go over the course materials, work through exercises, and submit answers. Discussion among participants is encouraged. The instructor will provide answers and comments, and at the end of the week, you will receive individual feedback on your homework answers.

Credit:
Students come to the Institute for a variety of reasons. As you begin the course, you will be asked to specify your category:

1. You may be interested only in learning the material presented, and not be concerned with grades or a record of completion.
2. You may be enrolled in PASS (Programs in Analytics and Statistical Studies) that requires demonstration of proficiency in the subject, in which case your work will be assessed for a grade.
3. You may require a "Record of Course Completion," along with professional development credit in the form of Continuing Education Units (CEU's).  For those successfully completing the course, 5.0 CEU's and a record of course completion will be issued by The Institute, upon request.

Course Text:

The required texts are How to Manage, Analyze, and Interpret Survey Data (Arlene Fink, 2002), How to Assess and Interpret Survey Psychometrics (Mark S. Litwin, 2002), and How to Report on Surveys (Arlene Fink, 2002), which are all included in the Survey Kit, 2nd edition, from Sage Publications. The survey kit can be purchased directly from Sage Publications here. These texts may also be purchased separately by clicking here. Sage Publication offers discounts to students at statistics.com for many of their titles when the code S06SC is used during checkout on their website (the 0 is a zero not an alphabetical O).

Software:

None

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Survey Analysis

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Dates:
August 17, 2012 to September 14, 2012
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