Survey Data Collection and Analytics

Description

This specialization covers the fundamentals of surveys as used in market research, evaluation research, social science and political research, official government statistics, and many other topic domains. In six courses, you will learn the basics of questionnaire design, data collection methods, sampling design, dealing with missing values, making estimates, combining data from different sources, and the analysis of survey data.

Faculty for this specialisation comes from the Michigan Program in Survey Methodology and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, a collaboration between the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, and the data collection firm Westat, founded by the National Science Foundation and the Interagency Consortium of Statistical Policy in the U.S. to educate the next generation of survey researchers, survey statisticians, and survey methodologists. In addition to this specialization we offer short courses, a summer school, certificates, master degrees as well as PhD programs.

Subjects
- Business
- Social Sciences
Language

English
Duration

20 weeks
Status

Available
U-M Credit Eligible

No

Instructors

Frederick Conrad

Research Professor, Survey Methodology

Institute for Social Research
Frauke Kreuter

Professor, Joint Program in Survey Methodology
James Lepkowski

Research Professor

Survey Data Collection and Analytics

Description

Subjects

Language

Duration

Status

U-M Credit Eligible

Instructors

Courses (4)

Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face

Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys

Sampling People, Networks and Records

Survey Data Collection and Analytics Project (Capstone)