STATS 740 Sample Surveys

Below description edited in year: 2018

Points: 15

Prereqs: STATS 340 or 341 or equivalent

Credit: Examination 60%, assignments 40%(2 assignments)

Textbooks: Survey Methodology. Robert M Groves (ed), Wiley, 2004. T. Lumley,Lu Ann Aday & L.J. Cornelius, Designing and Conducting Health Surveys. 3rd. Edition, Jossey-Bass, 2006
T. Lumley, Complex Surveys: a guide to analysis using R, Wiley Interscience, 2009

For Advice: Claudia Rivera Rodriguez (Email: c.rodriguez@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 83608)

Taught: Second Semester City

Website: STATS 740 website

STATS 740 is a course in the design, management and analysis of data from sample surveys, with particular emphasis on applications to the health sector.

Topics studied include: Revision of statistical aspects of sampling theory. Research entry: problem selection, sponsorship and collaboration. Research design: methodology and data collection; Issues of sample design and sample selection. Conducting surveys: Questionnaires and questions; Non-sampling issues; Project management; Maintaining data quality. Analysis: computer software, weighting, special features of survey data. Dissemination.

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