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SURV Survey Methodology( Behavioral and Social Sciences) SURV623 Data Collection Methods in Survey Research; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD.Review of alternative data collection methods used in surveys, concentrating on the impact these techniques have on the quality of survey data, including measurement error properties, levels of nonresponse and coverage error. Reviews of the literature on major mode comparisons (face-to-face interviewing, telephone survey and self-administered questionnaires), and alternative collection methods (diaries, administrative records, direct observation, etc.). The statistical and social science literatures on interviewer effects and nonresponse, and current advances in computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI), computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), and other methods such as touchtone data entry (TDE) and voice recognition (VRE). SURV625 Applied Sampling; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: statistics course approved by the department. Practical aspects of sample design. Topics include: probability sampling (including simple random, systematic, stratified, clustered, multistage and two-phase sampling methods), sampling with probabilities proportional to size, area sampling, telephone sampling, ratio estimation, sampling error estimation, frame problems, nonresponse, and cost factors. Click here for more course information. SURV630 Questionnaire Design; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. The stages of questionnaire design; developmental interviewing, question writing, question evaluation, pretesting, and questionnaire ordering and formatting. Reviews of the literature on questionnaire construction, the experimental literature on question effects, and the psychological literature on information processing. Examination of the diverse challenges posed by self versus proxy reporting and special attention is paid to the relationship between mode of administration and questionnaire design. SURV699 (PermReq) Special Topics in Survey Methodology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. SURV699B Special Topics in Survey Methodology: Introduction to Survey Sampling; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Click here for more course information. SURV699D Special Topics in Survey Methodology: Introduction to Survey Quality; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. SURV699F Special Topics in Survey Methodology: Psychology of Survey Response; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. SURV699K Special Topics in Survey Methodology: Multi-Level Analysis of Survey Data; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. SURV699O Special Topics in Survey Methodology: Introduction to Survey Nonresponse; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Click here for further course information. SURV899 Doctoral Dissertation Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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