Department of Statistics
STATS 740 Sample Surveys
Below description edited in year: 2010
Points: 15
Prereqs: STATS 340 or 341 or equivalent
Credit: Final exam = 50%, assignments = 50%
Textbooks: 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: Chris Wild (Email: c.wild@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 88797)
Taught: First Semester City
Website: STATS 740 website
STATS 740 is a course in the design, management and analysis of sample surveys, with particular emphasis on surveys in the health sector.
Topics studied include: Revision of statistical aspects of sampling. Preparing surveys. 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. Other types of Surveys.
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