Checking date: 30/04/2024


Course: 2024/2025

Survey Research Methodology I
(19137)
Master in Computational Social Science (Plan: 472 - Estudio: 375)
EPC


Coordinating teacher: TORRE FERNANDEZ, MARGARITA

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
Introduction to Programming with R (19151) Basic Statistics (19152)
Objectives
- Ability to deal with all the stages in survey design. - Ability to analyze survey data. - Knowledge of sampling methods.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Introduction on Survey Research 2. Surveys and the Research Process 3. Measurement - Conceptualizing Ideas and operationalizing questions - Pre-Testing Questions - Measurement error - Validation and reliability 4. Modes of Data Collection - Face-to-face - Telephone / Mobile - Web / Online panels / SMS / Others - Mixed methods 5. Sampling and Populations 5.1. Introduction to sampling theory - Validity - Error 5.2. Types of samples - Probabilistic - Non-probabilistic - Hidden-populations - Graph/network approaches 5.3. Post-sampling adjustments - Variance estimation - Weighing - Non-response
Learning activities and methodology
Training Activities: - Theoretical-practical classes - Laboratory practical sessions - Group work - Individual student work - Partial and final examinations Teaching Methods: - Presentations in the professor's lecture room with computer and audiovisual support, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and a bibliography is provided to complement the students' learning. - Critical reading of texts recommended by the subject professor: Press articles, reports, manuals and/or academic articles, either for later discussion in class, or to expand and consolidate knowledge of the subject. - Resolution of practical cases, problems, etc. raised by the professor, either individually or in a group. - Presentation and discussion in class, under the moderation of the professor, of topics related to the content of the subject, as well as practical case studies. - Developing pieces of work and reports, individually or in group.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60




Basic Bibliography
  • Dillman, Don A., Jolene D. Smyth, and Leah Melani Christian Hoboken. Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. Hoboken, New Jersey.. 2014
  • Groves, Robert M., Floyd J. Fowler Jr, Mick P. Couper, James M. Lepkowski, Eleanor Singer, and Roger Tourangeau . Survey Methodology. 2nd ed. Wiley. 2009
  • Valliant, Richard, Jill A. Dever, and Frauke Kreuter . Practical Tools for Designing and Weighting Survey Samples. Springer (2nd edition). 2018
Additional Bibliography
  • Bradburn, Norman M., Seymour Sudman, and Brian Wansink. Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health Questionnaires. San Francisco, Calif.. 2004
  • Bradburn, Norman M., Seymour Sudman, and Brian Wansink . Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health Questionnaires.. San Francisco, Calif.. 2004
  • Fowler, Floyd J. . Survey Research Methods. Los Angeles, Calif.. 2013
  • Lohr, Sharon L. . Sampling: Design and Analysis. Boca Raton. 2021
  • Saris, W.E. . Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research, 2nd Edition. . Willey. 2014
  • Saris, W.E. . Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research, 2nd Edition. . Wiley. 2014

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.