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Course: 2023/2024

Survey Design and Survey Analysis

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Bachelor in Sociology (Plan: 402 - Estudio: 208)

Coordinating teacher: FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, JUAN JESUS

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 2º

Objectives

The student learns to design and implement a survey: 1. Decide the ideal survey type 2. Writing and organizing questionnaires 3. Learning basic principles of basic design 4. Using software for survey analysis 5. Conducting interviews

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

Contents 1. Introduction to representative samples 2. Stepts in survey construction 3. Types of surveys 4. Questionnaire design I 5. Questionnaire design II 6. Questionnaire structure 7. Sampling design 8. Sample selection 9. Confidence intervals 10. Practical survey design with online survey 11. Statistical software 12. Introduction to survey analysis 13. Case study I 14. Case study II

Learning activities and methodology

Formative activities The training activities will involve a constant feedback process between lectura materials and their implementation in class activities. Office hours will be held with small groups and will aim to solve questions and concerns of students.

Assessment System

The grade obtained by the student in the continuous assessment process will represent 60% of the final grade for the subject. The grade obtained in the final exam will represent 40% of the final grade for the subject
Extraordinary evaluation: The note of the continuous evaluation process is kept in the event that the student had followed it. If you did not follow it, you are entitled to an exam with a value of 100% of the total grade for the subject.

% end-of-term-examination 40
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Basic Bibliography

Haydn Aarons. A Practical Introduction to Survey Design. Sage. 2020
Bradburn, Norman, Seymour Sudman, and Brian Wansink. Asking Questions. Wiley. 2004
Converse, Jean and Stanley Presser. Survey Questions: Handcrafting the standardized questionnaire. Sage. 1986
Fowler, Floyd. Survey Research Methods. Sage. 2013

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