Centre for Applied Social Surveys
Short Course
Analysis of Survey Data
Supported by the ESRC
Professor Ray Chambers and Professor Chris Skinner
12 May 2004
Royal Statistical Society, London
CASS is an ESRC Resource Centre hosted by
the National Centre for Social Research, the University of Southampton and
the University of Surrey
Course Objectives:
* To introduce participants to recent developments in statistical methods for the analysis of survey data;
* To improve participants' understanding of the statistical theory underlying these methods;
* To facilitate reading of the recent book on "Analysis of Survey Data", edited by Professors Chambers and Skinner.
Course Content:
Overviews will be given of the following topics:
* Approaches to statistical inference in the analysis of survey data, including likelihood-based methods;
* Categorical response modelling for complex survey data;
* Regression modelling for complex survey data;
* Analysis of longitudinal survey data;
* Analysis of survey data, subject to different forms of incompleteness.
The course will include time for questions and discussion. There will be no exercises or computer-based work.
Target Audience:
The course is aimed at an audience with a strong statistical background interested in statistical methods for analysing survey data. The course is particularly targeted at researchers who have a good understanding of the 'standard' theory underlying a variety of statistical modelling methods, such as regression, and who are interested in the extension of the theory and methods to data collected using complex sampling schemes, such as stratification and multi-stage sampling.
Pre-requisites:
Participants should be familiar with:
- common statistical modelling methods, such as regression, categorical data analysis and survival analysis, and the basic statistical theory underlying these methods, as set out in standard textbooks;
- standard sampling designs, such stratified sampling and multistage sampling, and associated estimation methods for standard population parameters such as means and totals.
Course Materials:
Participants will receive a copy of:
R.L.Chambers and C.J.Skinner eds. (2003) Analysis of Survey Data. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
For further details of this book, browse under "Mathematics and Statistics" and then "Survey Research Methods and Sampling" on http://www.wileyeurope.com
Participants will also receive copies of slides used in presentations.
The Instructors:
Ray Chambers is Director of Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute and Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. His main research interests are in analysis of complex survey data, business survey estimation methodology, including calibration theory, census post-enumeration adjustments, small area estimation, outlier robust estimation and editing and imputation methods.
Chris Skinner is Director of CASS and Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. His main research interests are in statistical aspects of survey methodology, including sampling, nonresponse, measurement error and disclosure control. He co-edited an earlier book on 'Analysis of Complex Survey Data' with Tim Holt and Fred Smith (published by Wiley in 1989) of which the book to be discussed on this course is a successor.
Fee:
The standard fee is £120. Because of ESRC support, a number of bursaries are available which reduce this fee to £60 - applicants must be full-time students, UK academic staff or ESRC-funded researchers. The fee includes a copy of the book "Analysis of Survey Data" (recommended retail price £65) and other course materials as referred to above, lunch and morning and afternoon tea.
Location:
The course will be held at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX. Telephone 020 7638 8998.
Duration:
The course will begin with coffee and registration at 9.30am and end at 5.00 pm on 12 May 2004.
For further information or a registration form please contact:
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Jane Schofield
Room 2087, Building 58
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
University of Southampton
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Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel: +44 (0)2380 595376
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Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
University of Southampton
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