<paraindent><param>left</param><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param>Centre for Applied Social Surveys</paraindent>

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<paraindent><param>left</param>Short Course</paraindent>

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<paraindent><param>left</param>Design and Administration of Postal</paraindent>

<paraindent><param>left</param>& Self-completion Surveys  11-12 November 1999</paraindent>

<paraindent><param>left</param>Venue: The Grosvenor Hotel, Grosvenor Road, Newcastle </paraindent>

<paraindent><param>left</param>Presented by </paraindent>

<paraindent><param>left</param>Roger Thomas and Elaine McColl </paraindent>

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<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth><smaller>Course Objectives<bigger></paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth><smaller>to enable participants to develop a thorough and practical </paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>understanding of the principles of good questionnaire design</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>as applied to self-administered quantitative surveys</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>(including the special issues related to the design of factual, </paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>non-factual and sensitive questions).</paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>to establish understanding and competence in how to plan, </paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth>administer and maximise quality and response</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>out</param><flushboth> in postal and other self-completion surveys.</paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>left</param>Course content will include: principles of questionnaire design, 
questionnaires to measure behaviour, attitudes and values, pretesting, 
piloting postal surveys, project management and administration, and 
minimising non-response.</paraindent>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>The course will include workshop sessions so that participants can work 
through practical exercises. Teaching staff are present in between 
sessions and on the evening of day 1, in order to discuss questionnaire 
issues arising in individual participants' research.  Numbers are limited to 
facilitate such participant support. </paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Target Audience<bigger></paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth><smaller>The course is aimed at researchers who need to design and administer 
self-completion surveys, especially those in the social, economic, 
educational and medical sciences.  If you are unsure whether this course 
is appropriate for you please contact Nyovani Madise (Email  
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<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth></bold>Course Materials<bigger></paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth><smaller>Participants will receive written course notes, copies of overhead 
transparencies and a reading list.</paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth><bigger>The Instructors</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><smaller>Roger Thomas is the Director of CASS. He has had long experience of 
designing, running and managing surveys and is currently at the 
National Centre for Social Research’s Survey Methods Centre, where he 
participates in the programme of methodological research and 
consultancy in survey methods.</paraindent>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Elaine McColl is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Health 
Services at the University of Newcastle.</paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Fee	</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>The standard fee is £250.  Because of ESRC support, a number of 
bursaries are available which reduce the fee to £65.  Applicants for 
bursaries must be full-time students, UK academic staff or ESRC-funded 
researchers. </paraindent></flushboth>


<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>For a registration form, please contact</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Hannah Williams ([log in to unmask])</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 3048</paraindent></flushboth>

<paraindent><param>left</param><flushboth>Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 3846</paraindent></flushboth>


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<paraindent><param>left</param><center></bold>CASS is an ESRC Resource Centre hosted by</paraindent></center>

<paraindent><param>left</param><center>National Centre for Social Research and </paraindent></center>

<paraindent><param>left</param><center>the University of Southampton, </paraindent></center>

<paraindent><param>left</param><center>with the University of Surrey</paraindent></center>

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