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Centre for Applied Social Surveys Short Course Graphical Methods for Survey Data Supported by the ESRC David Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario 6-7 May 2004 University of Southampton 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: " In many courses on data analysis, the first thing we are told to do is to plot the data to get a better understanding of it before proceeding to more formal analyses. One objective of the course is to introduce plotting methodology in the context of large complex surveys and in the presence of survey weights. " Smoothing is now a widely used statistical tool. A second objective of the course is to introduce smoothing techniques applicable to complex survey data analysis. Course Content: " Simple graphs such as boxplots, histograms and scatterplots. " Checking the effect of the surveys weights through Q-Q plots " Density estimation - smoothing histograms " Quantile estimation through density estimates " Local polynomial regression - smoothing scatterplots " Additive models - advanced scatterplot smoothing Target Audience: The course is aimed at data analysts and their supervisors who work with survey datasets. Pre-requisite: An introductory course in survey sampling. It is assumed that participants will be familiar with survey designs, estimation procedures including domain estimation, and methods of variance estimation for surveys. Course Materials: A booklet of the PowerPoint slides used during the workshop will be provided. The Instructor: David Bellhouse is Professor of Statistics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and has taught many courses in survey sampling, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has been a consultant to various law firms providing advice and expert testimony on cases involving sampling issues. Currently, he is serving on the Advisory Committee for Statistical Methods at Statistics Canada and is an associate editor for Survey Methodology. A former President of the Statistical Society of Canada, he has been active in this Society in a number of capacities and was recently given the Society's Service Award. Fee: £300 (includes course materials, lunches and morning and afternoon tea). Because of ESRC support, a number of bursaries are available which reduce the fee to £65 - applicants must be full-time students, UK academic staff or ESRC-funded researchers. Location: The course will be held at the University of Southampton. During the course participants can be contacted via the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (Tel: 023 8059 3048, Fax: 023 8059 3846). Duration: The course will begin with coffee and registration at 09.30 a.m. on 6 May, and end at 4.30 pm on 7 May 2004. For further information please contact: Jane Schofield Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute Building 58 University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ (Fax: 023 80 593846 Tel: 023 80 595376 E-mail: [log in to unmask]) Jane Schofield Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute University of Southampton [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0) 2380 595376