Centre for Applied Social Surveys

SHORT COURSE: BASIC SURVEY DATA ANALYSIS I

Supported by the ESRC 

Susan Purdon and Zoe Matthews

8-9 January 1998
University of Southampton

CASS is an ESRC Resource Centre hosted by
SCPR and the University of Southampton,
with the University of SurreyCourse Objectives:

To develop an understanding of the basic principles of statistical
analysis.

To enable participants to employ appropriate methods of presenting
data in research  reports and papers.

Course Content:

Overview of analysis considerations

Confidence intervals for means and proportions

Setting up and testing hypotheses

Tests of statistical significance

Two sample tests for means and proportions

Simple regression modelling

Association in tables

The course will include workshop sessions so that participants can
work through practical exercises, and computer practicals using SPSS
for Windows.  

Target Audience:

The course is aimed at researchers who need to perform basic analyses
on data from sample surveys, especially those in the social, economic,
educational and medical sciences.  Participants should have a basic
familiarity with statistical concepts through a previous introductory
course or equivalent experience.  This "refresher" course provides a
good background to the Basic Data Analysis II course which runs from
26-28 January 1998.

Course Materials:
Participants will receive written course notes, copies of overhead
transparencies and a reading list.

The Instructors:

Susan Purdon is a Research Director at the Survey Methods Centre of
SCPR.  She is a survey statistician with particular interests in
sample design and survey analysis.  Prior to joining SCPR she worked
for the Department of the Environment and Scottish Homes.          

Zoe Matthews  is a Lecturer in Social Statistics at the University of
Southampton.  She has a wide experience of analysing social survey
data and has experience of teaching introductory statistics for social
scientists using SPSS.


Credit Accumulation and Transfer:

Some participants may wish to gain credit points from this course with
the aim of using the credit to contribute to the requirements of a
university degree programme.  This course has been approved by the
University of Southampton for the award of 3 CATS points at
postgraduate level.  To qualify for CATS points participants will need
to undertake assessed work.  Please indicate on the registration form
if you wish to do this.

Fee: 

stlg185 (includes course materials, lunches and morning and afternoon
tea).  Because of ESRC support, a number of bursaries are available
which reduce the fee to stlg45 - applicants must be full-time students,
UK academic staff or ESRC-funded researchers.  

Location:

University of Southampton Main Campus along University Road in
Highfield, Southampton.  During the course participants can be
contacted via the Department of Social Statistics (Tel: 01703 593048,
Fax: 01703 593846).

Duration: 

The course will begin with coffee and registration at 10.30 a.m.,
lectures begin at 11.00am on Thursday 8 January and end with lunch at
12.30p.m. Friday 9 January 1998.  

Preparatory Reading:

Participants who feel particularly "rusty" could skim through any
introductory level textbook on statistical methods.  Some examples are

The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, Larry Gonich & Woolcott Smith,
Harper Collins 1993 ISBN 0-06-273102-5.

Introductory Data Analysis for Social Scientists, David Rose & Oriel
Sullivan, Open University Press, 2nd Edition 1996, ISBN 0-335-19617-9.

Understanding Statistics in the Behavioural Sciences, Robert R
Pagano, West Publishing company, 3rd Edition 1990, ISBN
0-314-66792-x.

Basic Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences, Gary W Heiman,
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992, ISBN 0-395-51546-7.

Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists, Alan Bryman &
Duncan Cramer, Routledge, 1990, ISBN 0-415-02665-2.


Accommodation:

Please indicate on the registration form if you would like to be sent
details of local accommodation.  Participants are left to book their
own accommodation according to individual needs.  

Deadlines and Refunds:

Course places are limited and early completion of this form is
recommended.  Payment must be made by 7 days before the course.  No
refunds can be made for cancellations made later than 7 days before
the start of the course. Basic Survey Data Analysis I 8-9 January 1998

Registration Form

Please complete this form and return to:

Rebecca Bundock
Department of Social Statistics
University of Southampton
Southampton  SO17 1BJ

(Fax: 01703 593846  Tel: 01703 593048  E-mail:
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