I apologise to those who were not able to read my first
announcement. Here it is again.
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Centre for Applied Social Surveys
Short Course: Design & Administration of Postal & Self-completion
Surveys, 11-12 November 1999
Venue: The Grosvenor Hotel, Grosvenor Road, Newcastle.
Presented by Roger Thomas and Elaine McColl
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Course objectives:
1) to enable participants to develop a thorough and practical
understanding of the principles of good questionnaire design as
applied to self-administered quantitative surveys (including the
special issues related to the design of factual, non-factual and
sensitive questions);
2) to establish understanding and competence in how to plan,
administer and maximise quality and response in postal and other
self-completion surveys.
Course content will include:
principles of questionnaire design, questionnaires to measure
behaviour, attitudes and values, pretesting and piloting postal
surveys, project management and administration, and minimising
non-response.
The course will include workshop sessions so that participants can
work through practical exercises. Teaching staff will be present in
between sessions and on the evening of day 1 in order to discuss
questionnaire issues arising from individual participants' research.
Numbers are limited to facilitate such participant support.
Target Audience
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 (E-mail [log in to unmask] or
Fax +44 (0)23 8059 3846).
Course Materials
Participants will receive written notes, copies of overhead
transparencies and a reading list.
The Instructors
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.
Elaine McColl is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for
Health Services at the University of Newcastle.
Fee
The standard fee is 250 pounds (sterling). Because of ESRC
support, a number of bursaries are available which reduce the fee
to 65 pounds. Applicants for bursaries must be full-time research
students, UK academic staff, or ESRC-funded researchers.
For a registration form or further details contact:
Hannah Williams
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 3048
Fax:+44 (0)23 8059 3846
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CASS is an ESRC Resource Centre hosted by the National Centre
for Social Research and the University of Southampton with the
University of Surrey.
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