Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 156)
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1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p156) : Next:166-434 | Prev:166-429
Year 4 Politics.
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Bruce Headey.
Prerequisite: Admission to fourth-year Political Science.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar a week.
Objectives:
On completion of the subject the student:
- will understand the strengths and weaknesses of public opinion surveys - their value for different research projects;
- have learned how to design a questionnaire;
- have learned about sampling theory - how to draw a sample;
- have an appreciation of the value and use of recent advances in field work to reduce measurement error in surveys;
- have learned statistical methods, including structural equations methods, for analysing survey data.
Content:
Hands-on experience in designing and pilot testing a survey. How to use surveys appropriately to answer research questions, questionnaire design, construction of valid indices, and use of pilot tests to improve design. Some attention to issues of sampling, techniques for reducing and correcting measurement error, and statistical methods of analysing survey data, including structural equation modelling with the LISREL software.
Assessment:
Written work totalling 6,000 words.
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p156) : Next:166-434 | Prev:166-429
2. Social Research Methods, Faculty of Arts (v3, p163) : Next:512-629 | Prev:191-320
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Bruce Headey.
Prerequisite: Admission to fourth-year Political Science.
Contact: A 2-hour seminar a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject the student:
- will understand the strengths and weaknesses of public opinion surveys - their value for different research projects;
- have learned how to design a questionnaire;
- have learned about sampling theory - how to draw a sample;
- have an appreciation of the value and use of recent advances in field work to reduce measurement error in surveys;
- have learned statistical methods, including structural equations methods, for analysing survey data.
Content:
Hands-on experience in designing and pilot testing a survey. How to use surveys appropriately to answer research questions, questionnaire design, construction of valid indices, and use of pilot tests to improve design. Some attention to issues of sampling, techniques for reducing and correcting measurement error, and statistical methods of analysing survey data, including structural equation modelling with the LISREL software.
Assessment:
Written work totalling 6,000 words.
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2. Social Research Methods, Faculty of Arts (v3, p163) : Next:512-629 | Prev:191-320
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of Political Science, Faculty of Arts.
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