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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-433 Survey Research Methods

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Bruce Headey

Prerequisite/s:

Admission to fourth-year Political Science.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

A 2-hour seminar a week

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 6000 words.
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