Universität Wien

230173 UE Sampling, Weighting and Missing Values (2010S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Termine in PC-Räumen:
16.04.2010 09.00-12.30
30.04.2010 09.00-12.30
28.05.2010 09.00-12.30
Ort: EDV Kursraum, Geozentrum, UZA II, Althanstraße 14

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 05.03. 09:00 - 12:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 2, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 14.05. 09:00 - 16:00 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Friday 04.06. 09:00 - 12:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

LV-Inhalt (Englisch) This lecture deals with practical problems in the design and implementation of a survey: How to draw a representative sample? Why can a sample estimate depart from known distributions ? How can better coherence be achieved? Which role plays weighting for the precision of statistical tests. How to deal with nonresponse ? Students are invited to present their own research problems which may be addressed in particular during the course (for organizational reasons advance notice is recommended).

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentation, written examination and paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Introduction in sampling designs, training of practical skills required to achieve a sample; introduction in weighting and imputation procedures.

Examination topics

Introduction and practical exercises on the PC, mainly in SPSS including simple syntax and macro programming.

Reading list

Groves, Fowler, Couper, Lepkowski, Singer, Tourangeau (2004) Survey Methodology, Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, New Jersey.

Association in the course directory

in 905: MA Methoden |
in 121: Spez. Erhebungstechniken, Methoden, 3. Abschnitt

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