Journeys in Survey Research

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                • Note on SPSS tutorials
                  • Old Dog, Old Tricks
                  • Summary guide to SPSS tutorials
                    • Block 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file
                      • Block 2: Analysing one variable>
                        • 2.1: Nominal and ordinal variables
                          • 2.2: Interval scale variables
                            • 2.3: Data transformations
                            • Block 3: Analysing two variables (and sometimes three)>
                              • 3.1 Two variables (CROSSTABS)
                                • 3.2 Three variables
                                  • 3.3 Multiple response (MULT RESPONSE)
                                    • 3.4 Conditional data transformations (IF and DO IF)
                                      • 3.5 Derived variables (COUNT and COMPUTE)>
                                        • 3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE
                                          • 3.5.2 Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
                                        • Block 4: Hypothesis testing
                                          • Data sets and documents used in tutorials and exercises
                                            • Statistics notes to accompany course
                                            • SPSS Textbooks
                                            • Useful links for SPSS
                                              • SPSS Intros and tutorials
                                                • SPSS courses
                                                • Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
                                                  • Survey Research and the Social Sciences
                                                    • Doing Survey Research>
                                                      • Postgraduate courses
                                                        • Summer schools
                                                          • Short courses
                                                            • Journals for survey research
                                                              • Articles on survey research
                                                            • Survey Methods Textbooks
                                                            • Useful links for Survey Research
                                                              • Major survey series
                                                                • Professional and Voluntary Associations
                                                                  • Survey research organisations
                                                                    • Academic centres specialising in survey research
                                                                      • Web-based resources for survey research>
                                                                        • Survey Resources Network
                                                                          • On-line surveys
                                                                            • Question Banks
                                                                              • Survey methods guides and tutorials
                                                                            • Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
                                                                              • Mark Abrams
                                                                                • Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit
                                                                                  • Publications: SSRC Survey Unit
                                                                                    • Courses, Conferences and Seminars
                                                                                    • Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
                                                                                      • SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys
                                                                                        • Quality of Life Publications
                                                                                          • "Trinians" survey
                                                                                          • Survey Research Unit, Polytechnic of North London
                                                                                            • Survey Research Unit>
                                                                                              • Training courses in survey methods
                                                                                                • Playground to Politics
                                                                                                  • The place of SRU within PNL
                                                                                                    • Director's Working Group on the Survey Research Unit
                                                                                                  • Contact
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                                                                                                   Short courses for survey research

                                                                                                  NatCen learning
                                                                                                  National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)

                                                                                                  NatCen Learning is the leading provider of high-quality research-focused events. We provide practical insight and skills for contemporary social research at seminars, workshops and conferences and through our extensive programme of training and learning events.


                                                                                                  The Survey Coach:
                                                                                                  Tailor- made courses delivered by Dr Pamela Campanelli.  .All courses include "hands-on" workshops.

                                                                                                  > Questionnaire Design   > Multi-Item Scale Development  
                                                                                                  > Questionnaire Pretesting/Piloting  > Cognitive Interviewing  
                                                                                                  > Sampling and Weighting   > Data Analysis  
                                                                                                  > Survey Research Overall   > Other Topics

                                                                                                  Courses in Applied Social Surveys
                                                                                                  University of Southampton

                                                                                                  CASS is a programme of short courses in applied social surveys for academic social scientists and applied researchers in government, market research and the independent and voluntary sectors.  They are run by the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) at the University of Southampton and is part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).  The programme covers topics in survey design and implementation, survey sampling, data collection and data analysis methods.  The programme covers all aspects of the quantitative survey process from design to data collection and analysis. The courses aim to provide guidance and workshop practice for researchers who face practical survey tasks and decisions, such as how to draw a sample, how to design a questionnaire and how to analyse a data set.


                                                                                                  Research Methods Short Courses

                                                                                                  Centre for Longitudinal Stuides, Inst. of Education, London 

                                                                                                  We run a series of courses aimed at social researchers working in a range of settings, including central and local government and elsewhere in the public sector, as well as  to other students interested in researching policy.  These courses form part of the MSc in Policy Analysis and Evaluation, but can also be taken as stand-alone courses as part of continuing professional development.  Courses being run in the 2010/11 academic year include  Sampling design and practice
                                                                                                  and Survey data collection

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                                                                                                  • Home
                                                                                                    • About the author>
                                                                                                      • Summary cv: John F Hall
                                                                                                        • Extra-curricular professional and political activities
                                                                                                      • Search
                                                                                                      • Recent additions and modifications
                                                                                                      • Surveys in the news
                                                                                                      • SPSS and Survey Analysis Workshop
                                                                                                        • Author's note
                                                                                                          • How I discovered SPSS: in at the deep end
                                                                                                            • Background to current project
                                                                                                              • What is SPSS?>
                                                                                                                • Currently available SPSS materials
                                                                                                                • Note on SPSS tutorials
                                                                                                                  • Old Dog, Old Tricks
                                                                                                                  • Summary guide to SPSS tutorials
                                                                                                                    • Block 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file
                                                                                                                      • Block 2: Analysing one variable>
                                                                                                                        • 2.1: Nominal and ordinal variables
                                                                                                                          • 2.2: Interval scale variables
                                                                                                                            • 2.3: Data transformations
                                                                                                                            • Block 3: Analysing two variables (and sometimes three)>
                                                                                                                              • 3.1 Two variables (CROSSTABS)
                                                                                                                                • 3.2 Three variables
                                                                                                                                  • 3.3 Multiple response (MULT RESPONSE)
                                                                                                                                    • 3.4 Conditional data transformations (IF and DO IF)
                                                                                                                                      • 3.5 Derived variables (COUNT and COMPUTE)>
                                                                                                                                        • 3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE
                                                                                                                                          • 3.5.2 Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
                                                                                                                                        • Block 4: Hypothesis testing
                                                                                                                                          • Data sets and documents used in tutorials and exercises
                                                                                                                                            • Statistics notes to accompany course
                                                                                                                                            • SPSS Textbooks
                                                                                                                                            • Useful links for SPSS
                                                                                                                                              • SPSS Intros and tutorials
                                                                                                                                                • SPSS courses
                                                                                                                                                • Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
                                                                                                                                                  • Survey Research and the Social Sciences
                                                                                                                                                    • Doing Survey Research>
                                                                                                                                                      • Postgraduate courses
                                                                                                                                                        • Summer schools
                                                                                                                                                          • Short courses
                                                                                                                                                            • Journals for survey research
                                                                                                                                                              • Articles on survey research
                                                                                                                                                            • Survey Methods Textbooks
                                                                                                                                                            • Useful links for Survey Research
                                                                                                                                                              • Major survey series
                                                                                                                                                                • Professional and Voluntary Associations
                                                                                                                                                                  • Survey research organisations
                                                                                                                                                                    • Academic centres specialising in survey research
                                                                                                                                                                      • Web-based resources for survey research>
                                                                                                                                                                        • Survey Resources Network
                                                                                                                                                                          • On-line surveys
                                                                                                                                                                            • Question Banks
                                                                                                                                                                              • Survey methods guides and tutorials
                                                                                                                                                                            • Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
                                                                                                                                                                              • Mark Abrams
                                                                                                                                                                                • Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Publications: SSRC Survey Unit
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Courses, Conferences and Seminars
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
                                                                                                                                                                                      • SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Quality of Life Publications
                                                                                                                                                                                          • "Trinians" survey
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Survey Research Unit, Polytechnic of North London
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Survey Research Unit>
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Training courses in survey methods
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Playground to Politics
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • The place of SRU within PNL
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Director's Working Group on the Survey Research Unit
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Contact
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • WEB Log