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Courses in Survey Methods
[ New page 25 October 2013: Last updated 6 March 2015 ]
Courses in Survey Methods are offered by several universities and research agencies. These take the form of complete postgraduate courses (or components in them) summer schools and short courses (regular or ad-hoc).
Courses in Survey Methods are offered by several universities and research agencies. These take the form of complete postgraduate courses (or components in them) summer schools and short courses (regular or ad-hoc).
Universities and Colleges with Degree Programs in Survey Methodology
(is an international list of courses compiled by the American Statistical Association in 2011, so may not be 100% up-to-date. The following links seem not to be functioning: George Washington University, University of Cincinnati, and York College)
Survey Research and Design (North Carolina State) is a 2008 syllabus with an excellent reading list
Links below are to separate pages containing further details of all entries
Postgraduate Degrees and Diplomas
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Courses in United Kingdom
PhD Survey Methodology
MSc Survey Methods for Social Research
(Sociology, University of Essex)
MSc Social Research Methods
(Sociology, City University)
MSc Social Research Methods,
Social Research PgCert
Social Research PgDip
(Sociology, University of Surrey)
MRS Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice
Diploma of the Market Research Society
(Market Research Society)
MSc Market Research & Consultancy
(Aston Business School)
MA Market and Social Research Practice
(Faculty of Business and Law, Kingston University)
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[Courses not verified for 2015]
MA Applied Social and Market Research
MSc Applied Social and Market Research
(School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages, University of Westminster)
MRS Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice
(Cambridge Marketing College)
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Courses in USA
Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM)
(University of Maryland, joint with University of Michigan and Westat)
PhD in Survey Methodology
MS in Survey Methodology
Maryland also offers undergraduate training through
Minor in Survey Methodology
Junior Fellowship Program (paid internships)
(University of Michigan)
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology (MPSM)
PhD in Survey Methodology
MS in Survey Methodology
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Survey Research and Methodology Program (SRAM)
PhD, MS, PG Certificate and Minors in other postgraduate courses.
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Courses in United Kingdom
PhD Survey Methodology
MSc Survey Methods for Social Research
(Sociology, University of Essex)
MSc Social Research Methods
(Sociology, City University)
MSc Social Research Methods,
Social Research PgCert
Social Research PgDip
(Sociology, University of Surrey)
MRS Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice
Diploma of the Market Research Society
(Market Research Society)
MSc Market Research & Consultancy
(Aston Business School)
MA Market and Social Research Practice
(Faculty of Business and Law, Kingston University)
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[Courses not verified for 2015]
MA Applied Social and Market Research
MSc Applied Social and Market Research
(School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages, University of Westminster)
MRS Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice
(Cambridge Marketing College)
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Courses in USA
Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM)
(University of Maryland, joint with University of Michigan and Westat)
PhD in Survey Methodology
MS in Survey Methodology
Maryland also offers undergraduate training through
Minor in Survey Methodology
Junior Fellowship Program (paid internships)
(University of Michigan)
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology (MPSM)
PhD in Survey Methodology
MS in Survey Methodology
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Survey Research and Methodology Program (SRAM)
PhD, MS, PG Certificate and Minors in other postgraduate courses.
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Summer Schools
(University of Essex)
Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
The Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians
(Utrecht University, Department of Methodology and Statistics and Statistics Netherlands)
Foundations of Survey Research
Advanced Issues in Survey Design and Analysis
(Leibnitz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne)
GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
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(University of Essex)
Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques
The Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians
(Utrecht University, Department of Methodology and Statistics and Statistics Netherlands)
Foundations of Survey Research
Advanced Issues in Survey Design and Analysis
(Leibnitz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne)
GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
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Short courses
Short courses in survey methods are offered by the following organisations.
Natcen Learning National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
The Survey Coach
Short courses (Cathie Marsh Institute for Census and Survey Research University of Manchester)
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
(University of Southampton, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Inst. of Education, London
Short courses in survey methods are offered by the following organisations.
Natcen Learning National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)
The Survey Coach
Short courses (Cathie Marsh Institute for Census and Survey Research University of Manchester)
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute
(University of Southampton, part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM).
Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Inst. of Education, London