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LISA Statistics: How to Create a Successful Survey
(Academic)
LISA SHORT COURSES IN STATISTICS
LISA (Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis) is providing a series of evening short courses to help graduate students use statistics in their research. The focus of these two-hour courses is on teaching practical statistical techniques for analyzing or collecting data. See www.lisa.stat.vt.edu/?q=short_courses for instructions on how to REGISTER and to learn more.
Remaining Spring 2012 Schedule:
February 7: How to Create a Successful Survey;
February 14: Statistical Analysis in R, Part I;*
February 16: Statistical Analysis in R, Part II;*
February 21 & February 23: Plotting Data in R through Excel;*
February 28: Regression Analysis with Categorical Factors using JMP and R;
March 13: Bayesian Methods for Regression in R;*
*These courses will be held in 3060 Torgersen, all other courses will be held in GLC Room F.
Tuesday, February 7;
Instructor: Marcos Carzolio;
Title: How to Create a Successful Survey;
Course Information:
Researchers sometimes ask, 'What is the best way to know [something about] my subjects?' Often, the answer is simply to 'Just ask them!' Surveys are a popular research tool that come with easily-overlooked pitfalls. However, the thoughtfully and properly designed survey can ellicit very useful data and information. Once the data are collected, data visualization methods can provide the researcher with a next step in the analysis. In this course, the principles of error minimization and survey bias will be discussed. Topics covered will include sampling methods, sample size calculations, questionnaire design, and exploratory data plotting. Real-world examples will be presented.
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