Topics covered will include sampling methods, sample size calculations, questionnaire design, likert scales, data entry/coding and exploratory data plotting using the SPSS/PASW package. Practical data ...

Statistical Modelling for Survey Analysis. Richard DaviesCentre for Applied Statistics, Lancaster University. INTRODUCTION. Over the last decade there has been a notable change of emphasis in the ...

For example, a 2010 study by Joseph Deckert and colleagues in the journal Political Analysis issued a strong criticism of the use of Benford’s law in elections, claiming that Benford’s law is ...

According to data management and statistical analysis professionals like DMSA, ... For example, "customer service" could be one key performance area with a score of one to five.

Nonparametric statistics refer to a statistical method in which the data is not ... For example, a survey conveying consumer ... in classical regression analysis, for example—the researcher ...

Conducting age-period-cohort analysis with the Current Population Survey. One excellent resource that can support APC analysis is the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement ...

This short course introduces statistical survey methods necessary to acquire information from people and analyze the collected information in an objective ... sampling methods and sample size ...