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Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação

Survey Methods

Code

42221

Academic unit

Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação

Credits

7,5

Teacher in charge

Jorge Morais Mendes

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Portuguese. In case there are any Erasmus students the class will be in English

Objectives

This course aims to provide the students with a knowledge of survey methodology, with particular emphasis on probabilistic sampling.
The course covers the main forms of sampling design: simple random sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling and two-stage sampling.
The selection of sampling units with equal and unequal probabilities is covered, in particularl selection with probabilities proportional to size. An introduction to ratio and domain estimation is also presented.
With this course students should be able to select an appropriate sampling design for any particular survey, to determine the appropriate sample size, to choose the right estimators and to produce measures of precision of the estimation.
Through a research project students should gain an understanding of an advanced topic of survey methodology, such as sampling on more than one occasion, two-phase sampling, non-sampling errors, spatial sampling, domain estimation or calibration using auxiliary information.

Subject matter

  1. Introduction
  2. Simple random sampling
  3. Stratified random sampling
  4. Complex designs: cluster sampling and two-stage sampling
  5. Domain estimation
  6. Advanced topic of survey methodology to be choosen by the student

Bibliography

Coelho, P. (2003). Métodos de Sondagem. ISEGI-UNL.
Cochran, W. (1977). Sampling Techniques. New York, Wiley.
Dussaix, A.-M. and J.-M. Grosbras (1992). Exercices de Sondages. Paris, Economica.
Grosbras, J.-M. (1987). Methodes Statistiques des Sondages. Paris, Economica.
Särndal, C.-E., B. Swensson. J. Wretman (1992). Mo

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