Overview
| This course is intended to provide an understanding of the issues involved in running your own survey. It follows the survey process from planning right through to presentation of results. |  |
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| Format | Workshop | |
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| Duration | 2 days
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| Who should attend | People who will be involved in conducting a sample survey, or people who would like to gain an understanding of many of the risks associated with running a survey.
This course is not for people who have already completed the Basic Survey Design course.
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| Course outcomes | Although as a participant you may not be an expert by the end of the course, you will have developed an understanding of how to:
- plan for your survey, including formulating survey objectives and defining key data items;
- assess the quality of your frame (the list from which your sample is selected), if required;
- choose the most suitable method for collecting your data;
- select a suitable sample design and sample size, considering the required level of accuracy;
- develop a good questionnaire;
- test your questionnaire and other aspects of your survey process;
- critically examine the data collected by your survey, and make inferences about the population;
- select an effective way of presenting your survey results which meets stakeholders’ needs;
- address confidentiality and privacy issues related to the data you collect; and
- use your understanding of the risks associated with surveys to devise mitigation strategies and contingency plans that will minimise your non-sampling error (including non-response).
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| Course contents | All the topics listed under outcomes. | |
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| Cost | $990 (inc. GST) per person
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| When is this course run? | For scheduled training courses see the ABS Training Calendar. We can also run the course in your organisation if you have sufficient numbers.
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| Further information & registrations | Please get in touch with the ABS Training Contact in your State/Territory.
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This page first published 14 June 2006, last updated 5 July 2011
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