Dr. Pamela Campanelli is an independent Survey Methods Consultant, Chartered Statistician and Chartered Scientist. She received her Ph.D. in statistics from the London School of Economics, and an M.A. in survey research methods and B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, she was a Research Associate at the Office of Educational Resources and Research at the University of Michigan, a Survey Statistician at the Center for Survey Methods Research at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Chief Research Officer at the UK Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and Research Director at the Survey Methods Centre at the National Centre for Social Research, London.
Her main interests and publications are in the study of survey error and data quality issues, with a special emphasis on questionnaire design, question testing strategies, interviewing techniques, survey nonresponse, survey sampling and survey analysis. In addition to her consultancy work, she regularly teaches short courses for a variety of organizations (e.g., Centre for Applied Social Surveys, the Social Research Association, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, the Royal Statistical Society), for government departments (e.g., Office of National Statistics, BFS Switzerland, Statistics South Africa), Survey Research companies (e.g., NatCen, Ipsos-MORI), universities (e.g. London Metropolitan University, Monash University Malaysia, Wollongong University Australia, University of Hong Kong, University of Michigan linked to the Joint Program in Survey Methodology) and other institutions (e.g., Picker Institute Europe) (see www.thesurveycoach.com).
This course introduces students to the principles and procedures of survey research. It focuses on the design and collection phases. Topics include:
The course will have two strands. The first will consist of formal lectures with respect to the survey methodology literature and the theoretical underpinnings of survey research. The second will be to examine survey research from a more informal and practical perspective. It will involve group workshops and exercises where participants are able to put the aspects of theory into practice.
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There are no statistical prerequisites for this course, although participants will find it helpful to have a basic knowledge of statistics for the discussion on sampling.
Participants will find it helpful to have knowledge of Windows and SPSS for Windows.