It also devoted attention to some of the special research problems that arise in using survey methods in African contexts, such as developing sampling frames when there are no central lists of residents, devising multilingual instrumentation, and managing interviewer effects. This program brought together participants from Uganda, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, and the United States. It gave rise to a panel, well-attended by African scholars, at the 1996 African Studies Association Annual Meetings. Similar workshops are being offered in Summer 2000 and Summer 2001. The purpose of the grant is to train a cadre of social scientists in the use of quantitative methods.
Participants come from historically black universities in South Africa and from government.
The training takes place in the context of the Summer Institutes that ISR helps sponsor through its Survey Research Center. A special pro-seminar meets daily for eight weeks. The social scientists selected also receive research support to carry out their own projects between the first and second years of their involvement in the program. UM is internationally renown for the training and research it provides in this area. Together, these programs offer approximately 70 courses in social science methodology to the 800 students who visit during the summer months.