Modern practices in the administration of large scale surveys. Alternative management structures for large field organizations, supervisory and training regimens, handling of turnover, and multiple surveys with the same staff. Practical issues in budgeting of surveys are reviewed with examples from actual surveys. Scheduling of sequential activities in the design, data collection, and processing of data is described. For SURV majors only.
Students attempt to solve design issues presented to the seminar.
Readings are selected from literatures not treated in other classes and practical consulting problems are addressed. For SURV majors only. Students attempt to solve design issues presented to the seminar. Contact information for the Graduate School. Last modified Friday, March 9, 2001.