We are surveyed repeatedly about our opinions, behaviour and future intentions. Survey research is examined and techniques for its application in a variety of applied situations are developed. Students apply the theory of sampling, questionnaire design and data collection for a variety of decision making situations. In addition, throughout the research process, the students are aware of the legal and ethical issues and procedures of surveying the public, and in the access and disposal of information. REA6115 Database Management - 42 Hours Database Management presents students with essential aspects of database design and use in research.
Students define elements of a research database and create codebooks.
Relational tables are constructed with properties including default values and validation rules. In the latter portion of the course, students conduct queries and create reports, including crosstabs. Exporting, importing and merging data are also covered. This course introduces students to the methods used to present and describe information, and to draw conclusions about populations of data based on samples. The selection and use of summary values such as measures of central tendency and measures of variation are examined, as well as some inferential statistical techniques.