Survey Research: Sampling, Recruitment and Reliability and Validity

Course description

This is an introductory course for staff and research higher degree students who would like to do survey research. The course is designed to help you begin thinking about how to conduct various types of surveys, and consider sampling, reliability, and validity issues. Examples will be drawn from various fields, and participants are free to contribute their own examples.

For a course covering the design of questionnaires and interview questions, see Questionnaire Design


PDF version of the Powerpoint Slides used in this workshop

Type of course

Workshop

Presenters

Who should attend

Staff and Research Higher Degree Students

What you will learn

• Overview of interviews, questionnaires, and online surveys
• Considerations for each type of data collection
• Principles of sampling
• Reliability and validity
• Data analysis considerations