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| SOCI0053-1 | Survey Methodology
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Jacquemain |
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| Substitute(s) : | Frédéric Heselmans |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | The theoretical course resumes the stages of a quantitative survey. The main stages developed in the theoretical course are those concerning the principle and techniques of sampling, the preparation techniques of a questionnaire (including the qualitative interview), the modalities of signing of a questionnaire, the principles relating to interpretation of the results.
The course will also emphasize some of the cognitive mechanisms that lay under the problems of question wording. It will also develop some elements of the theory of public opinion and of the history of polls.
Private lectures are organized for the most technical parts of the course (sampling, question wording and statistical interpretation of the results). |
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| Course objective : | The purpose of the course is double:
1 ° to give to the students the theoretical basic knowledge necessary for the realization of a quantitative survey, mainly in sampling of populations, realization of questionnaires, statistical treatment and interpretation of results.
2° To give the students the necessary tools in order to understant and interpret the surveys they could be confronted to : how to understand sampling error, how to understand various forms of figures and tables, how to assess the effect of the ways questions are asked and the potential biases they can induce, which conclusions may drawn form allowable evidence.
3° To position survey techniques within the field of public opinion theory and in regard to main social issues linked to the increasing influence of polls in all fields. |
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| Prerequisites : | If possible, knowledge of elementary notions of statistics and probability |
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| Workshops : | The practical works consist in realizing a concrete survey by making practically all the operations required by a terrain survey. They are integrated in the theoretical course according to its progress. |
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| Organization : | Ex-cathedra lessons (30 h) illustrated by transparent frames.
The practical works (30 h) are supervised by the researchers of the service and a teaching assistant.
Private lectures: the practical works (30 h) which constitute half of the course and the private lessons were described above. |
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| Written notes : | A detail pedagogical frame is provided throuh detailed powerpoint. All technical elements of the course can be found there.
The oral course is dedicated to explaining and exemplifying the content of powerpoint. To attend the course is very useful to understand the various slides.
Reference works
Mainly used books are :
Consulting the various books is not at all compulsory but may help the student to understand better or to deepen the study of some particular points. |
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| Assessment : | Written examination for both sessions
The written examination is worth 60 % of the note and the practical work is worth 40 %. Nevertheless, if the note for one part is less than 8/20, it will automatically lead to a global note less than 8/20. |
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| Contacts : | Teacher : Marc JACQUEMAIN, Tel: 04/366 30 72 - Fax: 04/366 45 20
e-mail : marc.jacquemain@ulg.ac.be
Associated teacher :
Frédéric HESELMANS, Tel: 04/366 31 50 - Fax: 04/366 29 83
e-mail : Frederic.Heselmans@ulg.ac.be |
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