Survey Research Methods

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Survey Research Methods is a methods course that teaches what surveys are best used for, how to design a questionnaire, how sampling and weighting work, how to analyze survey data, how to critique a survey and its design, and the limitations of and future considerations for survey methodology. Students will draft and critique their own survey questionnaires, learn about survey methodology, and complete an analytical project using survey data and RStudio including some data visualization. The course will include one mid- semester test on methodological details and one final data analysis project.