HED613

035636

This course aims at expanding students' knowledge of survey data-where it comes from and its uses for theory and research. This course provides an introduction to the conceptual issues raised by conducting measurement using self-reports in surveys, an overview of the literature that addresses theoretical and practical problems in questionnaire design, and practice in developing, reviewing, and writing standardized questions and questionnaires. The course is structured around the following stages: question writing, question testing, pretesting, questionnaire formatting, and the development of a plan to analyze the data collected through the survey instrument. The course is intended to provide students with the conceptual and practical tools useful in planning and conducting survey research. Most of the course focuses on studying how surveys can be developed and how survey data can be analyzed.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate