Summer School in International Survey Methods
The Summer School in International Survey Methods is a 9-day intensive training program in survey methods with a particular focus on applications outside the US. The school takes place in person on ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s campus and features a variety of instructors working at the cutting edge of survey research around the world. Instruction is geared toward graduate students, faculty, or research practitioners in the social sciences, though advanced undergraduates may also apply. The final session will offer an opportunity for interested participants to present their own in-progress research involving survey data.
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Dates: June 17-27, 2024
Location: ×ÔοÊÓƵ University, Nashville, TN
Program cost:
Option 1:
$1,500, including housing on ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s campus.
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Option 2:
$600,
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including housing on ×ÔοÊÓƵ’s campus.Ìý Participants will need to find and secure their own accommodations.
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All p
articipants will cover their own travel to and from Nashville.
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Application deadline: February 15th, 2024
Please email
 
mary.mcnamee@vanderbilt.edu
 
with any questions.
Summer 2024 Schedule:
Day 1: Introductions and Theories of Survey Response (Elizabeth Zechmeister, ×ÔοÊÓƵ University and LAPOP Lab) Ìý
Day 2: Questionnaire Design (Allyson Holbrook, University of Illinois, Chicago)
Day 3: Sampling (J. Daniel Montalvo ×ÔοÊÓƵ University and LAPOP Lab )
Day 4: Telephone and Online Surveys ( Michael Robbins, Princeton University and Arab Barometer )
Day 5: Scaling and Indexes (Drew Engelhardt, Stony Brook University) Ìý
Day 6: Weighting and Imputation ( Inés Levin, University of California, Irvine )
Day 7: Longitudinal Surveys (Bryn Rosenfeld, Cornell University) Ìý
Day 8: Survey Experiments (Taylor Boas, Boston University) Ìý
Day 9:
Student presentations (Elizabeth Zechmeister, ×ÔοÊÓƵ University and LAPOP Lab)
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of the 2023 Summer School Session.