Course Guide for Harvard Students

The Course Guide for Harvard Students interested in Survey Research (below) has been compiled by the Program on Survey Research as a reference for students interested in the field of survey research. Various schools and departments at Harvard offer courses related to survey research. To the best of our knowledge, this course list is complete and accurate, but students are advised to check course catalogs for the most up-to-date information on specific courses. Here you'll also find downloadable documents on 'Introduction to the Survey Process', a 'Guide to Question Writing', and 'Sampling, Coverage, and Nonresponse'.

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CourseGuide07-08.pdf	46.54 KB
PSRIntroductiontotheSurveyProcessFinal.pdf	38.4 KB
PSRQuestionnaireTipSheetFinal.pdf	37.49 KB
PSRTipSheetSamplingCoverageNonresponse.pdf	43.7 KB

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Spring Conference Recap

Experts offer Multiple Takes on Technology at Conference

Thomas Guterbock summed things up nicely at the recent “New Technolgies and Survey Research” conference held by the Program on Survey Research at Harvard University.

In his presentation “Strategies and Standards for Reaching Respondents in a New Age of Technology,” Guterbock – the Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Survey Research – described both sides of the new technology coin: it’s easier than ever for pollsters and survey researchers to get in touch with people – via cellphone, email, instant message, etc.; at the same time, other technologies are making it easier for those same people to avoid surveys—by using caller id, answering machines, etc.

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