April 17, 2009
How should we evaluate survey quality? What are the tradeoffs that must be considered? Which quality metrics should be reported in published research? What are the challenges and opportunities for improving survey quality?
April 14, 2009
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
This workshop is designed to present a short introduction to survey research for undergraduate students considering using surveys in their honors theses or other research. This workshop will provide a broad overview of the survey research process and focus on some of the unique aspects of survey data. We will also briefly look at sources for secondary survey data within Harvard and elsewhere, and provide a short introduction to writing survey questions.
February 11, 2009
CGIS - K-357
Presented by:
Chase H. Harrison, Ph.D.
Preceptor in Survey Research
Surveys are a special research tool with strengths,
weaknesses, and a language all of their own.
There are many different steps to designing and conducting a survey, and
survey researchers have specific ways of describing what they do.
May 9, 2008
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Room N-354
Harvard University
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
New technologies and changes in the ways people communicate with each other present new challenges and new opportunities for researchers. This conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities of new technologies for survey research.
May 11, 2007
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
CGIS N-050
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Overview:
Across a variety of different academic disciplines, scholars are interested in topics related to multiethnic populations, and sample surveys are one of the primary means of studying these populations. Surveys of multiethnic populations face a number of distinctive methodological challenges, including issues related to defining and measuring ethnic identity, and locating, sampling, and communicating with the groups of interest.
December 1, 2006
Polling in the 2006 Elections
Friday, December 1, 2006
Mark Blumenthal
About Mark Blumenthal
January 19-21, 2006
Eric M. Mindich Encounters with Authors Symposium