Communicating Sampling Concepts to Social Scientists : the Cass Experience
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The Centre for Applied Social Surveys provides courses on survey methodology and technical information to academic social scientists and applied social researchers. In this paper we describe the audience targeted by these survey courses and the approach taken in them, which tends to focus on practical issues and the shared experiences of the course participants. The teaching of theory in such an environment is sometimes a problematic issue. We discuss this problem, as well as the role of computer-based packages for survey design and analysis in courses whose basic aim is the general upgrading of the methodological skills of participants.
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