Workshop on Survey Research & Sampling Methodology

Workshop on Survey Research & Sampling Methodology College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok December 16-18, 2013

Workshop led by Professor Mick Couper, Population Studies Center & Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Meet in SASA Lobby at 8:30 AM

9:00 Welcome & Introductions

9:30 – 10:45 I. Surveys in the Context of Social Research (lecture by Mick Couper& discussion)

10:45 Break

11-12:30 Panel Discussion–Examples from the Field: Survey Methods& Sampling Approaches in the Mekong

Zachary Zimmer, University of California – San Francisco

John Knodel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Le Thanh Sang, Southern Institute of Sustainable Development, Ho Chi Minh City

Dane So, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Aree Jampaklay, Institute for Population & Social Research, Mahidol University, Bangkok

12:30-1:45 Lunch

1:45-3:30 II.From population to sampling frame to sample size (lecture by Mick Couper & discussion)

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5 Group discussion on exercise on moving from population to sample; resources for constructing sampling frames; shortcomings of sampling frame resources

6:30 Krua Dok Mai Kao (White Flower Kitchen)

Day 2 (December 17)

9:00-10:30 III. Overview of sampling approaches & methods (lecture by Mick Couper & discussion)

10:30 Break 10:45-12:15 Group exercise:case study discussion & application - study design & sampling case in migration research

12:15-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00 IV. Sampling approaches continued (lecture by Mick Couper & discussion)

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-5:00 Panel discussion on moving from study &sampling design to implementation

6:30 Somboon Seafood Restaurant

Day 3 (December 18)

9-10:30 V. Nonresponse, Weighting and Variance Estimation (lecture by Mick Couper & discussion)

10:30-12:00 Group exercise: Mock study design

2:00-12:30 Wrap-up Discussion, announcement of next meeting

12:30-2:00 Lunch & goodbyes