Survey Sampling
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours OUA/Hawthorn Online: Fully online unit
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
1. Choose a suitable sampling frame for a study.
2. Compare the basic probability sampling methods including, simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratified sampling and cluster sampling.
3. Estimate population parameters from complex samples using appropriate software.
4. Evaluate the effect of small populations in the calculation of confidence intervals.
5. Estimate sample sizes for complex designs.
6. Appraise the effects of non-response bias.
7. Construct population weightings for sampled data.
Courses with unit
GD-APPS / GD-APPS (OUA) – Graduate Diploma of Applied Statistics
MA-APPS / MA-APPS (OUA) – Master of Applied Statistics
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit involves up to 150 hours of work including:
Type (on-campus) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Seminars | 3 | 12 | 36 |
Online Contact | N/A | ||
Specified Learning Activities Discussion boards, watching Lecture recording, readings, quizzes & assessments. | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Unspecified Learning Activities independent study, | Recommended | 90 | |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Type (Hawthorn Online / OUA) | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A | ||
Online Contact Seminars | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Specified Learning Activities Discussion boards, watching lecture recording, readings, quizzes & assessments. | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study | Recommended | 96 | |
TOTAL | 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Examination | Individual | 50% | 2, 4, 6 |
Online Quizzes (10) | Individual | 10% | 1, 2 |
Assignments (2) | Individual | 40% | 3, 4, 5, 7 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Diverse approaches to sampling
• Estimation methods for: Means, totals, proportions, ratios
• Intra-cluster correlations
• Bias
• Weighting data (compare results with and without weights)
• Simple hypothesis tests using weighting.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.