140.640.98
Statistical Methods for Sample Surveys

Location
Barcelona, Spain
Term
2nd Term
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, November 11, 2019
End Date
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Saifuddin Ahmed
Contact Name
Saifuddin Ahmed
Contact Email
sahmed3@jhu.edu
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2019
Prerequisite

140.622, former 140.602, or 140.652

Description
Presents construction of sampling frames, area sampling, methods of estimation, stratified sampling, subsampling, and sampling methods for surveys of human populations. Students use STATA or another comparable package to implement designs and analyses of survey data. (380.712 develops additional practical skills in sampling.)
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Design and implement surveys with the following sampling designs: simple random, systematic, stratified, cluster and multistage
  2. Estimate sample size for different sampling designs in order to estimate population level point estimates and testing null hypothesis
  3. Explain and apply intra-class correlation and design-effects (DEFF) for complex surveys
  4. Estimate design weights and adjust for non-response
Enrollment Restriction
interdivisional and undergraduate registration is not permitted for this section.
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Full-time JHU students must obtain consent from Judy Holzer or Pamela Davis in HPM prior to registering for this course.
Consent Contact
sahmed3@jhu.edu
Jointly Offered With
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Special Comments

This course will be offered over a 3-day period in Barcelona Spain. Students must physically travel to Barcelona to participate. The final project will be due to the instructor no later then December 20, 2019.