Survey Research Data Analysis: 101 And Beyond

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:30 am - Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

This workshop provides a crash course on using statistical methods and software when conducting data analysis in survey research. There will be a hands-on opportunity to conduct basic data analysis using SAS software. This workshop is presented by Dr. Christian Boudreau, Co-director of the SRC, along with Grace Li from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project.

Though the workshop will not go into mathematical details and proofs, it will provide some reasoning and intuition behind the key formulas used in survey sampling. It will also look at various examples using the statistical software SAS (free to students, faculty and staff at the University of Waterloo).

In addition to illustrating basic data analysis techniques, those examples aim to provide guidance on some of the pitfalls of analysing survey data. Part 3 is a practical hands-on opportunity for participants to conduct basic data analysis using SAS on their own laptop.

Topics to be covered

Part 1:(May 15th, 9:30AM 12:00 PM)

1-Introduction (vocabulary, notation, and basic concepts)

2-Sampling designs and selection probabilities3-Introduction to sampling weights

Part 2:(May 15th, 1:00 PM 3:30PM)

4-Estimating a population total (i.e., Horvitz-Thompson estimator)

5-Estimating a population mean (i.e., Hajek estimator)

6-Estimating a population proportion7-Selection bias and other non-sampling errors

Part 3*:(May 16th, 9:30 AM 12:00 PM)

8-Introduction to SAS University Edition, basic SAS commands and procedures

9-Using the SURVEYFREQ and SURVEYMEANS procedures

10-Basic data manipulations, better looking output (e.g., formats, titles, footnotes) and ODS

*In Part 3, participants will conduct basic data analysis using SAS University Edition (free to students, faculty and staff at the University of Waterloo). Hence, participants must bring their own laptop and install SAS University Edition. Installation instructions will be provided, but in person help will also be available from 3:30 to 4:30 pm on day 1.

Part 4:(May 16th; 1:00 PM 3:30 PM)

11-Variance estimator and confidence interval for the Horvitz-Thompson andHájekestimators

12-Rao-Scott Chi-Square test and introduction to analytical inference from survey data