The program for the 4th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2015 is online and registration is open. The Summer School will be held from August 6 to 28 at GESIS Cologne, Germany. 18 courses are scheduled, among which 4 short courses and 14 one-week courses. Here is an overview of the courses on offer this year:
Short Courses:
- Research Data Management
- Research Designs and Causal Inference
- Questionnaire Translation in Cross-Cultural Surveys
- Mobile Web Surveys
One-week courses:
- Introduction to Survey Design
- Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling: Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Mplus
- Introduction to Data Analysis Using R
- Development, Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Measurement Instruments
- Introduction to Web Surveys
- Design and Implementation of Surveys in Developing Countries
- Understanding and Modeling Measurement Error in Social Surveys
- Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation
- Questionnaire Design
- Design and Implementation of Longitudinal Surveys
- Planning and Monitoring Survey Fieldwork: Balancing Survey Errors
- Mixed-Mode and Mixed-Device Surveys
- Testing Survey Data for Measurement Equivalence across Countries and Time
- Sampling, Weighting and Estimation
Thanks to our cooperation with CDSS, University of Mannheim, participants can obtain up to 4 ECTS points per one-week course. In addition to courses, we have – also thanks to our sponsors – prepared a number of plenary and social events including weekly welcome receptions with finger food and drinks on the GESIS roof terrace, cultural and social outing as well as evening talks by experts in Survey Methodology.
The registration deadline is May 31st (but in order to secure a place and affordable accommodation, we recommend early registration). Those who book and pay for a course by April 30th will receive a 50 Euro discount off the one-week course fees. A limited number of bursaries, provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is available for international participants.