Duration of the Workshop:
2,5 hours

Target Groups:
Researchers with general methodological interests in survey research and/or interest in the mathematical background of sampling, estimations, errors and assessment procedures.

Is the workshop geared at an exclusively German or an international audience?
International audience

Workshop Language:
English

Description of the content of the workshop:
The workshop focuses on the role of probability theory in the development and assessment of new techniques for data collection in survey research. As survey research advances more quickly and vigorously, the importance of understanding the fundamentals of probability theory is becoming more evident. We will emphasize the fundamentals of probability theory and explore how it relates to the evolution of survey research in the academic and business worlds. The topics will be presented with examples, simulations, brief proofs, and calculations that are relevant to the application and evaluation of innovative methods.

Goals of the workshop:
Course objectives are:
1) To explore the connection between probability theory and the application and evaluation of new methods in survey research;
2) to provide a systematic overview of the use of mathematical tools in mixed-method surveys and;
3) to demonstrate the relevance of probability theory to this field.

Necessary prior knowledge of participants:
None

Literature that participants need to read for preparation
None

Recommended additional literature
None

Information about the instructors:

Blanka Szeitl is a survey methodologist and PhD candidate in applied mathematics. She is lecturer at Department of Statistics at University of Eötvös Lorand and at Bolyai Institute of Mathematics at University of Szeged. She is the head of Survey Methods Room Budapest research group focusing on innovative sampling procedures and data correction methods. She is researcher at HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, where she analyzes data of the European Social Survey (ESS). She is a member of the ESS Sampling and Weighting Expert Panel working on the implementation of the ESS sampling strategy for countries participating in the ESS data collection. She is co-founder of Panelstory Opinion Polls, which is the first mixed-method probability panel in Hungary. Her research interests are survey sampling, innovative methods, probability theory and assessment procedures. She loves to read about the history of probability and statistics.

Will participants need to bring their own devices in order to be able to access the Internet? Will they need to bring anything else to the workshop?
No