Socio-demographic surveys and information systems [ LDEMO2210 ]
8.0 crédits ECTS
60.0 h
1+2q
| Teacher(s) |
Schoumaker Bruno ;
Gourbin Catherine ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
This course has two main purposes: the first one (40 h) is devoted to the extensive analysis of information sys-tems, the other one (20h) to an introduction to the theories and practices of sampling.
Part I
- Generalities, history and place of observation in the scientific production process
- Concepts and definitions of the most common collective and individual variables
- Sources of continuous observation (vital registration, observatories, registers)
- The census (and its various recent alternatives)
- Different types of surveys (generalities, typologies, techniques and problems linked to retrospective and prospective surveys, events and reference periods, various biases, building up questionnaires)
- Additional sources (teledetection
)
- Links between qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Part II
- Various types of probabilistic samples and calculation of sampling errors specific to each of them
- Various aspects of the sampling process (sampling frame, calculation of size)
- Case studies, including for specific populations (illegal migrants, homeless, etc.).
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| Aims |
This course aims mainly at:
- Giving the students an extensive knowledge of all the information systems used or usable in demography, and more broadly in the social sciences
- Allowing them to take part in the launching or the conducting of a census or survey
- Giving them the necessary technical bases on sampling.
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| Other information |
A written examination and personal work
Course text and a portfolio of readings.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Population and Development Studies
> Master [120] in Statistics: General
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> PSAD
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