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Planning surveys
Issue of timing and sequencing surveys. High dependency on external funding. Conflicts, irrelevance, etc.
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Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries
| Author(s) | United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| Description | The present publication presents the "state of the art" on several important aspects of conducting household surveys in developing and transition countries, including sample design, survey implementation, non-sampling errors, survey costs, and analysis of survey data. The main objective of this handbook is to assist national survey statisticians to design household surveys in an efficient and reliable manner, and to allow users to make greater use of survey generated data. The publication’s 25 chapters have been authored by leading experts in survey research methodology around the world. |
| Date | 2005 |
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Survey Methods and Practices
| Author(s) | Statistics Canada |
| Description | This manual is primarily a practical guide to survey planning, design and implementation. It covers many of the issues related to survey taking and many of the basic methods that can be usefully incorporated into the design and implementation of a survey. |
| Date | Originally published in October 2003 |
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The Struggle for Integration and Harmonization of Social Statistics in a Statistical Agency - A Case Study of Statistics Canada
| Author(s) | Gordon Priest |
| Description | IHSN Working Paper No 004. This paper describes how external influences and a corporate strategy lead to partial coordination of surveys and data collection practices at Statistics Canada. |
| Date | June 2010 |
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