During last decade there has been a strong development towards the open data from surveys, promoted by Research data alliance (RDA), Open Data Charter and other initiatives. Opening survey data for public use allows transparency, accessibility and comparability of the data. The survey programs, funded by national and international research projects open up their data archives for public use.
In this micromodule you will obtain following skills and competencies finding survey data; understanding representativeness, using open access data bases, identifying main survey elements, evaluating margins of errors.
During the micromodule, you will have hands on experience with such open access survey data as European Social Survey and World Value survey.
This micromodule also will introduce and use the resources from global research organisations such as Gallup Polls and PEW research centre. These open access data bases and resources will provide the solid starting point for the self-directed research or analytical work with survey data for the learners of micromodule.
At the end of the micromodule you will be able:
- to use open access data bases for finding and retrieving survey data;
- to critically evaluate the quality of surveys and data reporting.
