Course Outline
September 19, 2018
Joseph George Caldwell, PhD (Statistics)
1432 N Camino Mateo, Tucson, AZ 85745-3311 USA
Tel. (001)(520)222-3446; E-mail jcaldwell9@yahoo.com
Internet website http://www.foundationwebsite.org
DAYS 1&2. SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS (DESCRIPTIVE SURVEYS, DESIGN-BASED ANALYSIS FOR MONITORING)
DAY 3. STATISTICAL INFERENCE (REVIEW OF THEORY NEEDED AS BACKGROUND FOR OTHER TOPICS)
DAYS 4&5. CAUSAL INFERENCE AND MATCHING
DAYS 6&7. STATISTICAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATION (ANALYTICAL SURVEYS, MODEL-ASSISTED ANALYSIS FOR IMPACT EVALUATION)
SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN FOR EVALUATION (THE DESIGN OF ANALYTICAL SURVEYS) (ARTICLE)
DAY 8. SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION (PRECISION AND POWER ANALYSIS, EX ANTE (EX POST POWER ANALYSIS COVERED IN ANALYSIS))
DAY 9. MISSING VALUES AND WEIGHTING
DAY 10. SMALL-AREA ESTIMATION
DAY 11. CONTINUOUS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
DAY 12. MULTIVARIAATE TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
DAY 13. DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
POSSIBLE FUTURE MODULES:
DAY 14. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS
DAY 15. BIOSTATISTICS / CLINICAL TRIALS
DAY 16. BAYESIAN ESTIMATION
DAY 17. NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS
DAY 18. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
DAY 19. NETWORK AND ADAPTIVE SAMPLING (FOR RARE ITEMS)
DAY 20. GEOSTATISTICS
DAY 21. STATISTICAL DECISION THEORY AND GAMES
DAY 22. GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS
FndID(204)
FndTitle(STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION: A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY COURSE)
FndDescription(STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION: A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY COURSE)
FndKeywords(statistical methods; monitoring and evaluation; statistics course; short course; sample survey; causal inference; statistical design and analysis; sample size determination)