Social Research Center

Social Research Center

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Social Science Research Methods for Guiding Policy and Evaluation with Application on Development Concerns in Arab Countries

SCHEDULE

Module II: Quantitative Research

January 26– February 20, 2014

Social Research Center

Sunday (26/1)
09:30am-10:45am /

Introduction to Module II/Pre-test (Sherine Shawky/ Amal Hassan)

10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Introduction to Quantitative Research (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Sources of Data (Sahar El Sheneity)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Sources of Data: An Internet Application (Amr El Sayed)
Monday (27/1)
09:30am-10:45am / Study Designs (Sherine Shawky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Potential errors in quantitative research (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
Tuesday (28/1)
09:30am-10:45am / Population and sampling frames (Ramadan Hamed)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Sampling: a) The logic of probability sampling (Ramadan Hamed)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Sampling: b) Sampling concepts and terminology (Ramadan Hamed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Cooperative learning exercise: Sampling error (Amr El Sayed)
Wednesday (29/1)
09:30am-10:45am / Sampling hidden and hard-to-reach populations (Sherine Shawky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Variables (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
Thursday (30/1)
09:30am-10:45am / Data collection methods(Ramadan Hamed)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Designing questionnaires (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills Development: Designing questionnaires (Sherine Shawky)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: CSPRO(Amr El Sayed)
Sunday (2/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Data Processing(Hassan Zaky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Data Presentation: Tables (Ramadan Hamed)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: CSPRO(Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: CSPRO(Amr El Sayed)
Monday (3/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Data Presentation: Charts (Hassan Zaky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / How to Summarize Data: Measures of central tendency(Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / How to summarize data: Measures of dispersion(Ramadan Hamed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / How to summarize data: Measuring qualitative variables(Sherine Shawky)
Tuesday (4/2)
09:30am-10:45am / How to summarize data: Measures of mortality(Sherine Shawky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Statistical inference: Research questions and statistical inferences (Zeinab Khadr)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Wednesday (5/2)
09:30am-10:45am /

Estimating a Phenomenon in a Population: Quantitative variable(Zeinab Khadr)

10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Thursday (6/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Estimating a Phenomenon in a Population: Qualitative variable (Ramadan Hamed)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Measures of association (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Sunday (9/2)
09:30am-10:45am /

Comparing a phenomenon in several independent populations: Quantitative variable(Ramadan Hamed)

10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm /

Comparing a phenomenon in several independent populations: Qualitative variable(Ramadan Hamed)

12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Monday (10/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Comparing a phenomenon in several dependent populations: Quantitative variable (Hassan Zaky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Tuesday (11/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Comparing a phenomenon in several dependent populations: Qualitative variable(Hassan Zaky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Assessing the correlation between variables: Quantitative variables(Ramadan Hamed)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm /

Assessing the correlation between variables: Qualitative variables (Ramadan Hamed)

02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm /

Simple linear regression (Sahar El Sheneity)

Wednesday (12/2)
09:30am-10:45am /

Multivariate linear regression (Sahar El Sheneity)

10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm /

Factor Analysis (Sahar El Sheneity)

12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El-Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El-Sayed)
Thursday (13/2)
09:30am-10:45am /

Multivariate nonlinear regression (Zeinab Khadr)

10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: SPSS (Amr El Sayed)
Sunday (16/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Stratifiers and determinants of health (Zeinab Khadr)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Measures of equity: qualitative variable (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Measures of equity:quantitative variable
(Zeinab Khadr)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: STATA(Amr El Sayed)
Monday (17/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: STATA (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: STATA (Amr El Sayed)
Tuesday (18/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Inter-individual measures of equity: Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve (Zeinab Khadr)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Measures of equity: Concentration index (Zeinab Khadr)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Measures of equity: Decomposition of concentration index (Zeinab Khadr)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: STATA (Amr El Sayed)
Wednesday (19/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Writing scientific article (Sherine Shawky)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: STATA (Amr El Sayed)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Skills development: STATA (Amr El Sayed)
Thursday (20/2)
09:30am-10:45am / Skills development: Presentation of scientific articles (SRC/Taghreed Farahat/Hesham El Sayed/ Badr Nabih/participants)
10:45am-11:00am / Break
11:00am-12:15pm / Skills development: Presentation of scientific articles (SRC/Taghreed Farahat/Hesham El Sayed/ Badr Nabih/participants)
12:15pm-12:45pm / Break
12:45pm-02:00pm / Skills development: Presentation of scientific articles (SRC/Taghreed Farahat/Hesham El Sayed/ Badr Nabih/participants)
02:00pm-02:15pm / Break
02:15pm-03:30pm / Post-test /Evaluation of module II
(SRC/Taghreed Farahat/Hesham El Sayed/ Badr Nabih/participants)

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