The 2021 Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians will be offered by the
Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social
Research from May 19 to July 30, 2021. Due to the uncertainties around the
COVID-19 pandemic, the program will be offered exclusively in a remote
format.

Founded by Professor Leslie Kish in 1961, the Sampling Program is devoted
to training statisticians in sound probability sampling methods for diverse
complex survey research problems. Since its inception, the Sampling Program
has trained hundreds of participants from over 100 countries.

This intensive ten-week training program covers the principles and practice
of survey sampling, the analysis of complex sample survey data, and
application of sampling methods in many settings in three courses:

   - Methods of Survey Sampling
   - Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data
   - Workshop in Survey Sampling Techniques

Courses are conducted by Survey Research Center faculty and staff, and
expert guest instructors, and cover topics ranging from traditional survey
sampling and analysis methods to cutting-edge methodology, including
utilizing machine learning and big data in survey settings and
non-probability sampling methods.

Participants in the Sampling Program enroll in these three courses and are
considered Fellows in the Program. The methods and the analysis courses may
be taken as stand-alone courses, but participation in the sampling workshop
is reserved for Sampling Program Fellows.

All classes and workshops will be administered in real time through a video
conference system and course materials will be provided to participants
through the University of Michigan web-based learning management system.

The online application is now open at http://www.si.isr.umich.edu, and
includes an optional application for limited scholarship assistance through
the Leslie Kish International Fellowship.

For more details about course descriptions, dates, times, and other
relevant information, please visit http://www.si.isr.umich.edu/spss. You
can also call (877) 880-9389 or email [log in to unmask] for more
information.

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