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This course is canceled.

Are you interested in rehabilitation of the hand, and do you want to spend two weeks of your summer to accelerate on this topic? This is your chance to join us during our interesting and varied programme! The course is intended for students and recent graduates in physiotherapy and related fields, interested in hand therapy. Participants will gain knowledge and skills of the most common traumatic injuries and interventions (both therapeutic and surgical) of the hand and wrist. Experience benefits of the knowledge and inspiration that you will acquire during this summer course.

The course is based on a total survey error perspective and discusses the major sources of survey error. Participants will be presented with tools for detection and adjustment of such errors. Analysis methods are introduced using both SPSS and R. Topics include complex sampling, nonresponse adjustment, measurement error, analysis of incomplete data and advanced use of administrative data. Special attention will be given to the analysis of complex surveys that include weighting, stratification and design effects.

Changes in technology and society strongly influence modern survey research. This course covers the essentials of modern survey methodology, organized by the Department of Methodology and Statistics. Central to the course is survey quality and the reduction of Total Survey Error (coverage, sampling, nonresponse, including questionnaire and mode effects), while balancing logistics and survey costs. Best practice guidelines for surveys from design to implementation, analysis and reporting will be discussed.