SURVEY DESIGN

Survey as design – provides a quantitative or numeric description of the sample through the data
collection process of asking people

Survey as instrument – is a socially constructed apparatus with built- in limitations used in

measuring features of the world. The instrument is the survey used.

Basic types of Survey Design:

 Cross- Sectional
- study occurring in a single period of time

1990
41 - 50
51 - 60
61 - 70
71 - 80

 Longitudinal
- the data for the study are collected at more than one point in time

Primary types of Longitudinal Design:

 Trend – similar data collected in different years is compared
 Cohort – cohorts or subjects are grouped by their ages for comparative purposes.
NOTE: cohort is a group of persons who were born in the same period
 Panel – measuring change by studying the same people over time

Cohort Study Trend Study

1990 2000 1990 2000
41 - 50 41 - 50 41 - 50 41 - 50
51 - 60 51 - 60 51 - 60 51 - 60
61 - 70 61 - 70 61 - 70 61 - 70
71 - 80 71 - 80 71 - 80 71 - 80

Panel Study
1990 2000
41 - 50* 41 - 50*
51 - 60* 51 - 60*
61 - 70* 61 - 70*
71 - 80* 71 - 80*
+81 *

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denotes comparison
* denotes same individuals