• Statistical Science 

• Social Science

The statistical science area of concentration is designed for students who wish to specialize in areas such as sample design, estimation in complex samples, variance estimation, statistical measurement error models, and statistical adjustments for missing data. 

The social science area of concentration is designed for students who wish to specialize in areas such as questionnaire design, design of interviewing systems, computer assistance in data collection, effects of mode of data collection, cognitive psychological insights into survey measurement, and efforts to reduce various nonsampling errors in data collection.

The Ph.D. in Survey Methodology is a degree oriented to a career in research, requiring knowledge of theories and applications in one or more disciplines key to survey methodology.  "Research" implies innovation, creation, and evaluation of new ideas, approaches, designs, and theories. The Ph.D. will differ from the M.S. in survey methodology by demanding deeper theoretical knowledge and in requiring demonstration of ability to innovate in survey statistics or methodology, to improve on the current state of the art. The Ph.D. in survey methodology is designed to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills to create new methods for the collection or analysis of quantitative data suitable for statistical inference to large populations.
 

Certificate and Citation Programs

Goals:

• To provide working professionals with state-of-the-art knowledge suitable to their educational background and career needs.

• To introduce students to a dynamic and growing scientific literature identifying the principles of large scale surveys.

• To provide practical skills of day-to-day utility to professional staff of the Federal statistical agencies and non-governmental survey organizations.

Features:

• Three different programs, varying in intensity, duration, and focus.

• Course schedules tailored to the working professional - one and two-day short courses and late afternoon and evening credit-bearing classes.

• Faculty actively engaged in ongoing research programs in survey methodology.

Short Courses

The Joint Program in Survey Methodology offers a variety of short courses. JPSM plans to add short courses to the schedule throughout the coming year.

Be sure to bookmark this website so you can review the updated schedule. JPSM offers Minority Fellowships for JPSM Short Courses. JPSM Sponsors and Affiliates receive special rates.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call JPSM at 800-937-9320 or email jpsmshort@isr.umich.edu. For Economics courses call 301-314-7911 or email course@survey.umd.edu.
 

Junior Fellow Program

The JPSM Junior Fellow Program offers undergraduate students a paid summer internship opportunity working at a government agency in Washington, D.C.

Summer Courses

The following classes are held in conjunction with the University of Michigan's Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques.  All classes are held at the University of Maryland, College Park campus.  Each class can be taken for one college credit or it can be audited. 

Non-Degree Seeking Students