The first of two practical manuals for health and community workers : planning and organising, using available information, survey sampling

Part 1 Planning and organizing a survey: recognize and define community needs and problems decide what information is required to deal with these needs and problems enquire if this information is already available - study and use available information decide whether a survey can succeed in getting the information required the first planning decisions decide on the sampling plan estimate the survey costs make the final decisions on the survey prepare the questionnaires prepare the interviewer instructions prepare the community for the survey testing the survey methods train the interviewers start the field work abstract the information write and distribute the survey report. Part 2 Finding and using information: introduction - guiding principles, the need to discuss survey problems, organizing a survey workshop finding and assessing available information assessing available information using existing information sources to obtain additional data simple arithmetic aids to understanding information searching for the available information using the information we already have. Part 3 Survey sampling: sampling - general principles list sampling sampling by "numbered tag" stratified sampling cluster sampling two-stage sampling study unit replacement rules the sample size - list sampling, numbered tag sampling, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, two-stage sampling summary and review information boards. Appendix: Drawing a sample of random numbers.