EROD-SDI offers the following courses:
1. CSPro for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) - This course will guide
students through the questionnaire design and implementation for one of the
leading CAPI platforms, CSPro or Census and Survey Processing System. CSPro is
a free software package developed by the US Census Bureau, primarily for the
editing, processing, and dissemination of census and survey data.
2. Survey Solutions for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing - This course will
guide students through the questionnaire design and implementation for one of
the leading CAPI platforms, Survey Solutions. Survey Solutions is a free
software package developed by the World Bank to assist governments, national
statistics offices, and non-governmental organizations in implementing advanced
surveys using mobile devices. Survey Solutions has been used notably by the
World Bank in the conduct of the Living Standards Measurement Survey. The
software is easy to use and is capable of tailor-fitting questionnaires to
specific needs––from simple questionnaires to more sophisticated ones that
involve multistage panels.
3. Advanced Survey Solutions for Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing - This course introduces learners
to the topics and lectures based on the recent updates in Survey Solutions,
furthering their advanced learning of the platform. This course is an advanced
offering to our flagship online Survey Solutions course. By the end of the
course, students will have gained the ability to use advanced techniques, such
as enabling or validation conditions among others. Students will also learn
about validating global positioning system coordinates, advanced methods of setting up dates, as well
as other upgraded features of Survey Solutions.
4. Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) Foundation Course - SDMX provides an
integrated approach to facilitating statistical data and metadata exchange,
enabling interoperable implementations within and between systems concerned
with the exchange, reporting and dissemination of statistical data and their
related meta-information. The course is divided into two modules.
Module 1 provides a high-level introduction to SDMX and its benefits. Module 2
explains SDMX concepts in more detail, providing actual data producers,
handlers, and users (e.g., statisticians and IT practitioners) a theoretical
understanding of how SDMX works.
5. SDMX Tools - The course is
divided into two modules. Module 1 provide
participants an overview of SDMX tools for
common scenarios or use cases. Module 2 provides an overview of the features and demonstrations on how to use (1)
SDMX Constructor, (2) Fusion Metadata Registry, and (3) SDMX Converter for
selected use cases. Course offering ended 15 December 2023. We will announce if the course will be reopened.
6. QGIS Online Course on Agricultural Statistics - This course will: (i) introduce the
learners to the fundamentals of geographic information system (GIS), basic spatial data concepts, and data
types; (ii) train learners on the functionalities of QGIS; and (iii) use QGIS
for agricultural data collection, mapping, and subsequent data analysis.