SurveyLab
The SurveyLab is conceived as a tool to integrate and complement theoretical learning of survey methods and facilitate the development of practical competencies in designing and conducting population surveys. It consists of a virtual environment hosting a simulated human population of about 250 000 individuals distributed across the 5 Regions and 110 Towns of a hypothetical country.
The simulated population is not directly representative of any real country. However, the distributions of the variables (demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related) and their relationships are realistic and derived from the analysis of population health conducted in low- and middle-income countries, and the epidemiological literature regarding relationships between risk factors and diseases.
The SurveyLab environment is remotely accessible through a web interface. It allows users to design their survey projects, sample the population according to their plan, and collect the data of interest that they can then analyse and interpret.
2021-2025, Annibale Cois, annibale.cois@mrc.ac.za
Web: https://annibalecois.github.io/
Source code: https://github.com/AnnibaleCois/SurveyLab
