Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs (Coursera)

Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs (Coursera)

This course provides an introduction to household surveys for program evaluation in low-and middle-income countries. The development of this course was supported by a grant from Government Affairs Canada (GAC) for the Real Accountability, Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) project.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see Coursera's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

The course will equip you with skills to:

  1. Explain what coverage is, why it’s important in evaluations, and how it is measured
  2. Describe what household surveys can and cannot measure
  3. Plan, implement, and analyze household survey, including:
  4. Calculate an appropriate household survey sample size
  5. Explain the resources required for a household survey
  6. Identify an appropriate sampling design
  7. Design a questionnaire
  8. Describe challenges for coverage survey planning and implementation
  9. Present and describe how the RADAR tool can be used

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Introduction to Coverage Concepts
This module will cover an overview of intervention coverage, using existing coverage data, and special topics in coverage.

WEEK 2
Survey Design and Planning
This module will cover survey design and survey planning.

WEEK 3
Sampling Design and Household Mapping
This module will cover sampling design and mapping.

WEEK 4
Survey Tool Development
This module will cover survey tool development.

WEEK 5
Preparing Fieldwork and Data Collection
This module will cover preparing fieldwork, data quality assurance, and data collection.

WEEK 6
Data Management and Analysis
This module will cover data management & analysis and synthesizing data.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening (Coursera) Coursera
Johns Hopkins University

Program Design & Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening (Coursera)

This course provides an introduction to designing and evaluating to strengthen the health system. After successful completion of all learning activities, course participants will be able to: 1. Define health systems strengthening; 2. Describe health systems frameworks and how to incorporate them into evaluation planning; 3. Describe how to design and prioritize implementation of health systems programs; 4. Detail approaches to evaluate health systems programs, including data sources and study design; 5. Introduce tools to assist with evaluation planning and simple models to assess health system intervention impact; 6. Describe how to interpret health system evaluation findings and sustainability and scalability implications

Nov 2nd 2026
3 Weeks
Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management (edX) EdX
University of Michigan,MichiganX

Identifying Community Needs for Public Library Management (edX)

Learn how to conduct research, surveys, and interviews as well as how to analyze data to better assess the local needs and wants of a public library community. Public libraries are becoming dynamic hubs for learning, civic engagement, and community. This course will discuss strategies for gathering statistical and descriptive data about public library communities. Learners will identify local partners in education, social services, government agencies, and more.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Designing and Building Institutional Anti-Racist Spaces (Coursera) Coursera
Wesleyan University

Designing and Building Institutional Anti-Racist Spaces (Coursera)

Designing and Building Institutional Antiracist Spaces (D-BIAS) is a course whose mission is to teach and apply tenets of equity, anti-racism, and cultural justice to students from Institutions to achieve social change. The course is aimed at educators and administrators in educational spaces, lawyers and advocates in spaces that touch civil rights, equity, and whose Institutional mission it is to achieve greater cultural equity.

Oct 19th 2026
4 Weeks
Potenciando mi aprendizaje en el primer año de Universidad (Coursera) Coursera
Universidad de Chile

Potenciando mi aprendizaje en el primer año de Universidad (Coursera)

El propósito del curso es acompañar a los estudiantes de primer año a potenciar sus aprendizajes, con la finalidad de fomentar una buena experiencia en la universidad. Lo anterior se realiza a través de un auto- diagnóstico y de la familiarización con distintas estrategias de estudio, de gestión del tiempo y del abordaje de evaluaciones.

Oct 26th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Formulación y evaluación de proyectos complejos (Coursera) Coursera
Universidad de los Andes

Formulación y evaluación de proyectos complejos (Coursera)

Bienvenido al curso de Formulación y evaluación de proyectos complejos de ingeniería, soy Andrés Felipe Gómez y te estaré acompañando a lo largo de estas 8 semanas en las que aprenderás los fundamentos básicos para poder determinar si un proyecto es factible o no, desde su ideación hasta su operación, por lo que podrás formular y evaluar proyectos desde las diferentes dimensiones que incorpora la complejidad de este.

Oct 26th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments (Coursera) Coursera
Duke University

Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments (Coursera)

In this course, you will learn what an argument is. The definition of argument will enable you to identify when speakers are giving arguments and when they are not. Next, you will learn how to break an argument into its essential parts, how to put them in order to reveal their connections, and how to fill in gaps in an argument by adding suppressed premises. By the end of this course, you will be better able to understand and appreciate arguments that you and other people present.

Nov 9th 2026
4 Weeks
UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing (Coursera) Coursera
University of Michigan

UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing (Coursera)

This UX course will provide an overview of survey methodology from the perspective of UX research. UX surveys typically focus on uncovering user needs, connecting needs to user characteristics, and gaining insight into user attitudes towards systems they use. In this course, learners will learn the basics of UX survey research and conduct a survey of their own design!

Oct 26th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Competencias Laborales: Perfiles, Evaluación y Capacitación. (Coursera) Coursera
Universidad de Chile

Competencias Laborales: Perfiles, Evaluación y Capacitación. (Coursera)

Este curso ayuda a los estudiantes en el aprendizaje del enfoque de competencias laborales en las organizaciones, especialmente en: la definición de perfiles de competencia en puestos laborales, diseño de pautas de evaluación de desempeño, diseño de cursos de capacitación bajo competencias laborales, entre otros aprendizajes.

Oct 19th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Recommender Systems: Evaluation and Metrics (Coursera) Coursera
University of Minnesota

Recommender Systems: Evaluation and Metrics (Coursera)

In this course you will learn how to evaluate recommender systems. You will gain familiarity with several families of metrics, including ones to measure prediction accuracy, rank accuracy, decision-support, and other factors such as diversity, product coverage, and serendipity. You will learn how different metrics relate to different user goals and business goals.

Oct 26th 2026
4 Weeks
Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (Coursera) Coursera
Imperial College London

Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (Coursera)

This course focuses on data, evaluation methods and the economic evaluation of digital health interventions. This module focuses on key data considerations for digital health including data management, data visualisation and methods for evaluating digital health interventions. The key focus is on experimental and quasi-experimental design approaches that can be applied to evaluating digital health interventions and key considerations for the economic evaluation of digital health interventions.

Oct 26th 2026
4 Weeks
Framework for Data Collection and Analysis (Coursera) Coursera
University of Maryland, College Park

Framework for Data Collection and Analysis (Coursera)

This course will provide you with an overview over existing data products and a good understanding of the data collection landscape. With the help of various examples you will learn how to identify which data sources likely matches your research question, how to turn your research question into measurable pieces, and how to think about an analysis plan.

Oct 26th 2026
4 Weeks