Greetings from the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM)

We would like to invite you to the seminar "Probability vs. non-probability sampling", which will take place on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011, at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.  It will start at 10h00 in room 23.S05 of the Mercé Rodoreda Building (Ciutadella Campus) of Universitat Pompeu Fabra.  The seminar is free of charge and no prior registration is necessary.

In the seminar, three experts on sampling will share their views on the advantages and disadvantages of probabilistic and non-probabilistic sampling designs: Dr. Matthias Ganninger (GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany), Prof. Dr. Jaak Billiet (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) and Mr. José Luis Melero(TNSGlobal - Spain).

For detailed information on the seminar, including the three presentation abstracts, please visit: http://www.upf.edu/survey/_pdf/seminar_3_2010-2011.pdf