For the past twenty years, we have been using an original technique to teach statistics and survey sampling methods to postgraduates studying economics and statistics. The students must put their knowledge into practice by carrying out a survey sample for a client who they will have found by themselves. This may include a marketing study for a shop, a brand or a public service, or measuring the audience ratings of a radio station or local television station. More than 100 different surveys have already been carried out by students on this program over the last 20 years. Furthermore, every six years, during the regional parliamentary elections, the entire group (25 students) carries out an estimate of the results for the public local television station, on the basis of the first ballot papers counted in a sample of 300 polling stations; our results are broadcast live on television 30 minutes after the close of polling.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education