The
Arab Planning Institute (API) in Kuwait organized a training program on “the Skills
of Building and Analyzing Surveys” for the benefit of Basil Fuleihan’s Institute
of Finance and Economy in Beirut, republic of Lebanon during the period from 25/9
to 27/9/2017.
The program aimed at giving participants the
practical skills of developing and analyzing statistical surveys. The program
sessions focused on providing trainees with practical information on the
different steps of sampling, and on how to determine sample size, and how to
design questionnaires, and how to best collect data. The training program also
critically analyzed data quality, and how best develop the national information
system, and how best to overcome challenges facing national statistical systems.