Title: Survey measurement and process quality /
Authors: Lyberg, Lars.
Publisher: Wiley,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Social sciences Statistical methods; Surveys Methodology.; Social sciences Research Evaluation.; Surveys Evaluation.
Contents: Introduction: Measurement Error in Surveys: A Historical Perspective / Colm O'Muircheartaigh -- 1. Questionnaire Design: The Rocky Road from Concepts to Answers / Norbert Schwarz -- 2. From Theoretical Concept to Survey Question / Joop J. Hox -- 3. Why Are There so Few Formal Measuring Instruments in Social and Political Research? / Anthony Heath and Jean Martin -- 4. Social Cognition and Responses to Survey Questions Among Culturally Diverse Populations / Timothy Johnson, Diane O'Rourke and Noel Chavez [and others] -- 5. Reducing Question Order Effects: The Operation of Buffer Items / Michaela Wanke and Norbert Schwarz -- 6. Designing Rating Scales for Effective Measurement in Surveys / Jon A. Krosnick and Leandre R. Fabrigar -- 7. Towards a Theory of Self-Administered Questionnaire Design / Cleo R. Jenkins and Don A. Dillman -- 8. Data Collection Methods and Survey Quality: An Overview / Edith de Leeuw and Martin Collins -- 9. The Effect of New Data Collection Technologies on Survey Data Quality / William L. Nicholls II, Reginald P. Baker and Jean Martin -- 10. Developing a Speech Recognition Application for Survey Research / Bill Blyth -- 11. Evaluating Interviewer Use of CAPI Technology / Mick P. Couper, Sue Ellen Hansen and Sally A. Sadosky -- 12. The Effect of Interviewer and Respondent Behavior on Data Quality: Analysis of Interaction Coding in a Validation Study / Jennifer Dykema, James M. Lepkowski and Steven Blixt -- 13. Effects of Interview Mode on Sensitive Questions in a Fertility Survey / Jared B. Jobe, William F. Pratt and Roger Tourangeau [et al.] -- 14. Children as Respondents: Methods for Improving Data Quality / Jaqueline Scott -- 15. Some Aspects of Post-Survey Processing / Lars Lyberg and Daniel Kasprzyk -- 16. Integrated Control Systems for Survey Processing / Jelke Bethlehem -- 17. Using Expert Systems to Model and Improve Survey Classification Processes / Frederick Conrad.