The Psychology of Survey Response
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 2000
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780521576291
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Social research & statistics; Social, group or collective psychology; Research & Methodology; Personality; Evaluation; Language Arts & Disciplines; Reference; Psychology; Public opinion polls; Psychological aspects; Psychology & Psychiatry / Research; Social surveys--Psychological aspects; Communication; Social surveys; Methodology
First sentence: Survey research rests on the age-old practice of finding things out by asking people questions.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: An Introduction and a Point of View
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Earlier Theories of the Response Process
pagenum: 3; label: 1.2
title: A Proposed Model of the Response Process
pagenum: 7; label: 1.3
title: Other Recent Proposals: High Road/Low Road Theories
pagenum: 16; label: 1.4
title: Applications of the Model
pagenum: 19; label: 1.5
title: Implications of the Model
pagenum: 20; label: 2
title: Respondents' Understanding of Survey Questions
pagenum: 23; label: 2.1
title: What Is a Question?
pagenum: 26; label: 2.2
title: Two View of Comprehension: Immediate Understanding versus Interpretation
pagenum: 30; label: 2.3
title: Syntactic Difficulties in Question Wording
pagenum: 34; label: 2.4
title: Semantic Effects: Presupposition, Unfamiliarity, and Vagueness
pagenum: 40; label: 2.5
title: Survey Pragmatics and Its Effects on Comprehension
pagenum: 50; label: 2.6
title: Summary
pagenum: 59; label: 3
title: The Role of Memory in Survey Responding
pagenum: 62; label: 3.1
title: Survey Questions and Memory for Events
pagenum: 63; label: 3.2
title: Organization of Autobiographical Memory
pagenum: 67; label: 3.3
title: Factors Affecting Recall of Autobiographical Events
pagenum: 81; label: 3.4
title: Summary
pagenum: 97; label: 4
title: Answering Questions about Dates and Durations
pagenum: 100; label: 4.1
title: A Typology of Temporal Questions
pagenum: 101; label: 4.2
title: Cognitive Processing of Temporal Questions
pagenum: 108; label: 4.3
title: Indirect Effects of Time on Survey Responses
pagenum: 121; label: 4.4
title: Summary
pagenum: 133; label: 5
title: Factual Judgements and Numerical Estimates
pagenum: 136; label: 5.1
title: Cognitive Studies of Frequency
pagenum: 138; label: 5.2
title: Studies of Frequency Estimation in Surveys
pagenum: 145; label: 5.3
title: Probability Judgements
pagenum: 160; label: 5.4
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 163; label: 6
title: Attitude Questions
pagenum: 165; label: 6.1
title: The Traditional View
pagenum: 166; label: 6.2
title: Alternative Paths to an Answer
pagenum: 172; label: 6.3
title: The Belief-Sampling Model
pagenum: 178; label: 6.4
title: Tests of the Belief-Sampling Model
pagenum: 185; label: 6.5
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 194; label: 7
title: Attitude Judgements and Context Effects
pagenum: 197; label: 7.1
title: Forms of Context Effects
pagenum: 198; label: 7.2
title: Mechanisms Producing Context Effects
pagenum: 200; label: 7.3
title: Variables Affecting the Size and Direction of Context Effects
pagenum: 214; label: 7.4
title: Serial Position Effects
pagenum: 228; label: 7.5
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 229; label: 8
title: Selecting a Response: Mapping Judgements to Survey Answers
pagenum: 230; label: 8.1
title: Open Items and Rounding
pagenum: 232; label: 8.2
title: Rating Scales and Scale Anchors
pagenum: 239; label: 8.3
title: Unordered Categories and Satisficing
pagenum: 250; label: 8.4
title: Summary
pagenum: 254; label: 9
title: Editing of Responses: Reporting about Sensitive Topics
pagenum: 255; label: 9.1
title: What Is a Sensitive Question?
pagenum: 257; label: 9.2
title: Sensitivity and Nonresponse
pagenum: 261; label: 9.3
title: Measuring Misreporting
pagenum: 264; label: 9.4
title: Misreporting in Surveys
pagenum: 269; label: 9.5
title: Processes Responsible for Misreporting
pagenum: 279; label: 9.6
title: Editing for Other Purposes
pagenum: 286; label: 9.7
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 287; label: 10
title: Mode of Data Collection
pagenum: 289; label: 10.1
title: The Range of Methods for Survey Data Collection
pagenum: 290; label: 10.2
title: The Method of Contact and Administration
pagenum: 293; label: 10.3
title: Other Characteristic of the Data Collection Method
pagenum: 298; label: 10.4
title: Psychological Effects of the Differences among Data Collection Methods
pagenum: 305; label: 10.5
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 312; label: 11
title: Impact of Cognitive Models on Survey Measurement
pagenum: 313; label: 11.1
title: The Anatomy of a Survey Response
pagenum: 315; label: 11.2
title: Impact on Conceptions of Survey Measurement Error
pagenum: 318; label: 11.3
title: Impact on Survey Practice
pagenum: 323; label: 11.4
title: Impact on Psychology
pagenum: 335; label: 11.5
title: Barriers to Further Accomplishments
pagenum: 337; label: References
pagenum: 343; label: Author Index
pagenum: 381; label: Subject Index
pagenum: 392