The SAGE handbook of survey methodology. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of survey methodology; Survey methodology
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christof Wolf, Dominique Joye, Tom W. Smith, Yang-chih Fu.
• Editors: Wolf, Christof; Joye, Dominique; Fu, Yang-chih, 1955-; Smith, Tom W (Tom William), 1949-
• Contents: Part I: Basic Principles; 1. Introduction - Yang-chih Fu, Dominique Joye, Tom W. Smith and Christof Wolf; 2. Survey standards - Tom W. Smith; 3. Total survey error: a paradigm for survey methodology - Lars E. Lyberg and Herbert F. Weisberg; 4. Challenges of comparative survey research - Timothy P. Johnson and Michael Braun; Part II: Surveys and Societies; 5. Surveys and society - Claire Durand; 6. Defining and assessing survey climate - Geert Loosveldt and Dominique Joye; 7. The Ethical issues of survey and market research - Kathy Joe, Finn Raben and Adam Phillips; 8. Observations on the historical development of polling - Kathleen A. Frankovic; Part III: Planning a Survey; 9. Research question and designs for survey research - Ben Jann and Thomas Hinz; 10. Total survey error paradigm: : Theory and Practice - Paul P. Biemer; 11. Survey mode or survey modes? - Edith de Leeuw and Jernej Berzelak; 12. Surveying in multi-cultural and multi-national contexts - Beth-Ellen Pennell and Kristen Cibelli-Hibben; 13. Surveys in societies in turmoil - Zeina N. Mneimneh, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Jennifer Kelley and Kristen Cibelli-Hibben; Part IV: Measurement; 14. What does Measurement Mean in a Survey Context? - Jaak Billiet; 15. Cognitive models of answering processes - Kristen Miller and Gordon B. Willis; 16. Designing questions and questionnaires - Jolene D. Smyth; 17. Creating a good question: how to use cumulative experience - Melanie Revilla, Diana Zavala and Willem Saris; 18. Designing a mixed-mode survey - Don A. Dillman and Michelle L. Edwards; 19. The Translation of Measurement Instruments for Cross-cultural Surveys - Dorothée Behr and Kuniaki Shishido; 20. When Translation is not Enough: Background Variables in Comparative Surveys - Silke Schneider, Dominique Joye and Christof Wolf; Part V: Sampling; 21. Basics of sampling for survey research - Yves Tillé and Alina Matei; 22. Nonprobability sampling - Vasja Vehovar, Vera Toepoel and Stephanie Steinmetz; 23. Special challenges of sampling for comparative surveys - Siegfried Gabler and Sabine Häder; Part VI: Data Collection; 24. Questionnaire pretesting - Gordon B. Willis; 25. Survey fieldwork - Annelies G. Blom; 26. Responsive and adaptive designs - François Laflamme and James Wagner; 27. Unit nonresponse - Ineke A. L. Stoop; 28. Incentives as a possible measure to increase response rates - Michèle Ernst Stähli and Dominique Joye; Part VII: Preparing Data for Use; 29. Documenting Survey Data Across the Life Cycle - Mary Vardigan, Peter Granda and Lynette Hoelter; 30. Weighting: principles and practicalities - Pierre Lavallée and Jean-François Beaumont; 31. Analysis of data from stratified and clustered surveys - Stephanie Eckman and Brady T. West; 32. Analytical Potential Versus Data Confidentiality – Finding the Optimal Balance - Heike Wirth; 33. Harmonizing Survey Questions Between Cultures and Over Time - Christof Wolf, Silke L. Schneider, Dorothée Behr and Dominique Joye; Part VIII: Assessing and Improving Data Quality; 34. Survey data quality and measurement precision - Duane F. Alwin; 35. Nonresponse error: detection and correction - Jelke Bethlehem and Barry Schouten; 36. Response styles in surveys: understanding their causes and mitigating their impact - Caroline Roberts; 37. Dealing with missing values - Martin Spiess; 38. Another Look at Survey Data Quality - Victor Thiessen and Jörg Blasius; 39. Assessment of cross-cultural comparability - Jan Cieciuch, Eldad Davidov, Peter Schmidt and René Algesheimer; Part IX: Further Issues; 40. Data preservation, secondary analysis, and replication: learning from existing data - Lynette Hoelter, Amy Pienta and Jared Lyle; 41. Record linkage - Rainer Schnell; 42. Supplementing cross-national surveys with contextual data - Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, David Howell, Stephen Quinlan and Bojan Todosijevic; 43. The Globalization of surveys - Tom W. Smith and Yang-chih Fu;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 001.433; Surveys -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473959040
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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