Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research
Saris, Willem E.
Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research [electronic resource] / by Willem E. Saris and Irmtraud N. Gallhofer. - Second Edition. - Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, c2014. - xvii, 355 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface
Introduction
The three-step procedure to design requests for an answer
Concepts-by-postulation and concepts-by-intuition
From social science concepts-by-intuition to assertions
The formulation of requests for an answer
Choices involved in questionnaire design
Specific survey research features of requests for an answer
Response alternatives
The structure of open-ended and closed survey items
Survey items in batteries
Mode of data collection and other choices
The effects of survey characteristics on data quality
Criteria for the quality of survey measures
Estimation of reliability, validity and method effects
Split ballot mtmm designs
Mtmm experiments and the quality of survey questions
Applications in social science research
The sqp 2.0 program for prediction of quality and the
Improvement of measurement
The quality of measures for concepts-by-postulation
Correction for measurement errors
Coping with measurement error in cross-cultural research
References
Index
9781118634615 (cloth)
2013042094
Social surveys.
Social surveys--Methodology.
Questionnaires.
Interviewing.
Electronic books
Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research [electronic resource] / by Willem E. Saris and Irmtraud N. Gallhofer. - Second Edition. - Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, c2014. - xvii, 355 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface
Introduction
The three-step procedure to design requests for an answer
Concepts-by-postulation and concepts-by-intuition
From social science concepts-by-intuition to assertions
The formulation of requests for an answer
Choices involved in questionnaire design
Specific survey research features of requests for an answer
Response alternatives
The structure of open-ended and closed survey items
Survey items in batteries
Mode of data collection and other choices
The effects of survey characteristics on data quality
Criteria for the quality of survey measures
Estimation of reliability, validity and method effects
Split ballot mtmm designs
Mtmm experiments and the quality of survey questions
Applications in social science research
The sqp 2.0 program for prediction of quality and the
Improvement of measurement
The quality of measures for concepts-by-postulation
Correction for measurement errors
Coping with measurement error in cross-cultural research
References
Index
9781118634615 (cloth)
2013042094
Social surveys.
Social surveys--Methodology.
Questionnaires.
Interviewing.
Electronic books
