Social Surveys 2

Four Volume Set
ISBN: 978-1-4129-2368-2
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 1680 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 3060 g

Reihe: Sage Benchmarks in Social Rese

Surveys are undisputedly a core method of social research. David de Vaus, the acknowledged expert in the field, has collected a second set of essential readings in the field. Social Surveys 2 makes available a much more substantial source of information about survey research and extends the coverage of the first four volumes. It will enable researchers to make better informed judgements about the use of the survey method and to implement their survey in the most effective, efficient and error-free way. Volume 1 presents the history, ethics and criticism of survey research. Coverage includes the history of surveying subjective phenomena and sampling; questions of privacy, anonymity and honesty; practice standards; and technical and methodological criticism - as well as a defense of survey research. Volume 2 thoroughly examines survey instruments and data sources. Topics examined include questionnaires, interviews, official statistics, secondary data and multi mode methods. Volume 3 presents survey applications: using surveys to measure change, surveys in cross-national research and surveys as a tool for measuring subjective phenomena. Volume 4 focuses survey quality, giving an overview of the range of matters that impinge on survey data and on ways to improve the quality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Vaus, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: HISTORY, ETHICS AND CRITICISMS
HISTORY OF SURVEY RESEARCH
History of the Use of Surveys in Sociological Research - C Marsh
Attitude Measurement in Psychology and Sociology - J M Converse
The Early Years
History of the Use of Modern Sampling Techniques - F Stephan
ETHICS
Presidential Address - S Presser
Informed Consent and Confidentiality in Survey Research
Conflicts between the Needs for Access to Statistical Information and Demands for Confidentiality - S E Fienberg
Confidentiality Assurances and Response - E Singer & E D R vonThurn et al
A Quantitative Review of the Experimental Literature
PRACTICE STANDARDS
Standards for Surveying Agencies - S C Dodd
Invisible Coding of Survey Questionnaires - J P Dickson & M Casey et al
The Cheater Problem in Polling - L P Crespi
Safety in Social Research - G Craig & A Corden et al
CRITICISMS OF SURVEY RESEARCH
What Is Wrong with 'Variable Sociology'? - H Esser
Interviews, Surveys, and the Problem of Ecological Validity - A V Cicourel
The Critics of Surveys - C Marsh
In Defense of Science - R C Lewontin
In Defense of Surveys - A Greeley
Volume 2: SURVEY INSTTUMENTS AND DATA SOURCES
QUESTIONNAIRES
Open and Closed Questions
The Controversy Over Detailed Interviews - - P F Lazarsfeld
An Offer for Negotiation
The Open and Closed Question - H Schuman and S Presser
The Random Probe - H Schuman
A Technique for Evaluating the Validity of Closed Questions
VINGNETTES
The Vignette Technique in Survey Research - J Finch
The Use of Vignettes in Survey Research - C S Alexander and H J Becker
Vignette analysis - P H Rossi
Uncovering the Normative Structure of Complex Judgments
LENGTH
Effects of Questionnaire Length on Response Quality - A R Herzog & G G Bachman
The Effect of Questionnaire Length on Survey Response - B Burchell & C Marsh
Effect of Administration Mode
The Impact of Administration Mode on Responses Effects in Survey Measurement - N Schwarz & F Strack, et al
Effects of Interview Mode on Sensitive Questions in a Fertility Survey - J B Jobe & W F Pratt et al
A Comparison of Nonresponse in Mail, Telephone, and Face-to-Face Surveys: Applying Multilevel Modeling to Meta-Analysis - J J Hox & E D de Leeuw
Mode Effects in Survey Research - E D de Leeuw
A Comparison of Mail, Telephone, and Face to Face Surveys
INTERVIEWS
Interviewer effects
Interviewer Effects on the Quality of Survey Data - J J Feldman & H H Hyman et al
Interviewer Variability - M Collins
A Review of the Problem
MULTI MODE METHODS
Administrative Issues in Mixed Mode Surveys - D A Dillman and J Tarnai
Introduction to Mixed Method and Mixed Model Studies in the Social and Behavioural Sciences - A Tashakkori & C Teddlie
OFFICIAL STATISTICS
Using Official Statistics - D Slater
A Consideration of the Validity and Reliability of Suicide Mortality Data - P W O'Carroll
The Struggle for Independent Statistics on Poverty - P Townsend
Volume 3: SURVEY APPLICATIONS
MEASURING CHANGE
Panel Surveys
Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey Data - D F Alwin
Major Issues of Tracing Survey Respondents - R D Burgess
An Evaluator's Guide to Detecting Attrition Problems - E M Foster & L Bickman
Strategies for Reducing Nonresponse in a Longitudinal Panel Survey - H Laurie & R Smith et al
TREND STUDIES
Monitoring Social Change via Survey Replication - R A Kulka
Prospects and Pitfalls from a Replication Survey of Social Roles and Mental Health
The Changing Association between Age and Happiness - D D Witt & G D Lowe et al
Emerging Trend or Methodological Artifact?
Social Trends in the United States - N D Glenn
Evidence from Sample Surveys
RETROSPECTVE STUDIES
Telescoping and Temporal Memory - N M Bradburn & J Huttenlocher et al
Recalling Attitudes - T W Smith
An Analysis of Retrospective Questions on the 1982 GSS
The Life History Calendar - D Freedman & A Thornton et al
A Technique for Collecting

Über Autor(innen)

de Vaus, David
David De Vaus is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is the author of Surveys in Social Research and Research Design in Social Research. He is an international authority in the field of social research.