The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology

Editors: Wolf, Cristof, Joye, Dominique and Smith, Tom W., et.al.
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Sage UK

Single-User Purchase Price: $170.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $255.00
ISBN: 978-1-44-628266-3
Category: Social Sciences - Research Methods & Study Skills
Image Count: 53
Book Status: Available
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Survey Methodology is becoming a more structured field of research, deserving of more and more academic attention. The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology explores both the increasingly scientific endeavour of surveys and their growing complexity, as different data collection modes and information sources are combined.

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Table of Contents

  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on the Editors and Contributors
  • Preface
  • PART I BASIC PRINCIPLES
  • 1. Survey Methodology: Challenges and Principles Dominique Joye, Christof Wolf, Tom W. Smith and Yang-chih Fu
  • 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 Design 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 Nejc Berzelak
  • 12. Surveying in Multicultural and Multinational 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 L. Schneider, Dominique Joye and Christof Wolf
  • PART V SAMPLING
  • 21. Basics of Sampling for Survey Research Yves Tillé and Alina Matei
  • 22. Non-probability Sampling Vasja Vehovar, Vera Toepoel and Stephanie Steinmetz
  • 23. Special Challenges of Sampling for Comparative Surveys Siegfried Gabler and Sabine Häder
  • PART IV 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 on Data Quality 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 Survey Data with Contextual Data Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, David Howell, Stephen Quinlan and Bojan Todosijević
  • 43. The Globalization of Surveys Tom W. Smith and Yang-chih Fu