Improving Survey Questions

Design and Evaluation

AvFloyd J. Fowler

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Del 38 i serien Applied Social Research Methods

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Beskrivning

What is a good question? Although there are several potential sources for error in survey data, the validity of surveys depends on the design of the questions asked. This book shows how to word and format a question, write questions that will evoke the kind of answers for which they were designed, and empirically evaluate survey questions. In addition, the book covers topics such as how to write good questions aimed at collecting information about objective facts and events, how to measure subjective phenomena, some alternative methods for attacking common measurement problems; shows how to evaluate the extent to which questions are consistently understood and administered, and explains how to evaluate the data resulting from a set of questions. A clearly written book, Improving Survey Questions enables researchers and practitioners to write better survey questions and helps users of survey data to evaluate their data more critically.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-09-27
Mått:139 x 215 x 12 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Applied Social Research Methods
Antal sidor:200
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780803945838

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1966. A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 1971, he was Director of the Center for 14 years. Dr. Fowler is the author or co-author of four textbooks on survey methods, including Survey Research Methods, Improving Survey Questions, Standardized Survey Interviewing (with Mangione), and Survey Methodology (with Groves, Couper, Lepkowski, et. al), as well as numerous research papers and monographs. His recent work has focused on studies of question design and evaluation techniques and applying survey methods to studies of medical care.

Recensioner i media

Although this book provides detailed guidance to students regarding development and validation of surveys, the concepts are probably too detailed for a Masters level dissertation. The price of the text is also rather high.

Innehållsförteckning

Questions as MeasuresAn OverviewDesigning Questions to Gather Factual DataQuestions to Measure Subjective StatesSome General Rules for Designing Good Survey InstrumentsPresurvey Evaluation of QuestionsAssessing the Validity of Survey QuestionsQuestion Design and Evaluation Issues in Perspective