Surveying Subjective Phenomena

Author : Charles Turner,Elizabeth Martin
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1985-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610447003

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In January 1980 a panel of distinguished social scientists and statisticians assembled at the National Academy of Sciences to begin a thorough review of the uses, reliability, and validity of surveys purporting to measure such subjective phenomena as attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and preferences. This review was prompted not only by the widespread use of survey results in both academic and non-academic settings, but also by a proliferation of apparent discrepancies in allegedly equivalent measurements and by growing public concern over the value of such measurements. This two-volume report of the panel's findings is certain to become one of the standard works in the field of survey measurement. Volume I summarizes the state of the art of surveying subjective phenomena, evaluates contemporary measurement programs, examines the uses and abuses of such surveys, and candidly assesses the problems affecting them. The panel also offers strategies for improving the quality and usefulness of subjective survey data. In volume II, individual panel members and other experts explore in greater depth particular theoretical and empirical topics relevant to the panel's conclusions. For social scientists and policymakers who conduct, analyze, and rely on surveys of the national state of mind, this comprehensive and current review will be an invaluable resource.

Author : Charles Turner,Elizabeth Martin
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 087154881X

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Surveying Subjective Phenomena by Charles Turner,Elizabeth Martin Pdf

In January 1980 a panel of distinguished social scientists and statisticians assembled at the National Academy of Sciences to begin a thorough review of the uses, reliability, and validity of surveys purporting to measure such subjective phenomena as attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and preferences. This review was prompted not only by the widespread use of survey results in both academic and non-academic settings, but also by a proliferation of apparent discrepancies in allegedly equivalent measurements and by growing public concern over the value of such measurements. This two-volume report of the panel’s findings is certain to become one of the standard works in the field of survey measurement. Volume I summarizes the state of the art of surveying subjective phenomena, evaluates contemporary measurement programs, examines the uses and abuses of such surveys, and candidly assesses the problems affecting them. The panel also offers strategies for improving the quality and usefulness of subjective survey data. In volume II, individual panel members and other experts explore in greater depth particular theoretical and empirical topics relevant to the panel’s conclusions. For social scientists and policymakers who conduct, analyze, and rely on surveys of the national state of mind, this comprehensive and current review will be an invaluable resource.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:630605702

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Author : Charles Turner,Elizabeth Martin
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610445382

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Surveying Subjective Phenomena by Charles Turner,Elizabeth Martin Pdf

In January 1980 a panel of distinguished social scientists and statisticians assembled at the National Academy of Sciences to begin a thorough review of the uses, reliability, and validity of surveys purporting to measure such subjective phenomena as attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and preferences. This review was prompted not only by the widespread use of survey results in both academic and non-academic settings, but also by a proliferation of apparent discrepancies in allegedly equivalent measurements and by growing public concern over the value of such measurements. This two-volume report of the panel's findings is certain to become one of the standard works in the field of survey measurement. Volume I summarizes the state of the art of surveying subjective phenomena, evaluates contemporary measurement programs, examines the uses and abuses of such surveys, and candidly assesses the problems affecting them. The panel also offers strategies for improving the quality and usefulness of subjective survey data. In volume II, individual panel members and other experts explore in greater depth particular theoretical and empirical topics relevant to the panel's conclusions. For social scientists and policymakers who conduct, analyze, and rely on surveys of the national state of mind, this comprehensive and current review will be an invaluable resource.

Author : Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Survey Measurement of Subjective Phenomena,Charles F. Turner,Elizabeth Martin
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Public opinion polls
ISBN : NAP:00009

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Surveys of Subjective Phenomena by Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Survey Measurement of Subjective Phenomena,Charles F. Turner,Elizabeth Martin Pdf

Author : Graham R. Walden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135786106

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Public Opinion Polls and Survey Research by Graham R. Walden Pdf

First Published in 1990. The decade of the 1980s witnessed an increasing use of polls and surveys as well as an expanded research effort into public opinion polls and survey research from the economic, historical, legal, methodological, organizational, and political viewpoints. The purpose of this volume is to provide a resource for practitioners, researchers, students, librarians, and others seeking access to this interdisciplinary literature. Instructional guides, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, research studies, and evaluative and critical studies on public opinion polls and survey research published since 1980 are included in this bibliography.

Author : Jean M. Converse,Stanley Presser
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803927436

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Survey Questions by Jean M. Converse,Stanley Presser Pdf

This text reviews the literature on crafting survey instruments, and provides both general principles governing question-writing and guidance on how to develop a questionnaire.

Author : Baruch Fischhoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136497346

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Judgment and Decision Making by Baruch Fischhoff Pdf

Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory, management science). It employs both empirical methods, to study how decisions are actually made, and analytical ones, to study how decisions should be made and how consequential imperfections are. This book brings together key publications, selected to represent the major topics and approaches used in the field. Put in one place, with integrating commentary, it shows the common elements in a research program that represents the scope of the field, while offering depth in each. Together, they provide a vision for what has become a burgeoning field.

Author : Michael Hechter,Lynn Nadel,Richard E. Michod
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0202369838

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The Origin of Values by Michael Hechter,Lynn Nadel,Richard E. Michod Pdf

Although values play a leading role in nearly every explanatory theory in the broad realm of the social and behavioral sciences, very little multidisciplinary research material on values is available. Addressing this need, the editors bring together distinguished social scientists, psychologists, and biologists who collaboratively explore fundamental questions about values: What are the determinants of social values, taboos, and ideologies? What are the determinants of individual values? What is the nature of motivations and rewards? Is there an evolutionary basis for the development of values?

Author : Daniel Kahneman,Amos Tversky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521627494

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Choices, Values, and Frames by Daniel Kahneman,Amos Tversky Pdf

This book presents the definitive exposition of 'prospect theory', a compelling alternative to the classical utility theory of choice. Building on the 1982 volume, Judgement Under Uncertainty, this book brings together seminal papers on prospect theory from economists, decision theorists, and psychologists, including the work of the late Amos Tversky, whose contributions are collected here for the first time. While remaining within a rational choice framework, prospect theory delivers more accurate, empirically verified predictions in key test cases, as well as helping to explain many complex, real-world puzzles. In this volume, it is brought to bear on phenomena as diverse as the principles of legal compensation, the equity premium puzzle in financial markets, and the number of hours that New York cab drivers choose to drive on rainy days. Theoretically elegant and empirically robust, this volume shows how prospect theory has matured into a new science of decision making.

Author : Thomas B. Jabine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Cognition
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology by Thomas B. Jabine Pdf

Author : Giuseppe Iarossi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821363935

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The Power of Survey Design by Giuseppe Iarossi Pdf

A practical how-to guide on all the steps involved with survey implementation, this volume covers survey management, questionnaire design, sampling, respondent's psychology and survey participation, and data management. A comprehensive and practical reference for those who both use and produce survey data.

Author : Robert Cameron Mitchell,Richard T. Carson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781135887810

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Using Surveys to Value Public Goods by Robert Cameron Mitchell,Richard T. Carson Pdf

Economists and others have long believed that by balancing the costs of such public goods as air quality and wilderness areas against their benefits, informed policy choices can be made. But the problem of putting a dollar value on cleaner air or water and other goods not sold in the marketplace has been a major stumbling block. Mitchell and Carson, for reasons presented in this book, argue that at this time the contingent valuation (CV) method offers the most promising approach for determining public willingness to pay for many public goods---an approach likely to succeed, if used carefully, where other methods may fail. The result of ten years of research by the authors aimed at assessing how surveys might best be used to value public goods validly and reliably, this book makes a major contribution to what constitutes best practice in CV surveys. Mitchell and Carson begin by introducing the contingent valuation method, describing how it works and the nature of the benefits it can be used to measure, comparing it to other methods for measuring benefits, and examining the data-gathering technique on which it is based---survey research. Placing contingent valuation in the larger context of welfare theory, the authors examine how the CV method impels a deeper understanding of willingness-to-pay versus willingness-to-accept compensation measures, the possibility of existence values for public goods, the role of uncertainty in benefit valuation, and the question of whether a consumer goods market or a political goods market (referenda) should be emulated. In developing a CV methodology, the authors deal with issues of broader significance to survey research. Their model of respondent error is relevant to current efforts to frame a theory of response behavior and bias typology will interest those considering the cognitive aspects of answering survey questions. Mitchell and Carson conclude that the contingent valuation method can obtain valid valuation information on public goods, but only if the method is applied in a way that addresses the potential sources of error and bias. They end their book by providing guidelines for CV practitioners, a list of questions that should be asked by any decision maker who wishes to use the findings of a CV study, and suggestions for new applications of contingent valuation. Additional features include a comprehensive bibliography of the CV literature and an appendix summarizing more than 100 CV studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Drug abuse surveys
ISBN : IND:30000036517039

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Survey Measurement of Drug Use by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lu Ann Aday,Llewellyn J. Cornelius
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781118046678

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Designing and Conducting Health Surveys by Lu Ann Aday,Llewellyn J. Cornelius Pdf

Designing and Conducting Health Surveys is written for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone who conducts health surveys. This third edition of the standard reference in the field draws heavily on the most recent methodological research on survey design and the rich storehouse of insights and implications provided by cognitive research on question and questionnaire design in particular. This important resource presents a total survey error framework that is a useful compass for charting the dangerous waters between systematic and random errors that inevitably accompany the survey design enterprise. In addition, three new studies based on national, international, and state and local surveys—the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, California Health Interview Survey, and National Dental Malpractice Survey—are detailed that illustrate the range of design alternatives available at each stage of developing a survey and provide a sound basis for choosing among them.