The Problem With Survey Research

Author : George Beam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351476256

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The Problem with Survey Research makes a case against survey research as a primary source of reliable information. George Beam argues that all survey research instruments, all types of asking-including polls, face-to-face interviews, and focus groups-produce unreliable and potentially inaccurate results. Because those who rely on survey research only see answers to questions, it is impossible for them, or anyone else, to evaluate the results. They cannot know if the answers correspond to respondents' actual behaviors (objective phenomena) or to their true beliefs and opinions (subjective phenomena). Reliable information can only be acquired by observation, experimentation, multiple sources of data, formal model building and testing, document analysis, and comparison. In fifteen chapters divided into six parts-Ubiquity of Survey Research, The Problem, Asking Instruments, Asking Settings, Askers, and Proper Methods and Research Designs-The Problem with Survey Research demonstrates how asking instruments, settings in which asking and answering take place, and survey researchers themselves skew results and thereby make answers unreliable. The last two chapters and appendices examine observation, other methods of data collection and research designs that may produce accurate or correct information, and shows how reliance on survey research can be overcome, and must be.

Author : David A. Northrup
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Confidential communications
ISBN : 1550143123

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The Problem of the Self-report in Survey Research by David A. Northrup Pdf

Author : Floyd J. Fowler
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781412958417

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Survey Research Methods by Floyd J. Fowler Pdf

"This Fourth Edition of Floyd J. Fowler's bestselling Survey Research Methods presents the very latest methodological knowledge on surveys. It provides students and researchers who want to collect, analyze, or read about survey data with a sound basis for evaluating how each aspect of a survey can affect its precision, accuracy, and credibility. Offering a concise overview of the entire survey research process in clear and easy-to-understand language, the book is well suited to a wide range of readers, including those without strong statistical backgrounds." "Survey Research Methods is appropriate for undergraduate courses in research methods in the social sciences, as well as for master degree level research methods courses."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Paul J. Lavrakas
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1073 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412918084

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Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods by Paul J. Lavrakas Pdf

Covers all major facets of survey research methodology, from selecting the sample design and the sampling frame, designing and pretesting the questionnaire, data collection, and data coding, to the issues surrounding diminishing response rates, confidentiality, privacy, informed consent and other ethical issues, data weighting, and data analyses--Publisher's website.

Author : Herbert F. Weisberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226891293

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The Total Survey Error Approach by Herbert F. Weisberg Pdf

In 1939, George Gallup's American Institute of Public Opinion published a pamphlet optimistically titled The New Science of Public Opinion Measurement. At the time, though, survey research was in its infancy, and only now, six decades later, can public opinion measurement be appropriately called a science, based in part on the development of the total survey error approach. Herbert F. Weisberg's handbook presents a unified method for conducting good survey research centered on the various types of errors that can occur in surveys—from measurement and nonresponse error to coverage and sampling error. Each chapter is built on theoretical elements drawn from specific disciplines, such as social psychology and statistics, and follows through with detailed treatments of the specific types of error and their potential solutions. Throughout, Weisberg is attentive to survey constraints, including time and ethical considerations, as well as controversies within the field and the effects of new technology on the survey process—from Internet surveys to those completed by phone, by mail, and in person. Practitioners and students will find this comprehensive guide particularly useful now that survey research has assumed a primary place in both public and academic circles.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309272476

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Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection Pdf

For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy countries. Efforts to raise response rates have used such strategies as monetary incentives or repeated attempts to contact sample members and obtain completed interviews, but these strategies increase the costs of surveys. This review addresses the core issues regarding survey nonresponse. It considers why response rates are declining and what that means for the accuracy of survey results. These trends are of particular concern for the social science community, which is heavily invested in obtaining information from household surveys. The evidence to date makes it apparent that current trends in nonresponse, if not arrested, threaten to undermine the potential of household surveys to elicit information that assists in understanding social and economic issues. The trends also threaten to weaken the validity of inferences drawn from estimates based on those surveys. High nonresponse rates create the potential or risk for bias in estimates and affect survey design, data collection, estimation, and analysis. The survey community is painfully aware of these trends and has responded aggressively to these threats. The interview modes employed by surveys in the public and private sectors have proliferated as new technologies and methods have emerged and matured. To the traditional trio of mail, telephone, and face-to-face surveys have been added interactive voice response (IVR), audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI), web surveys, and a number of hybrid methods. Similarly, a growing research agenda has emerged in the past decade or so focused on seeking solutions to various aspects of the problem of survey nonresponse; the potential solutions that have been considered range from better training and deployment of interviewers to more use of incentives, better use of the information collected in the data collection, and increased use of auxiliary information from other sources in survey design and data collection. Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda also documents the increased use of information collected in the survey process in nonresponse adjustment.

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124

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Social Science Research by Anol Bhattacherjee Pdf

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Author : Peter V. Marsden,James D. Wright
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 905 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848552241

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Handbook of Survey Research by Peter V. Marsden,James D. Wright Pdf

With chapters on: sampling; measurement; questionnaire construction and question writing; survey implementation and management; survey data analysis; special types of surveys; and integrating surveys with other data collection methods, this title includes topics such as measurement models, the role of cognitive psychology, and surveying networks.

Author : Valerie M. Sue,Lois A. Ritter
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412992251

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Conducting Online Surveys by Valerie M. Sue,Lois A. Ritter Pdf

This book addresses the needs of researchers who want to conduct surveys online. Issues discussed include sampling from online populations, developing online and mobile questionnaires, and administering electronic surveys, are unique to digital surveys. Others, like creating reliable and valid survey questions, data analysis strategies, and writing the survey report, are common to all survey environments. This single resource captures the particulars of conducting digital surveys from start to finish

Author : Ernest L. Cowles,Edward Nelson
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781606498194

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An Introduction to Survey Research by Ernest L. Cowles,Edward Nelson Pdf

An Introduction to Survey Research is for those who want an overview of the survey process. It is intended to describe fundamental survey components to help both students and managers understand and use surveys effectively and avoid the pitfalls stemming from bad survey construction and inappropriate methods. The authors discuss how best to identify the information needed and the best approach to get that information. They also highlight the processes commonly involved in conducting a survey including the value of both obtaining a representative sample and dealing with the types of errors that can distort results. Each chapter focuses on one of the key components of constructing and carrying out a survey, including the elements to consider when developing a survey, the modes of survey delivery, writing good questions, conducting the survey, and presenting the results.

Author : Roger Sapsford
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-13
Category : Reference
ISBN : UCSC:32106015614511

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Survey Research by Roger Sapsford Pdf

Survey Research provides informative coverage of the place of surveys and the main survey methods in the spectrum of social research. The reader is guided through the main theoretical and practical issues, including the ethics of projects.

Author : Lior Gideon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461438762

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Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences by Lior Gideon Pdf

Surveys enjoy great ubiquity among data collection methods in social research: they are flexible in questioning techniques, in the amount of questions asked, in the topics covered, and in the various ways of interactions with respondents. Surveys are also the preferred method by many researchers in the social sciences due to their ability to provide quick profiles and results. Because they are so commonly used and fairly easy to administer, surveys are often thought to be easily thrown together. But designing an effective survey that yields reliable and valid results takes more than merely asking questions and waiting for the answers to arrive. Geared to the non-statistician, the Handbook of Survey Methodology in Social Sciences addresses issues throughout all phases of survey design and implementation. Chapters examine the major survey methods of data collection, providing expert guidelines for asking targeted questions, improving accuracy and quality of responses, while reducing sampling and non-sampling bias. Relying on the Total Survey Error theory, various issues of both sampling and non-sampling sources of error are explored and discussed. By covering all aspects of the topic, the Handbook is suited to readers taking their first steps in survey methodology, as well as to those already involved in survey design and execution, and to those currently in training. Featured in the Handbook: • The Total Survey Error: sampling and non-sampling errors. • Survey sampling techniques. • The art of question phrasing. • Techniques for increasing response rates • A question of ethics: what is allowed in survey research? • Survey design: face-to-face, phone, mail, e-mail, online, computer-assisted.? • Dealing with sensitive issues in surveys. • Demographics of respondents: implications for future survey research. • Dealing with nonresponse, and nonresponse bias The Handbook of Survey Methodology in Social Sciences offers how-to clarity for researchers in the social and behavioral sciences and related disciplines, including sociology, criminology, criminal justice, social psychology, education, public health, political science, management, and many other disciplines relying on survey methodology as one of their main data collection tools.

Author : Charles Herbert Backstrom,Gerald Hursh-César
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015050394710

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Survey Research by Charles Herbert Backstrom,Gerald Hursh-César Pdf

Author : Erin Ruel,William Edward Wagner, III,Brian Joseph Gillespie
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452235271

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The Practice of Survey Research by Erin Ruel,William Edward Wagner, III,Brian Joseph Gillespie Pdf

Focusing on the use of technology in survey research, this book integrates both theory and application and covers important elements of survey research including survey design, implementation and continuing data management.

Author : Jan Eichhorn
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529710885

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Survey Research and Sampling by Jan Eichhorn Pdf

This book is an ideal companion for students looking to undertake survey research. Anchored by lots of case studies of real research and expert interviews to strengthen your understanding, it provides guidance on: Selecting the best sampling method for your research Designing questionnaires to ensure you gather valuable data Collecting your data to represent populations well Piloting questionnaires to ensure quality research Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book will give you the know-how and confidence needed to succeed on your quantitative research journey