Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires by Stanley Presser

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In the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have changed radically. Research has also begun to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of alternative techniques, and to examine the generality and consistency of their results.

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Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires by Stanley Presser

In the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have changed radically. Research has also begun to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of alternative techniques, and to examine the generality and consistency of their results.
"..a superb resource...The writing style of each of the authors is uniformly excellent. This volume should be in every survey practitioner's library." (Contemporary Sociology, July 2005)

"...the ultimate resource for writing statistically valid surveys." (Technometrics, May 2005)

"Questionnaires are an emerging issue is survey sampling, and this book will be an important tool for researchers and survey practitioners." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2005)

“This volume is essential for anyone collecting or using survey data.”  (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, June 2005)

“…informative and interesting…makes a significant contribution to the development and testing of questionnaires…” (www.biomedical-engineering-online.com, 2005 4:3)

STANLEY PRESSER is a Professor in the Sociology Department and in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland.

JENNIFER M. ROTHGEB is a Social Science Statistician at the Center for Survey Methods Research in the Statistical Research Division of the U.S. Census Bureau.

MICK P. COUPER is an Associate Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, and at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland.

JUDITH T. LESSLER is Vice President, Partnership for Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology, Research Triangle Institute.

ELIZABETH MARTIN is Senior Survey Methodologist at the U.S. Census Bureau.

JEAN MARTIN is Director of the Social Analysis and Reporting Division of the Office for National Statistics, U.K.

ELEANOR SINGER is a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

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ISBN 13 9780471458418
ISBN 10 0471458414
Title Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires
Author Stanley Presser
Series Wiley Series In Survey Methodology
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published 2004-07-13
Number of pages 624
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.