Saris, Willem E. <br/><br/>
Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research / 
Willem E. Saris and Irmtraud N. Gallhofer, Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. 
 - Second Edition. 
 - xvii, 355 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface to the Second Edition<br/>Preface<br/>Acknowledgments<br/><br/>Part I The three-step procedure to design requests for an answer 13<br/><br/>1. Concepts-by-postulation and concepts-by-intuition 15<br/><br/> 2. From social science concepts-by-intuition to assertions 29<br/><br/>3. The formulation of requests for an answer 63<br/><br/>Part II Choices involved in questionnaire design 71<br/><br/>4. Specific survey research features of requests for an answer 83<br/><br/>5. Response alternatives 103<br/><br/>6. The structure of open-ended and closed survey items 121<br/><br/>7. Survey items in batteries 137<br/><br/>8. Mode of data collection and other choices 155<br/><br/>Part III The effects of survey characteristics on data quality 151<br/><br/> 9. Criteria for the quality of survey measures 153<br/><br/>10. Estimation of reliability, validity and method effects 199<br/><br/>11. Split ballot MTMM designs 219<br/><br/>12. MTMM experiments and the quality of survey questions 237<br/><br/>Part IV Applications in social science research 255<br/><br/>13. The SQP 2.0 program for prediction of quality and the improvement of measurement 223<br/><br/>14. The quality of measures for concepts-by-postulation 279<br/><br/>15. Correction for measurement errors 305<br/><br/>16. Coping with measurement error in cross–cultural research 275<br/><br/>References<br/><br/> Index<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118634615 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013042094 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social surveys.<br/>Social surveys--Methodology.<br/>Questionnaires.<br/>Interviewing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN29  / .S29 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.433 SAR G