ABSTRACT
Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1990 Converse, Jean M. and Stanley Presser, Survey Questions:
Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire, Beverly Hills, California and London: Sage, 1986
Fink, Arlene and Jacqueline Kosecoff, How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide, 2nd edition, Thousand Oaks, California and London: Sage, 1998
Foddy, William, Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires: Theory and Practice in Social Research, New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993
Fowler, Floyd J. Jr, Survey Research Methods, 2nd edition, Newbury Park, California and London: Sage, 1993
Fowler, Floyd J., Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 1995
Gray, George and Neil Guppy, Successful Surveys: Research Methods and Practice, 2nd edition, Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1999
McDowell, Ian and Claire Newell, Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires, 2nd edition, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996
Streiner, David L. and Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales: A Practical Guide to Their Development and Use, 2nd edition, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995
BABBIE is a standard for most university course reading lists because his well-written books cover the ground on all aspects of the topic of surveys. Two chapters in this book provide practical advice on conceptualizing and designing an instrument and on index and scale construction. He is most thorough in covering the subject and offering suggestions on every issue, ranging from the type of data required to reproducing the questionnaire. This is one of the best books on the topic, both for its organization and coverage, but may be more useful for advanced readers.
