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      Improving Survey Methods book

      Lessons from Recent Research

      Improving Survey Methods

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      Improving Survey Methods book

      Lessons from Recent Research
      Edited ByUwe Engel, Ben Jann, Peter Lynn, Annette Scherpenzeel, Patrick Sturgis
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 18 September 2014
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315756288
      Pages 452
      eBook ISBN 9781315756288
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Education, Research Methods , Social Sciences
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      Engel, U., Jann, B., Lynn, P., Scherpenzeel, A., & Sturgis, P. (Eds.). (2014). Improving Survey Methods: Lessons from Recent Research (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315756288

      ABSTRACT

      This state-of-the-art volume provides insight into the recent developments in survey research. It covers topics like: survey modes and response effects, bio indicators and paradata, interviewer and survey error, mixed-mode panels, sensitive questions, conducting web surveys and access panels, coping with non-response, and handling missing data. The authors are leading scientists in the field, and discuss the latest methods and challenges with respect to these topics.

      Each of the book’s eight parts starts with a brief chapter that provides an historical context along with an overview of today’s most critical survey methods. Chapters in the sections focus on research applications in practice and discuss results from field studies. As such, the book will help researchers design surveys according to today’s best practices. 

      The book’s website www.survey-methodology.de provides additional information, statistical analyses, tables and figures. 

      An indispensable reference for practicing researchers and methodologists or any professional who uses surveys in their work, this book also serves as a supplement for graduate or upper level-undergraduate courses on survey methods taught in psychology, sociology, education, economics, and business. Although the book focuses on European findings, all of the research is discussed with reference to the entire survey-methodology area, including the US. As such, the insights in this book will apply to surveys conducted around the world.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |11 pages

      Improving Survey Methods

      General Introduction
      ByUwe Engel, Ben Jann, Peter Lynn, Annette Scherpenzeel, Patrick Sturgis

      part |54 pages

      Survey Modes and Response Effects

      chapter |7 pages

      >Survey Modes and Response Effects

      Overview and Introduction
      ByUwe Engel

      chapter |13 pages

      Survey Mode and Mode Effects

      ByEdith D. De Leeuw, Joop J. Hox

      chapter |16 pages

      Response Effects and Cognitive Involvement in Answering Survey Questions

      ByUwe Engel, Britta Köster

      chapter |16 pages

      Telephone Surveys Using Mobile Phones

      ByBritta Busse, Marek Fuchs

      part |31 pages

      Interviewers and Survey Error

      chapter |3 pages

      Interviewers and Survey Error

      Overview and Introduction
      ByPatrick Sturgis

      chapter |14 pages

      Can Interviewer Personality, Attitudes and Experience Explain the Design Effect in Face-to-Face Surveys?

      ByMalgorzata Turner, Patrick Sturgis, David Martin, Chris Skinner

      chapter |12 pages

      Interviewers' Falsifications in Face-to-Face Surveys

      Impact, Reasons, Detection and Prevention
      ByNatalja Menold, Peter Winker, Nina Storfinger, Sebastian Bredl

      part |51 pages

      Asking Sensitive Questions

      chapter |5 pages

      Asking Sensitive Questions

      Overview and Introduction
      ByBen Jann

      chapter |16 pages

      A New Randomizing Device for the RRT Using Benford's Law

      An Application in an Online Survey
      ByAndreas Diekmann, Marc Höglinger

      chapter |15 pages

      Asking Sensitive Questions

      A Critical Account of the Randomized Response Technique and Related Methods
      ByIvar Krumpal, Ben Jann, Katrin Auspurg, Hagen von Hermanni

      chapter |13 pages

      The Factorial Survey as a Method for Measuring Sensitive Issues

      ByKatrin Auspurg, Thomas Hinz, Stefan Liebig, Carsten Sauer

      part |47 pages

      Conducting Web Surveys

      chapter |3 pages

      Conducting Web Surveys

      Overview and Introduction
      ByLars Kaczmirek

      chapter |14 pages

      Web Surveys in Official Statistics

      ByJelke Bethlehem

      chapter |14 pages

      e-Social Science Perspective on Survey Process

      Towards an Integrated Web Questionnaire Development Platform
      ByVasja Vehovar, Andraž Petrovčič, Ana Slavec

      chapter |14 pages

      Evaluating Cross-National Item Equivalence with Probing Questions in Web Surveys

      ByMichael Braun, Dorothée Behr, Lars Kaczmirek, Wolfgang Bandilla

      part |67 pages

      Conducting Access Panels

      chapter |6 pages

      Conducting Access Panels

      Overview and Introduction
      ByUwe Engel, Annette Scherpenzeel

      chapter |16 pages

      Response Behavior in an Adaptive Survey Design for the Setting-Up Stage of a Probability-Based Access Panel in Germany

      ByUwe Engel

      chapter |13 pages

      Survey Participation in a Probability-Based Internet Panel in the Netherlands

      ByAnnette Scherpenzeel

      chapter |14 pages

      The Access Panel of German Official Statistics as a Selection Frame

      ByUlrich Rendtel, Boyko Amarov

      chapter |16 pages

      Accuracy of Estimates in Access Panel Based Surveys

      ByTobias Enderle, Ralf Münnich

      part |49 pages

      Surveys—Expanding the Horizon

      chapter |4 pages

      Combining Surveys with Non-Questionnaire Data

      Overview and Introduction
      ByRainer Schnell

      chapter |15 pages

      Linking Surveys and Administrative Data

      ByRainer Schnell

      chapter |15 pages

      Enhancing Surveys with Objective Measurements and Observer Ratings

      ByRainer Schnell

      chapter |13 pages

      The Use of Paradata

      ByFrauke Kreuter

      part |46 pages

      Coping with Nonresponse

      chapter |3 pages

      Coping with Nonresponse

      Overview and Introduction
      ByPeter Lynn

      chapter |17 pages

      Targeted Response Inducement Strategies on Longitudinal Surveys

      ByPeter Lynn

      chapter |12 pages

      Incentive Effects

      ByAnja S. Göritz

      chapter |12 pages

      Nonresponse in Comparative Studies

      Enhancing Response Rates and Detecting and Minimizing Nonresponse Bias
      ByIneke Stoop

      part |49 pages

      Handling Missing Data

      chapter |3 pages

      Handling Missing Data

      Overview and Introduction
      ByMartin Spiess

      chapter |13 pages

      A Split Questionnaire Survey Design for Data with Block Structure Correlation Matrix

      BySara Bahrami, Christian Aßmann, Florian Meinfelder, Susanne Rässler

      chapter |16 pages

      Multiple Imputation of Multilevel Count Data

      ByKristian Kleinke, Jost Reinecke

      chapter |15 pages

      Robust Multiple Imputation

      ByRoel de Jong, Martin Spiess
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