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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463817403321

Autore

Blasius Jo?rg <1957->

Titolo

Assessing the quality of survey data [[electronic resource] /] / Jo?rg Blasius & Victor Thiessen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2012

ISBN

1-4462-9232-0

1-4462-5872-6

1-4462-5187-X

1-299-65749-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Research methods for social scientists

Altri autori (Persone)

ThiessenVictor

Disciplina

001.433

Soggetti

Social surveys - Methodology

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Correspondence analysis (Statistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; contents; about the authors; list of acronyms and sources of data; preface; 1 Conceptualizing data quality; 2 Empirical findings on quality and comparability of survey data; 3 Statistical techniques for data screening; 4 Institutional quality control practices; 5 Substantive or methodology-induced factors?; 6 Item difficulty and response quality; 7 Questionnaire architecture; 8 Cognitive competencies and response quality; 9 Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book for any researcher using any kind of survey data. It introduces the latest methods of assessing the quality and validity of such data by providing new ways of interpreting variation and measuring error.