Applied survey methods [[electronic resource] ] : a statistical perspective / / Jelke Bethlehem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830418303321
• Autore: Bethlehem Jelke G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-13772-7; 9786612137723; 0-470-49499-9; 0-470-49498-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Collana: Wiley series in survey methodology
• Disciplina: 001.4/33; 519.5
• Soggetti: Surveys - Statistical methods; Sampling (Statistics); Surveys - Methodology; Estimation theory
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Applied Survey Methods; Contents; Preface; 1. The Survey Process; 1.1. About Surveys; 1.2. A Survey, Step-by-Step; 1.3. Some History of Survey Research; 1.4. This Book; 1.5. Samplonia; Exercises; 2. Basic Concepts; 2.1. The Survey Objectives; 2.2. The Target Population; 2.3. The Sampling Frame; 2.4. Sampling; 2.5. Estimation; Exercises; 3. Questionnaire Design; 3.1. The Questionnaire; 3.2. Factual and Nonfactual Questions; 3.3. The Question Text; 3.4. Answer Types; 3.5. Question Order; 3.6. Questionnaire Testing; Exercises; 4. Single Sampling Designs; 4.1. Simple Random Sampling; 4.2. Systematic Sampling4.3. Unequal Probability Sampling; 4.4. Systematic Sampling with Unequal Probabilities; Exercises; 5. Composite Sampling Designs; 5.1. Stratified Sampling; 5.2. Cluster Sampling; 5.3. Two-Stage Sampling; 5.4. Two-Dimensional Sampling; Exercises; 6. Estimators; 6.1. Use of Auxiliary Information; 6.2. A Descriptive Model; 6.3. The Direct Estimator; 6.4. The Ratio Estimator; 6.5. The Regression Estimator; 6.6. The Poststratification Estimator; ; Exercises; 7. Data Collection; 7.1. Traditional Data Collection; 7.2. Computer-Assisted Interviewing; 7.3. Mixed-Mode Data Collection7.4. Electronic Questionnaires; 7.5. Data Collection with Blaise; Exercises; 8. The Quality of the Results; 8.1. Errors in Surveys; 8.2. Detection and Correction of Errors; 8.3. Imputation Techniques; 8.4. Data Editing Strategies; Exercises; 9. The Nonresponse Problem; 9.1. Nonresponse; 9.2. Response Rates; 9.3. Models for Nonresponse; 9.4. Analysis of Nonresponse; 9.5. Nonresponse Correction Techniques; Exercises; 10. Weighting Adjustment; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Poststratification; 10.3. Linear Weighting; 10.4. Multiplicative Weighting; 10.5. Calibration Estimation10.6. Other Weighting Issues; 10.7. Use of Propensity Scores; 10.8. A Practical Example; Exercises; 11. Online Surveys; 11.1. The Popularity of Online Research; 11.2. Errors in Online Surveys; 11.3. The Theoretical Framework; 11.4. Correction by Adjustment Weighting; 11.5. Correction Using a Reference Survey; 11.6. Sampling the Non-Internet Population; 11.7. Propensity Weighting; 11.8. Simulating the Effects of Undercoverage; 11.9. Simulating the Effects of Self-Selection; 11.10. About the Use of Online Surveys; Exercises; 12. Analysis and Publication; 12.1. About Data Analysis12.2. The Analysis of Dirty Data; 12.3. Preparing a Survey Report; 12.4. Use of Graphs; Exercises; 13. Statistical Disclosure Control; 13.1. Introduction; 13.2. The Basic Disclosure Problem; 13.3. The Concept of Uniqueness; 13.4. Disclosure Scenarios; 13.5. Models for the Disclosure Risk; 13.6. Practical Disclosure Protection; Exercises; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A complete, hands-on guide to the use of statistical methods for obtaining reliable and practical survey research Applied Survey Methods provides a comprehensive outline of the complete survey process, from design to publication. Filling a gap in the current literature, this one-of-a-kind book describes both the theory and practical applications of survey research with an emphasis on the statistical aspects of survey methods. The book begins with a brief historic overview of survey research methods followed by a discussion that details the needed first steps for carrying o

The dialect of modernism : race, language, and twentieth-century literature / / Michael North

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812615503321
• Autore: North Michael <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994
• ISBN: 0-19-772373-X; 1-280-52703-X; 0-19-535910-0; 1-4294-0576-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 pages)
• Collana: Race and American culture
• Disciplina: 810.9005; 810.9896073
• Soggetti: American literature - African American authors - History and criticism; American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Dialect literature, American - History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) - United States; African Americans in literature; Black English in literature; Language and culture; Race in literature
• 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. 197-244) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Against the Standard: Linguistic Imitation, Racial Masquerade, and the Modernist Rebellion; 2. The Nigger of the ""Narcissus "" as a Preface to Modernism; 3. Modernism's African Mask: The Stein-Picasso Collaboration; 4. Old Possum and Brer Rabbit: Pound and Eliot's Racial Masquerade; 5. Quashie to Buccra: The Linguistic Expatriation of Claude McKay; 6. Race, the American Language, and the Americanist Avant-Garde; 7. Two Strangers in the American Language: William Carlos Williams and Jean Toomer; 8. ""Characteristics of Negro Expression"": Zora Neale Hurston and the Negro AnthologyNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This treatise describes the crucial role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. It describes how modernists have rebelled against the standard image, reimagining themselves as racial aliens and mimicking the strategies of dialect speakers.