Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (700 p.)
Disciplina	001.4/33
Altri autori (Persone)	LepkowskiJames M
Collana	Wiley series in survey methodology
Soggetto topico	Surveys - Methodology - Technological innovations Telephone surveys - Methodology - Technological innovations
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-22147-3 9786611221478 0-470-17340-8 0-470-17339-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology; Contents; Contributors; PART I PERSPECTIVES ON TELEPHONE SURVEY METHODOLOGY; 1 Telephone Survey Methods: Adapting to Change; PART II SAMPLING AND ESTIMATION; 2 Sampling and Weighting in Household Telephone Surveys; 3 Recent Trends in Household Telephone Coverage in the United States; 4 The Influence of Mobile Telephones on Telephone Surveys; 5 Methods for Sampling Rare Populations in Telephone Surveys; 6 Multiplicity-Based Sampling for the Mobile Telephone Population: Coverage, Nonresponse, and Measurement Issues 7 Multiple Mode and Frame Telephone Surveys8 Weighting Telephone Samples Using Propensity Scores; PART III DATA COLLECTION; 9 Interviewer Error and Interviewer Burden; 10 Cues of Communication Difficulty in Telephone Interviews; 11 Oral Translation in Telephone Surveys; 12 The Effects of Mode and Format on Answers to Scalar Questions in Telephone and Web Surveys; 13 Visual Elements of Questionnaire Design: Experiments with a CATI Establishment Survey; 14 Mode Effects in the Canadian Community Health Survey: A Comparison of CATI and CAPI; PART IV OPERATIONS 15 Establishing a New Survey Research Call Center16 CATI Sample Management Systems; 17 Measuring and Improving Telephone Interviewer Performance and Productivity; 18 Telephone Interviewer Voice Characteristics and the Survey Participation Decision; 19 Monitoring Telephone Interviewer Performance; 20 Accommodating New Technologies: Mobile and VoIP Communication; PART V NONRESPONSE; 21 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Respondent Burden as Factors in Telephone Survey Nonresponse; 22 The Use of Monetary Incentives to Reduce Nonresponse in Random Digit Dial Telephone Surveys 23 The Causes and Consequences of Response Rates in Surveys by the News Media and Government Contractor Survey Research Firms24 Response Rates: How have they Changed and Where are they Headed?; 25 Aspects of Nonresponse Bias in RDD Telephone Surveys; 26 Evaluating and Modeling Early Cooperator Effects in RDD Surveys; References; INDEX
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910144713703321

Autore	Willis Gordon B (Gordon Bruce)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina	001.4/33
Collana	Series in Understanding Qualitative Research
Soggetto topico	Interviewing Cognition Questionnaires - Methodology Social surveys - Methodology Social sciences - Research - Methodology Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463925703321

Autore	Bethlehem Jelke G
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (394 p.)
Disciplina	001.4/33 519.5
Collana	Wiley series in survey methodology
Soggetto topico	Surveys - Statistical methods Sampling (Statistics) Surveys - Methodology Estimation theory
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-13772-7 9786612137723 0-470-49499-9 0-470-49498-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910143132203321

Autore	Gagnon Yves-Chantal
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Québec, Canada : , : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec, , 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (130 pages)
Disciplina	001.4/33
Collana	Hors collection
Soggetto topico	Gestion - Recherche - Methodologie Sciences sociales - Recherche - Methodologie Methode des cas Management - Research - Methodology Case method Social sciences - Research - Methodology
ISBN	2-7605-2844-8 2-7605-2456-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Stage 1 : Assessing Appropriateness and Usefulness""; ""Stage 2 : Ensuring Accuracy of Results""; ""Stage 3 : Preparation""; ""Stage 4 : Selecting Cases""; ""Stage 5 : Collecting Data""; ""Stage 6 : Analyzing Data""; ""Stage 7 : Interpreting Data""; ""Stage 8 : Reporting Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""References""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910734989903321