Survey errors and survey costs / / Robert M. Groves

• Autore: Groves Robert M
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (616 p.)
• Disciplina: 001.4/33
• Soggetto topico: Household surveys; Social surveys
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Survey Errors and Survey Costs; CONTENTS; 1. An Introduction To Survey Errors; 2. An Introduction To Survey Costs; 3. Costs And Errors Of Covering The Population; 4. Nonresponse in Sample Surveys; 5. Probing The Causes Of Nonresponse And Efforts To Reduce Nonresponse; 6. Costs And Errors Arising From Sampling; 7. Empirical Estimation Of Survey Measurement Error; 8. The Interviewer as a Source of Survey Measurement Error; 9. The Respondent as a Source of Measurement Error; 10. Measurement Errors Associated With the Questionnaire; 11. Response Effects of the Mode of Data Collection; References ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents a comprehensive treatment of survey errors and the costs and benefits of alternative survey designs, integrating statistical and social science perspectives on survey design. Considers coverage error, nonresponse error, sampling error, and measurement error, including the effects of interviewers and respondents, the wording of the questionnaire, and mode of data collection.
• Titolo autorizzato: Survey errors and survey costs
• ISBN: 9786610273362; 9781280273360; 1280273364; 9780471725268; 0471725269; 9780471725275; 0471725277
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911019868503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in survey methodology.