Improving survey questions : design and evaluation
by
Fowler, Floyd J.
Title
:
Improving survey questions : design and evaluation
Author
:
Fowler, Floyd J.
ISBN
:
9780803945838
9780803945821
Personal Author
:
Fowler, Floyd J.
Publication Information
:
Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1995.
Physical Description
:
viii, 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series
:
Applied social research methods series ; v. 38
Series Title
:
Applied social research methods series ; v. 38
Contents
:
1. Questions as Measures: An Overview -- 2. Designing Questions to Gather Factual Data -- 3. Questions to Measure Subjective States -- 4. Some General Rules for Designing Good Survey Instruments -- 5. Presurvey Evaluation of Questions -- 6. Assessing the Validity of Survey Questions -- 7. Question Design and Evaluation Issues in Perspective -- Appendix A: Commonly Used Measurement Dimensions -- Appendix B: Measures of Common Covariates -- Appendix C: About Open-Ended Questions -- Appendix D: Achieving Standardized Interviews.
Subject Term
:
Social surveys -- Methodology.
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025505351 | 300.723 F785.I 1995 | 1 |