Improving survey questions : [electronic resource] design and evaluation / Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.
By: Fowler, Floyd J.
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TextSeries: Applied social research methods series ; v. 38. Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1995Description: viii, 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0803945825 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780803945821 (cloth : alk. paper); 0803945833 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780803945838 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Social surveys -- Methodology | Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Data Collection -- methods | Research Design | Sociometric Techniques | Vragenlijsten | Survey-onderzoek | Enquêtes sociales | Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie | Sciences sociales -- Recherche | Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie | Demoskopie | MethodeAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Improving survey questions.DDC classification: 300/.723 Other classification: 70.03 Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-188) and index.
Questions as measures: an overview -- Designing questions to gather factual data -- Questions to measure subjective states -- Some general rules for designing good survey instruments -- Presurvey evaluation of questions -- Assessing the validity of survey questions -- Questions 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.