Collecting, Managing, and Assessing Data Using Sample Surveys (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521863117)

Collecting, Managing, and Assessing Data Using Sample Surveys provides a thorough, step-by-step guide to the design and implementation of surveys. Beginning with a primer on basic statistics, the first half of the book takes readers on a comprehensive tour through the basics of survey design. Topics covered include the ethics of surveys, the design of survey procedures, the design of the survey instrument, how to write questions and how to draw representative samples. Having shown readers how to design surveys, the second half of the book discusses a number of issues surrounding their implementation, including repetitive surveys, the economics of surveys, web-based surveys, coding and data entry, data expansion and weighting, the issue of non-response, and the documenting and archiving of survey data. The book is an excellent introduction to the use of surveys for graduate students as well as a useful reference work for scholars and professionals.

Author: Peter Stopher
ISBN-10: 0521863112
ISBN-13: 9780521863117
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2012
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.20d