Survey Measurement and Process Quality

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Synopsis

An in-depth look at current issues, new research findings, andinterdisciplinary exchange in survey methodology andprocessing Survey Measurement and Process Quality extends the marriage oftraditional survey issues and continuous quality improvementfurther than any other contemporary volume. It documents thecurrent state of the field, reports new research findings, andpromotes interdisciplinary exchange in questionnaire design, datacollection, data processing, quality assessment, and effects oferrors on estimation and analysis. The book's five sections discuss a broad range of issues and topicsin each of five major areas, including * Questionnaire design--conceptualization, design of rating scalesfor effective measurement, self-administered questionnaires, andmore * Data collection--new technology, interviewer effects, interviewmode, children as respondents * Post-survey processing and operations--modeling of classificationoperations, coding based on such systems, editing, integratingprocesses * Quality assessment and control--total quality management,developing current best methods, service quality, quality effortsacross organizations * Effects of misclassification on estimation, analysis, andinterpretation--misclassification and other measurement errors, newvariance estimators that account for measurement error, estimatorsof nonsampling error components in interview surveys Survey Measurement and Process Quality is an indispensable resourcefor survey practitioners and managers as well as an excellentsupplemental text for undergraduate and graduate courses andspecial seminars.

Book details

Series:
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics (Book 324)
Author:
Lars E. Lyberg, Paul Biemer, Martin Collins, Edith De Leeuw, Cathryn Dippo, Norbert Schwarz, Dennis Trewin
ISBN:
9781118490020
Related ISBNs:
9781118490013, 9780471165590, 9781118490013, 9780471165590
Publisher:
Wiley
Pages:
808
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-12-02
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1997
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Mathematics and Statistics, Nonfiction