Questions About Questions Inquiries into the Cognitive Bases of Surveys / Judith M. Tanur, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tanur, Judith M.

Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Cognition, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social perception.

Interviewing in sociology.

Social surveys--Psychological aspects.

Social surveys.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The social survey has become an essential tool in modern society, providing crucial measurements of social change, describing social life, and guiding government policy.But the validity of surveys is fragile and depends ultimately upon the accuracy of answers to survey questions.

Contents:

Contents ; Preface: A Brief History of the Movement to Study Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Committee ; Acknowledgments ; Members of the SSRC Committee on Cognition and Survey Research ; Workshops and Seminars of the SSRC Committee ; Part I. Introduction ; Chapter 1. Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and This Volume / Judith M. Tanur ; Part II. Meaning ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 2. Asking Questions and Influencing Answers / Herbert H. Clark and Michael F. Schober ; What Is to Be Done?

Chapter 3. Direct Questioning About Comprehension in a Survey Setting / Robert M. Groves, Nancy H. Fultz, and Elizabeth Martin Part III. Memory ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 4. Personal Recall and the Limits of Retrospective Questions in Surveys / Robert W. Pearson, Michael Ross, and Robyn M. Dawes ; Attempts at Memory Improvement in the Survey Context ; Chapter 5. Improving Episodic Memory Performance of Survey Respondents / Robert T. Croyle and Elizabeth F. Loftus ; Chapter 6. Memory and Mismemory for Health Events / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Kyle D. Smith, Mark R. Klinger, and Judith Fiedler

Chapter 7. Attempts to Improve the Accuracy of Self-Reports of Voting / Robert P. Abelson, Elizabeth F. Loftus, and Anthony G. Greenwald Chapter 8. Applying Cognitive Theory in Public Health Investigations: Enhancing Food Recall with the Cognitive Interview / Ronald P. Fisher and Kathryn L. Quigley ; Part IV. Expression: The Case of Attitude Measurement in Surveys ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 9. Opportunities in Survey Measurement of Attitudes / Robert P. Abelson ; Applications ; Chapter 10. The Case for Measuring Attitude Strength in Surveys / Jon A. Krosnick and Robert P. Abelson

Chapter 11. New Technologies for the Direct and Indirect Assessment of Attitudes / John F. Dovidio and Russell H. Fazio Part V. Social Interaction ; Chapter 12. Validity and the Collaborative Construction of Meaning in Face-to-Face Surveys / Lucy Suchman and Brigitte Jordan ; Part VI. Government Applications ; Chapter 13. A Review of Research at the Bureau of Labor Statistics / Cathryn S. Dippo and Janet L. Norwood ; Name Index ; Subject Index

Notes:

"Sponsored by the Committee on Cognition and Survey Research of the Social Science Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-61044-526-0

OCLC:

794701248