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Margins of error : a study of reliability in survey measurement / Duane F. Alwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alwin, Duane F. (Duane Francis), 1944-
- Series:
- Wiley series in survey methodology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surveys.
- Error analysis (Mathematics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 389 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2007]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book argues that the consideration of the presence and extent of measurement errors in survey data leads to improvement in the overall collection and analysis of survey data. Its main purpose is to identify which types of questions and which types of interviewer practices produce the most valid and reliable data.
- Contents:
- Measurement errors in surveys
- Sources of survey measurement error
- Reliability theory for survey measures
- Reliability methods for multiple measures
- Longitudinal methods for reliability estimation
- Using longitudinal data to estimate reliability parameters
- The source and content of survey questions
- Survey question context
- Formal properties of survey questions
- Attributes of respondents
- Reliability estimation for categorical latent variables
- Final thoughts and future directions.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-382) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- ISBN:
- 0470146303
- 9780470146309
- Publisher Number:
- 99960037244
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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