Survey measurements : techniques, data quality and sources of error / Uwe Engel (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engel, Uwe, 1954- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social surveys--Methodology.

Social surveys.

Social surveys--Response rate.

Physical Description:

239 pages : black & white illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New York : Campus Verlag, [2015]

Summary:

Measurement error and nonresponse represent real threats to the quality of survey data. Unit and item nonresponse, survey modes, question wordings and response formats are potential sources of error. In addition, survey methods are developing further to keep step with a continuously changing world. The identification and proper handling of threats to data quality requires thus continued efforts and research on survey methods. The volume contributes to this demand recent developments and research findings. Its addresses issues of data quality with respect to survey questions and different kinds of surveys and report developments in the field of missing data handling. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Uwe Engel

Motivated misreporting : shaping answers to reduce survey burden / Roger Tourangeau, Frauke Kreuter, and Stephanie Eckman

Audio-recording of open-ended survey questions : a solution to the problems of interviewer transcription? / Patrick Sturgis and Rebekah Luff

Framing effects / Uwe Engel and Britta Köster

Estimating and comparing the quality of different scales of an online survey using an MTMM approach / Melanie Revilla and Willem E. Saris

Collecting MTMM data on satisfaction with life / Laura Burmeister and Uwe Engel

On the quality of web panels / Jelke Bethlehem

Online surveys and the burden of mobile responding / Marika de Bruijne and Marije Oudejans

Well-being, survey attitudes, and readiness to report on everyday life events in an experience sampling study / Laura Burmeister, Uwe Engel, and Björn Oliver Schmidt

Nonresponse, measurement error, and estimates of change : lessons from the German PPSM panel / Suat Can and Uwe Engel

Handling of missing data in statistical analyses / Daniel Salfrán and Martin Spiess

Multiple imputation of overdispersed multilevel count data / Kristian Kleinke and Jost Reinecke.

Notes:

Research report.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783593502809

3593502801

OCLC:

909273167

Publisher Number:

9783593502809