Constructing survey data : an interactional approach / Giampetro Gobo, Sergio Mauceri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gobo, Giampietro, author.

Mauceri, Sergio, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveys--Methodology.

Surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2014.

Summary:

Proposing a post-positivist, interviewee-centred approach, Giampietro Gobo and Sergio Mauceri's new book offers students and researchers a practical introduction to the process of collecting and analyzing survey data.

Contents:

CONSTRUCTING SURVEY DATA COVER; CONSTRUCTING SURVEY DATA; BRIEF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: RESCUING THE SURVEY FROM THE SURVEYISTS; PART I: THE CONTEXT; CHAPTER 1: SURVEYING THE SURVEY: BACK TO THE PAST; CHAPTER 2: BACK TO THE 'GOLDEN AGE': TOWARDS A MULTILEVEL INTEGRATED SURVEY APPROACH; PART II: FROM QUESTIONS TO ANSWERS; CHAPTER 3: THE ANSWERING PROCESS; CHAPTER 4: ASKING AND QUESTIONING; CHAPTER 5: ANSWERS: COGNITIVE PROCESSES; CHAPTER 6: COMMUNICATIVE PROCESSES; CHAPTER 7: THE LIVING QUESTIONNAIRE: THE SURVEY AT WORK

PART III: CONSTRUCTING ANSWER COMPARABILITYCHAPTER 8: TOWARDS STANDARDIZATION OF MEANINGS: THE INTERACTIONAL SURVEY APPROACH; CHAPTER 9: TRAINING FOR THE INTERACTIONAL SURVEY; PART IV: DESIGNING DATA QUALITY THROUGH MIXED STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 10: RECONCEPTUALIZING DATA QUALITY: BEYOND THE PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH; CHAPTER 11: QUALITY IN THE QUANTITY: MIXED SURVEY STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 12: PRETESTING STRATEGIES: ASSESSING DATA QUALITY IN ADVANCE; CHAPTER 13: DEVIANT CASE ANALYSIS: IMPROVING (A POSTERIORI) DATA QUALITY; PART V: ENVISIONING THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 14: GLOCALIZING THE SURVEY; REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 18, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473904835

1473904838

9781446288481

144628848X

9781473904828

147390482X

OCLC:

869520206