TY  - BOOK
AU  - Presser,Stanley et al
AU  - Presser,Stanley
AU  - Singer, E.
AU  - Martin, J.
AU  - Martin, E.
AU  - Lessler, J T.
AU  - Couper, M P.
AU  - Rothgeb, J M.
TI  - Methods for testing and evaluating survey questionnaires
T2  - Wiley series in survey methodology
SN  - 9780471458418 (pbk.) :
AV  - HM538 .M48 2004
U1  - 300.723 PRE 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York, Chichester
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Social surveys Methodology
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Questionnaires
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Research methods: general
KW  - thema
KW  - Social research & statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contributors. -- Preface. -- 1. Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey  Questions (Stanley Presser, et al.). -- PART I: COGNITIVE INTERVIEWS. -- 2.  Cognitive Interviewing Revisited: A Useful Technique, in Theory (Gordon B.  Willis). -- 3. The Dynamics of Cognitive Interviewing (Paul Beatty). -- 4.  Data Quality in Cognitive Interviews: The Case of Verbal Reports (Fred G.  Conrad and Johnny Blair). -- 5. Do Different Cognitive Interview Techniques  Produce Different Results (Theresa J. DeMaio and Ashley Landreth)? -- PART II:  SUPPLEMENTS TO CONVENTIONAL PRETESTS. -- 6. Evaluating Survey Questions by  Analyzing Patterns of Behavior Codes and Question Answer Sequences (Johannes  van der Zouwen and Johannes H. Smit). -- 7. Response Latency and (Para)  Linguistic Expressions as Indicators of Response Error (Stasja Draisma and Wil  Dijkstra). -- 8. Vignettes and Respondent Debriefing for Questionnaire Design  and Evaluation (Elizabeth Martin). -- PART III: EXPERIMENTS. -- 9. The Case  for More Split Sample Experiments in Developing Survey Instruments (Floyd  Jackson Fowler). -- 10. Using Field Experiments to Improve Instrument Design:  The SIPP Methods Panel Project (Jeffrey Moore, et al.). -- 11. Experimental  Design Considerations for Testing and Evaluating Questionnaires (Roger  Tourangeau). -- PART IV: STATISTICAL MODELING. -- 12. Modeling Measurement  Error to Identify Flawed Questions (Paul Biemer). -- 13. Item Response Theory  (IRT) Modeling for Questionnaire Evaluation (Bryce B. Reeve and Louise C.  Masse). -- 14. Development and Improvement of Questionnaires Using Predictions  of Reliability and Validity (William E. Saris, et al.). -- PART V: MODE OF  ADMINISTRATION. -- 15. Testing Paper Self administered Questionnaires:  Cognitive Interview and Field Test Comparisons (Don A. Dillman and Cleo D.  Redline). -- 16. Methods for Testing and Evaluating Computer Assisted  Questionnaires (John Tarnai and Danna L. Moore). -- 17. Usability Testing to  Evaluate Computer Assisted Survey Instruments (Sue Ellen Hansen and Mick P.  Couper). -- 18. Development and Testing of Web Questionnaires (Reginald P.  Baker, et al.). -- PART VI: SPECIAL POPULATIONS. -- 19. Evolution and  Adaptation of Questionnaire Development, Evaluation and Testing for  Establishment Surveys (Diane K. Willimack, et al.). -- 20. Pretesting  Questionnaires for Children and Adolescents (Edith de Leeuw, et al.). -- 21.  Developing and Evaluating Cross National Survey Insteuments (Tom W.  Smith). -- 22. Survey Questionnaire Translation and Assessment (Janet  Harkness, et al.). -- PART VII: MULTI METHOD APPLICATIONS. -- 23. A Multiple  Method Approach to Improving the Clarity of Closely Related Concepts:  Distinguishing Legal and Physical Custody of Children (Nora Cate Schaeffer and  Jennifer Dykema). -- 24. Multiple Methods for Developing and Evaluating a  Stated Choice Questionnaire to Value Wetlands (Michael D. Kaplowitz, et  al.). -- 25. Does Pretesting Make a Difference? An Experimental Test (Barbara  Forsyth, et al.)
N2  - Methods for the development, evaluation, & testing of survey questionaires have changed radically in the past two decades. This volume offers an overview of the latest thinking
ER  -