Methods for testing and evaluating survey questionnaires / Stanley Presser ... [et al.].
Material type: TextSeries: Wiley series in survey methodology | Wiley series in survey methodologyPublication details: New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 2004.Description: 628 pISBN:- 9780471458418 (pbk.) :
- 9780471458418 (Paper)
- 300.723 PRE
- HM538 .M48 2004
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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.).
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.