Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey MeasurementJohn Wiley & Sons, 2007. gada 9. jūl. - 408 lappuses Enhance the quality of survey results by recognizing and reducing measurement errors. Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement demonstrates how and hwy identifying the presence and extent of measurement errors in survey data is essential for improving the overall collection and analysis of the data. The author outlines the consequences of ignoring survey measurement errors and also discusses ways to detect and estimate the impact of these errors. This book also provides recommendations of improving the quality of survey data. Logically organized and clearly written, this book:
In conjunction with research data gathered on nearly 500 survey measures and the application of an empirical approach grounded in classical measurement theory, this book discusses the sources of measurement error and provides the tools necessary for improving survey data collection methods. Margins of Error enables statisticians and researchers in the fields of public opinion and survey research to design studies that can detect, estimate, and reduce measurement errors that may have previously gone undetected. This book also serves as a supplemental textbook for both undergraduate and graduate survey methodology courses. |
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... interview is lacking, a small and growing cadre of investigators is addressing this issue. Given the substantial social and economic resources invested each year in data collection to satisfy social and scientific information needs ...
... interviewing methodology and survey research in a way I would never have thought possible—I have only the fondest of memories of my contact with Charlie and what I learned from him. This book took many years to complete, and the ...
... interview is conceived of as a setting in which the question-answer format is used by the researcher to obtain the desired information from a respondent, whether in face-to-face interview situations, via telephone interviews, or in self ...
... responses of a sample of those employees interviewed by telephone. They found that if the questions involve an annual reporting cycle, the measurement of earnings can be quite good, although not perfect. They 18 MARGINS or ERROR.
... interviews was .46. Similarly a third measure of self-reported earnings from the interview, “usual earnings,” correlated .46 with the average value in the records for the preceding 12 weeks. Survey reports of hours worked per week ...
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Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement Duane F. Alwin Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2007 |
Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement Duane F. Alwin Priekšskatījums nav pieejams - 2007 |