| Assessing the Quality of Survey Data Contributor(s): Blasius, Jörg (Author), Thiessen, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1849203326 ISBN-13: 9781849203326 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research |
| Dewey: 001.433 |
| LCCN: 2011932180 |
| Series: Research Methods for Social Scientists |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (0.75 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces the latest methods for assessing the quality and validity of survey data by providing new ways of interpreting variation and measuring error. By practically and accessibly demonstrating these techniques, especially those derived from Multiple Correspondence Analysis, the authors develop screening procedures to search for variation in observed responses that do not correspond with actual differences between respondents. Using well-known international data sets, the authors show how to detect all manner of non-substantive variation from response styles including acquiescence, respondents′ failure to understand questions, inadequate field work standards, interview fatigue, and even the manufacture of (partly) faked interviews. |