Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires

Elizabeth Martin author Jean Martin author Mick P Couper author Stanley Presser author Eleanor Singer author Jennifer M Rothgeb author Judith T Lessler author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:13th Jul '04

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The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing and evaluation

Over the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have undergone radical change. Research has now begun to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various testing and evaluation methods, as well as to estimate the methods’ reliability and validity. Expanding and adding to the research presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation and Testing Methods, this title presents the most up-to-date knowledge in this burgeoning field.

The only book dedicated to the evaluation and testing of survey questionnaires, this practical reference work brings together the expertise of over fifty leading, international researchers from a broad range of fields. The volume is divided into seven sections:

  • Cognitive interviews
  • Mode of administration
  • Supplements to conventional pretests
  • Special populations
  • Experiments
  • Multi-method applications
  • Statistical modeling

Comprehensive and carefully edited, this groundbreaking text offers researchers a solid foundation in the latest developments in testing and evaluating survey questionnaires, as well as a thorough introduction to emerging techniques and technologies.

"...a superb resource...The writing style of each of the authors is uniformly excellent. This volume should be in every survey practitioner's library." (Contemporary Sociology, July 2005)

"...the ultimate resource for writing statistically valid surveys." (Technometrics, May 2005)

"Questionnaires are an emerging issue is survey sampling, and this book will be an important tool for researchers and survey practitioners." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2005)

“This volume is essential for anyone collecting or using survey data.”  (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, June 2005)

“…informative and interesting…makes a significant contribution to the development and testing of questionnaires…” (www.biomedical-engineering-online.com, 2005 4:3)

ISBN: 9780471458418

Dimensions: 237mm x 158mm x 31mm

Weight: 892g

624 pages