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Surveying Subjective Phenomena

Author : Charles Turner
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610445384
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Surveying Subjective Phenomena written by Charles Turner and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1985-03-28 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1980 a panel of distinguished social scientists and statisticians assembled at the National Academy of Sciences to begin a thorough review of the uses, reliability, and validity of surveys purporting to measure such subjective phenomena as attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and preferences. This review was prompted not only by the widespread use of survey results in both academic and non-academic settings, but also by a proliferation of apparent discrepancies in allegedly equivalent measurements and by growing public concern over the value of such measurements. This two-volume report of the panel's findings is certain to become one of the standard works in the field of survey measurement. Volume I summarizes the state of the art of surveying subjective phenomena, evaluates contemporary measurement programs, examines the uses and abuses of such surveys, and candidly assesses the problems affecting them. The panel also offers strategies for improving the quality and usefulness of subjective survey data. In volume II, individual panel members and other experts explore in greater depth particular theoretical and empirical topics relevant to the panel's conclusions. For social scientists and policymakers who conduct, analyze, and rely on surveys of the national state of mind, this comprehensive and current review will be an invaluable resource.

Surveys of Subjective Phenomena

Author : Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Survey Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Publisher : National Academies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Surveys of Subjective Phenomena by : Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Survey Measurement of Subjective Phenomena

Download or read book Surveys of Subjective Phenomena written by Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Panel on Survey Measurement of Subjective Phenomena and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1981 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Measurement of Subjective Phenomena

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Measurement of Subjective Phenomena written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264191658
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Guidelines represent the first attempt to provide international recommendations on collecting, publishing, and analysing subjective well-being data.

Improving Survey Questions

Author : Floyd J. Fowler
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780803945838
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Improving Survey Questions written by Floyd J. Fowler and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-07-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions as Measures An Overview Designing Questions to Gather Factual Data Questions to Measure Subjective States Some General Rules for Designing Good Survey Instruments Presurvey Evaluation of Questions Assessing the Validity of Survey Questions Question Design and Evaluation Issues in Perspective.

Special Demographic Analyses

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Special Demographic Analyses written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subjective Well-Being

Author : Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy-Relevant Framework
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309294479
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Subjective Well-Being written by Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy-Relevant Framework and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subjective well-being refers to how people experience and evaluate their lives and specific domains and activities in their lives. This information has already proven valuable to researchers, who have produced insights about the emotional states and experiences of people belonging to different groups, engaged in different activities, at different points in the life course, and involved in different family and community structures. Research has also revealed relationships between people's self-reported, subjectively assessed states and their behavior and decisions. Research on subjective well-being has been ongoing for decades, providing new information about the human condition. During the past decade, interest in the topic among policy makers, national statistical offices, academic researchers, the media, and the public has increased markedly because of its potential for shedding light on the economic, social, and health conditions of populations and for informing policy decisions across these domains. Subjective Well-Being: Measuring Happiness, Suffering, and Other Dimensions of Experience explores the use of this measure in population surveys. This report reviews the current state of research and evaluates methods for the measurement. In this report, a range of potential experienced well-being data applications are cited, from cost-benefit studies of health care delivery to commuting and transportation planning, environmental valuation, and outdoor recreation resource monitoring, and even to assessment of end-of-life treatment options. Subjective Well-Being finds that, whether used to assess the consequence of people's situations and policies that might affect them or to explore determinants of outcomes, contextual and covariate data are needed alongside the subjective well-being measures. This report offers guidance about adopting subjective well-being measures in official government surveys to inform social and economic policies and considers whether research has advanced to a point which warrants the federal government collecting data that allow aspects of the population's subjective well-being to be tracked and associated with changing conditions.

The Problem with Survey Research

Author : George Beam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351476254
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Problem with Survey Research written by George Beam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Problem with Survey Research makes a case against survey research as a primary source of reliable information. George Beam argues that all survey research instruments, all types of asking-including polls, face-to-face interviews, and focus groups-produce unreliable and potentially inaccurate results. Because those who rely on survey research only see answers to questions, it is impossible for them, or anyone else, to evaluate the results. They cannot know if the answers correspond to respondents' actual behaviors (objective phenomena) or to their true beliefs and opinions (subjective phenomena). Reliable information can only be acquired by observation, experimentation, multiple sources of data, formal model building and testing, document analysis, and comparison. In fifteen chapters divided into six parts-Ubiquity of Survey Research, The Problem, Asking Instruments, Asking Settings, Askers, and Proper Methods and Research Designs-The Problem with Survey Research demonstrates how asking instruments, settings in which asking and answering take place, and survey researchers themselves skew results and thereby make answers unreliable. The last two chapters and appendices examine observation, other methods of data collection and research designs that may produce accurate or correct information, and shows how reliance on survey research can be overcome, and must be.

The Science of Subjective Well-Being

Author : Michael Eid
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1606230735
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Subjective Well-Being written by Michael Eid and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume reviews the breadth of current scientific knowledge on subjective well-being (SWB): its definition, causes and consequences, measurement, and practical applications that may help people become happier. Leading experts explore the connections between SWB and a range of intrapersonal and interpersonal phenomena, including personality, health, relationship satisfaction, wealth, cognitive processes, emotion regulation, religion, family life, school and work experiences, and culture. Interventions and practices that enhance SWB are examined, with attention to both their benefits and limitations. The concluding chapter from Ed Diener dispels common myths in the field and presents a thoughtful agenda for future research.

Data User News

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Data User News written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Advances in Environmental Psychology (Volume 5)

Author : Andrew Baum
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100008941X
Total Pages : 235 pages
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Download or read book Advances in Environmental Psychology (Volume 5) written by Andrew Baum and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of a field or an area of inquiry is often marked by changes in measurement techniques, shifts in analytic emphasis, and disputes over the best ways of doing research. In many areas of psychology, a number of issues have characterized methodological evolution of the discipline, including questions regarding context and reductionism, or laboratory versus field research. For some of the newer areas in psychology, such as environment or health psychology, this is not an issue of either/or. Although there has been some debate about these trade-offs, it is generally regarded by people in this field that some combination of the two approaches is essential. Depending on the question being studied this balance may change. However, the questions asked are less likely to inquire ‘which way is better’ and concentrate on how both may be used. This observation serves to illustrate the fact that different research endeavours have different methodological issues. Originally published in 1985, this volume explores some of the issues characterizing work on health, environment, and behavior.

Profiles of Social Research

Author : Morton M. Hunt
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610442989
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Profiles of Social Research written by Morton M. Hunt and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1986-06-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This splendid introduction to social research describes an area of scientific investigation that profoundly influences our daily lives and thoughts, but about which most of us know very little. We can picture a research chemist at work, white-coated and surrounded by beakers and test tubes—but what is the nature of social research? For interested general readers and particularly for students entering the various social science fields, Morton Hunt paints an immensely informative and accessible portrait. He begins with a lucid overview of the important varieties of social research, describing their advantages and limitations. Against this background, Hunt then details five remarkable case histories, eyewitness accounts of significant recent episodes in social research. Woven skillfully through each narrative are explorations of the basic methodological, practical, moral and political issues raised by social research. The story of a noteworthy series of sociopsychological experiments on teamwork, for example, enables Hunt to weigh the merits of using a laboratory setting to study social behavior and the ethics of deceiving human subjects. In similar fashion, Hunt depicts a historic cross-sectional survey on segregated schooling; a complex attempt to measure the impact of welfare programs; a real-world experiment with guaranteed annual incomes; and a path-breaking study of human aging that followed its subjects for a generation. This engaging and intelligent book will give readers a new understanding of the breadth and richness of social research as well as an informed appreciation of its significance for their lives.

Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection

Author : Reginald P. Baker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471178484
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection written by Reginald P. Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-10-23 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest computer assisted methods for survey research Computer assisted survey information collection (CASIC) methods arerapidly replacing traditional "paper and pencil" survey procedures.Researchers now apply computer technologies at every step of thesurvey process, from automating interviews and computerizing datacollection to data capture and preparation. CASIC techniques arereshaping today's survey research and methodology --and redefiningtomorrow's. Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection is the mostup-to-date and authoritative resource available on CASIC methodsand issues. Its comprehensive treatment provides the scope neededto evaluate past development and implementation of CASIC designs,to anticipate its future directions, and to identify new areas forresearch and development. Written in an array of evidentiary stylesby more than 60 leading CASIC practitioners from numerousdisciplines, this coherently organized volume: * Covers CASIC development and its integration into existingdesigns and organizations * Discusses instrument development and design * Examines survey design issues, including the incorporation ofexperiments * Discusses case management of automated survey systems * Evaluates training and supervision of computer assistedinterviewers * Reviews self-administered surveys, including optically scannablemail surveys * Considers emerging technologies, such as voice recognition,pen-CASIC, and the Web as a data collection tool. Supplemented with copious tables, figures, and references as wellas an extensive glossary, Computer Assisted Survey InformationCollection provides a solid foundation in CASIC for seasonedresearch-survey practitioners and graduate students across a broadspectrum of social science disciplines.

Behavioral and Social Science Research

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309032784
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Behavioral and Social Science Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1982-02-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This report identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that have developed analytic frameworks of high social utility and describes the development of these frameworks and their utilization. It also identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that are likely to be of high value, significance, and/or social utility in the near future, reviews the current state of knowledge in these areas, and indicates research efforts needed to bring these areas to their full potential.

Public Opinion Polls and Survey Research

Author : Graham R. Walden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135786313
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Public Opinion Polls and Survey Research written by Graham R. Walden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1990. The decade of the 1980s witnessed an increasing use of polls and surveys as well as an expanded research effort into public opinion polls and survey research from the economic, historical, legal, methodological, organizational, and political viewpoints. The purpose of this volume is to provide a resource for practitioners, researchers, students, librarians, and others seeking access to this interdisciplinary literature. Instructional guides, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, research studies, and evaluative and critical studies on public opinion polls and survey research published since 1980 are included in this bibliography.

Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology

Author : Thomas B. Jabine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology written by Thomas B. Jabine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Designing and Conducting Health Surveys

Author : Lu Ann Aday
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118046676
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Designing and Conducting Health Surveys written by Lu Ann Aday and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing and Conducting Health Surveys is written for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone who conducts health surveys. This third edition of the standard reference in the field draws heavily on the most recent methodological research on survey design and the rich storehouse of insights and implications provided by cognitive research on question and questionnaire design in particular. This important resource presents a total survey error framework that is a useful compass for charting the dangerous waters between systematic and random errors that inevitably accompany the survey design enterprise. In addition, three new studies based on national, international, and state and local surveys—the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, California Health Interview Survey, and National Dental Malpractice Survey—are detailed that illustrate the range of design alternatives available at each stage of developing a survey and provide a sound basis for choosing among them.