Saris, Willem E. <br/><br/>
Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research / 
Willem E. Saris, Irmtraud Gallhofer. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - xvii, 355 p. ;  ill. :  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction -- The three-step procedure to design requests for an answer -- Concepts-by-postulation and concepts-by-intuition -- From social science concepts-by-intuition to assertions -- The formulation of requests for an answer -- Choices involved in questionnaire design -- Specific survey research features of requests for an answer -- Response alternatives -- The structure of open-ended and closed survey items -- Survey items in batteries -- Mode of data collection and other choices -- The effects of survey characteristics on data quality -- Criteria for the quality of survey measures -- Estimation of reliability, validity and method effects -- Split ballot mtmm designs -- Mtmm experiments and the quality of survey questions -- Applications in social science research -- The sqp 2.0 program for prediction of quality and the -- Improvement of measurement -- The quality of measures for concepts-by-postulation -- Correction for measurement errors -- Coping with measurement error in cross-cultural research -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118634615 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013042094 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social surveys.<br/>Social surveys--Methodology.<br/>Questionnaires.<br/>Interviewing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN29  / .S29 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72/3