An edition of The psychology of survey response (2000)

The Psychology of Survey Response

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Cambridge University Press
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Pages
415

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Subjects

Evaluation, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Social surveys, Public opinion polls, Social surveys, Surveys
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2012, Cambridge University Press
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2004, Cambridge University Press
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March 13, 2000, Cambridge University Press
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First Sentence

"Survey research rests on the age-old practice of finding things out by asking people questions."

Table of Contents

Preface.
Page xi
1. An Introduction and a Point of View
Page 1
1.1. Earlier Theories of the Response Process
Page 3
1.2. A Proposed Model of the Response Process
Page 7
1.3. Other Recent Proposals: High Road/Low Road Theories
Page 16
1.4. Applications of the Model
Page 19
1.5. Implications of the Model
Page 20
2. Respondents' Understanding of Survey Questions
Page 23
2.1. What Is a Question?
Page 26
2.2. Two View of Comprehension: Immediate Understanding versus Interpretation
Page 30
2.3. Syntactic Difficulties in Question Wording
Page 34
2.4. Semantic Effects: Presupposition, Unfamiliarity, and Vagueness
Page 40
2.5. Survey Pragmatics and Its Effects on Comprehension
Page 50
2.6. Summary
Page 59
3. The Role of Memory in Survey Responding
Page 62
3.1. Survey Questions and Memory for Events
Page 63
3.2. Organization of Autobiographical Memory
Page 67
3.3. Factors Affecting Recall of Autobiographical Events
Page 81
3.4. Summary
Page 97
4. Answering Questions about Dates and Durations
Page 100
4.1. A Typology of Temporal Questions
Page 101
4.2. Cognitive Processing of Temporal Questions
Page 108
4.3. Indirect Effects of Time on Survey Responses
Page 121
4.4. Summary
Page 133
5. Factual Judgements and Numerical Estimates
Page 136
5.1. Cognitive Studies of Frequency
Page 138
5.2. Studies of Frequency Estimation in Surveys
Page 145
5.3. Probability Judgements
Page 160
5.4. Conclusions
Page 163
6. Attitude Questions
Page 165
6.1. The Traditional View
Page 166
6.2. Alternative Paths to an Answer
Page 172
6.3. The Belief-Sampling Model
Page 178
6.4. Tests of the Belief-Sampling Model
Page 185
6.5. Conclusions
Page 194
7. Attitude Judgements and Context Effects
Page 197
7.1. Forms of Context Effects
Page 198
7.2. Mechanisms Producing Context Effects
Page 200
7.3. Variables Affecting the Size and Direction of Context Effects
Page 214
7.4. Serial Position Effects
Page 228
7.5. Conclusions
Page 229
8. Selecting a Response: Mapping Judgements to Survey Answers
Page 230
8.1. Open Items and Rounding
Page 232
8.2. Rating Scales and Scale Anchors
Page 239
8.3. Unordered Categories and Satisficing
Page 250
8.4. Summary
Page 254
9. Editing of Responses: Reporting about Sensitive Topics
Page 255
9.1. What Is a Sensitive Question?
Page 257
9.2. Sensitivity and Nonresponse
Page 261
9.3. Measuring Misreporting
Page 264
9.4. Misreporting in Surveys
Page 269
9.5. Processes Responsible for Misreporting
Page 279
9.6. Editing for Other Purposes
Page 286
9.7. Conclusions
Page 287
10. Mode of Data Collection
Page 289
10.1. The Range of Methods for Survey Data Collection
Page 290
10.2. The Method of Contact and Administration
Page 293
10.3. Other Characteristic of the Data Collection Method
Page 298
10.4. Psychological Effects of the Differences among Data Collection Methods
Page 305
10.5. Conclusions
Page 312
11. Impact of Cognitive Models on Survey Measurement
Page 313
11.1. The Anatomy of a Survey Response
Page 315
11.2. Impact on Conceptions of Survey Measurement Error
Page 318
11.3. Impact on Survey Practice
Page 323
11.4. Impact on Psychology
Page 335
11.5. Barriers to Further Accomplishments
Page 337
References.
Page 343
Author Index.
Page 381
Subject Index.
Page 392

Edition Notes

Published in
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Copyright Date
2000

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
300'.723
Library of Congress
HN29.T68 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiii, 401p.
Number of pages
415
Dimensions
8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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Open Library
OL7746974M
Internet Archive
psychologysurvey00tour
ISBN 10
0521576296
ISBN 13
9780521576291
Library Thing
311374
Goodreads
1846999

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