Methods for testing and evaluating survey questionnaires /
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2004. |
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| Description: | xvi, 606 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wiley series in survey methodology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5207696 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
- Part I. Cognitive Interviews
- 2. Cognitive Interviewing Revisited: A Useful Technique, in Theory?
- 3. The Dynamics of Cognitive Interviewing
- 4. Data Quality in Cognitive Interviews: The Case of Verbal Reports
- 5. Do Different Cognitive Interview Techniques Produce Different Results?
- Part II. Supplements to Conventional Pretests
- 6. Evaluating Survey Questions by Analyzing Patterns of Behavior Codes and Question-Answer Sequences: A Diagnostic Approach
- 7. Response Latency and (Para)Linguistic Expressions as Indicators of Response Error
- 8. Vignettes and Respondent Debriefing for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation
- Part III. Experiments
- 9. The Case for More Split-Sample Experiments in Developing Survey Instruments
- 10. Using Field Experiments to Improve Instrument Design: The SIPP Methods Panel Project
- 11. Experimental Design Considerations for Testing and Evaluating Questionnaires
- Part IV. Statistical Modeling
- 12. Modeling Measurement Error to Identify Flawed Questions
- 13. Item Response Theory Modeling for Questionnaire Evaluation
- 14. Development and Improvement of Questionnaires Using Predictions of Reliability and Validity
- Part V. Mode of Administration
- 15. Testing Paper Self-Administered Questionnaires: Cognitive Interview and Field Test Comparisons
- 16. Methods for Testing and Evaluating Computer-Assisted Questionnaires
- 17. Usability Testing to Evaluate Computer-Assisted Instruments
- 18. Development and Testing of Web Questionnaires
- Part VI. Special Populations
- 19. Evolution and Adaptation of Questionnaire Development, Evaluation, and Testing Methods for Establishment Surveys
- 20. Pretesting Questionnaires for Children and Adolescents
- 21. Developing and Evaluating Cross-National Survey Instruments
- 22. Survey Questionnaire Translation and Assessment
- Part VII. Multimethod Applications
- 23. A Multiple-Method Approach to Improving the Clarity of Closely Related Concepts: Distinguishing Legal and Physical Custody of Children
- 24. Multiple Methods for Developing and Evaluating a Stated-Choice Questionnaire to Value Wetlands
- 25. Does Pretesting Make a Difference? An Experimental Test
- References
- Index
