Nonsampling error in social surveys /
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| Author / Creator: | McNabb, David E. |
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| Imprint: | Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2014] |
| Description: | xv, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Social surveys -- Methodology. Sampling (Statistics) Social sciences -- Statistical methods. Sampling (Statistics) Social sciences -- Statistical methods. Social surveys -- Methodology. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9333901 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Boxes
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- About the Author
- Part I. Issues in Nonsampling Error Research
- 1. Issues in Data Quality and Survey Ethics
- Early Efforts to Improve Data Quality
- Functional Bases of Survey Quality
- Survey Data and Measurement Quality
- Quality Indicators
- Ethics and Error in the Survey Process
- Conclusion
- 2. Nonsampling Error in Sample Surveys
- Survey Bias and Variance
- Taxonomy of Survey Error
- Controlling Survey Error
- Data Collection and Processing Error
- Where the Problems Begin
- Conclusion
- 3. The Total Survey Error Paradigm
- Importance of Sample Surveys
- Total Survey Error
- The Total Survey Error Paradigm
- Total Survey Quality
- Total Survey Error Analysis
- An Alternative Cognitive Paradigm
- Measurement Theory and Other Paradigms
- Conclusion
- Part II. Major Sources of Nonsampling Error in Social Surveys
- 4. Defining and Classifying Nonsampling Error
- Nonsampling Error Defined
- Classifying Nonsampling Error
- Methods of Identifying Nonsampling Error in Surveys
- Conclusion
- 5. Frame Error
- Defining Sample Frame Error
- Classes of Frame Error
- Sources of Sample Frame Error
- Survey Frame Error and Estimate Bias
- Reducing Frame Error
- Reducing Frame Error With Address-Based Sampling
- Conclusion
- 6. Measurement Error
- Measurement Error Defined
- Classes of Measurement Error
- When Measurement Error Occurs
- Primary Sources of Measurement Error
- Other Sources of Measurement Error
- Control of Measurement Error
- Conclusion
- 7. Response Error
- Response Error Defined
- Classes of Response Error
- Response Error Behavior
- Causes of Response Error
- Sources of Response Error
- Controlling Response Error
- Conclusion
- 8. Nonresponse Error
- Nonresponse Error Defined
- Why Worry About Response Rates?
- Classes of Nonresponse Error
- Sources of Nonresponse Error
- Controlling Nonresponse Error
- Conclusion
- 9. Interviewer Error
- Interviewer Error Defined
- Classes of Interviewer Error
- Causes of Interviewer Error
- Behavioral Causes of Interviewer Error
- Sources of Interviewer Error
- Controlling Interviewer Error
- Example Control Efforts
- Conclusion
- Part III. Error Control Applications
- 10. Tools for Identifying Nonsampling Error in Survey Data
- Search for a Data Error Model
- Patterns in Numerical Data
- Statistical Checks for Error Regardless of Source
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Glossary of Nonsampling Error Terms
- Appendix B. Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
- Appendix C. Deming's 14 Points for Quality
- References and Bibliography
- Index
