Standardized Survey Interviewing

Minimizing Interviewer-Related Error
1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3093-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 206 g

Reihe: Applied Social Research Methods

Accuracy, reliability, verifiable and error-free results - these are the goals that anyone involved in survey interviewing desires. A practical guide to producing standardized - and reliable - interviews, this volume represents a blending of social science theories of interviewing dynamics, the authors' own extensive research on interview-related error and a compilation of research evidence from other prominent methodologists.

How to avoid errors, sampling design issues, question construction methods, supervision techniques, training methods and the organization of data collection staffs are all thoroughly examined. In addition, prescriptions for improving the quality of survey data results are clear and concise. Both students learning survey research methods for the first time and experienced, active researchers will find this volume indispensable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fowler, Floyd J. Jr.

Mangione, Thomas W.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Datenanalyse, Datenverarbeitung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What is a Standardized Survey Interview?
What is Interviewer-related Error?
Standardized Interviewing Techniques
Establishing the Context for the Standardized Interview
The Role of Question Design in the Standardized Interview
Interviewer Selection and Interviewer-Related Error
Training Interviewers
Interviewer Supervision
How to Reduce Interviewer-Related Error in Surveys

Über Autor(innen)

Fowler, Floyd J. Jr.
Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1966. A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 1971, he was Director of the Center for 14 years. Dr. Fowler is the author or co-author of four textbooks on survey methods, including Survey Research Methods, Improving Survey Questions, Standardized Survey Interviewing (with Mangione), and Survey Methodology (with Groves, Couper, Lepkowski, et. al), as well as numerous research papers and monographs. His recent work has focused on studies of question design and evaluation techniques and applying survey methods to studies of medical care.