Authors:Jean M. Converse, Dr. Stanley Presser,
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: applications, social, sciences, quantitative, questionnaire, questions, handcrafting, standardized, survey
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 1986-09-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0803927436
ISBN-13: 9780803927438

Converse and Presser present the guiding principles for writing survey questions. They review recent research on survey questions, consider the lore of professional experience and finally present findings which have the strongest implications on writing these questions.The authors believe that question writing must be guided by the evidence of rigorous experiment as well as intuition and experience. They are also aware that experimental results cannot be applied mechanically to the mass production of survey questions, but they do suggest a number of ways to make pilot and pre-test work more fr

Authors:Christiaan Grootaert, Deepa Narayan, Nyhan Jones Ver
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: bank, working, papers, world, questionnaire, social, capital, integrated, measuring
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2004-02-04
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0821356615
ISBN-13: 9780821356616

Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. The idea of social capital has enjoyed a remarkable rise to prominence in both the theoretical and applied social science literature over the last decade. While lively debate has accompanied that journey, thereby helping to advance our thinking and clarifying areas of agreement and disagreement, much still remains to be done. One approach that could help bring furthe

Author: Ian Brace
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: market, research, effective, practice, material, survey, design, plan, structure, write, questionnaire
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-09-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0749450282
ISBN-13: 9780749450281

Questionnaires are vital for the market researcher: they draw accurate information from respondents; give structure to interviews; provide a standard form on which facts, comments and attitudes can be recorded; and facilitate data processing. Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at how and when certain kinds of questionnaires should be used. It explains how to compose the right questionnaire for the research. The new edition includes information about online questionnaires and interviews, their problems and potential, and other useful advice abo

Author: Ian Brace
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: research, market, cdrom, practice, series, effective, material, plan, design, structure, write, survey, questionnaire
Number of Pages: 289
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 074944181X
ISBN-13: 9780749441814

Questionnaires are vital for the market researcher: they draw accurate information from respondents; give structure to interviews; provide a standard form on which facts, comments and attitudes can be recorded; and facilitate data processing. "Questionnaire Design" explains the role of questionnaires in market research, and looks at different types of questionnaire and when and how they should be used. It explains how to plan, structure and compose the right questionnaire for the research you are running. Contents include: objectives in writing questionnaires; differences between data collecti

Author: Michael J. Lewandowski
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Keywords: pain, workbook, assessment, questionnaire, new, behavioral, harbinger, relief, care, treatment, approach, chronic, using
Number of Pages: 223
Published: 2006-11
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1572244704
ISBN-13: 9781572244702

Sixteen years ago, psychologist Michael Lewandowski devised a series of questions for patients suffering from chronic pain that identifies specific factors that aggravate and perpetuate pain. Those questions became the Behavioral Assessment of Pain Questionnaire, which is now used throughout the world in the treatment of chronic pain. By using this questionnaire, doctors are able to customize pain-management programs to the specific needs of individuals. Now Lewandowski brings this powerful set of tools to readers in a unique self-care format. By personalizing pain-treatment programs, this

Authors:Norman M. Bradburn, Seymour Sudman, Brian Wansink,
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: social, research, health, questions, questionnaires, methods, sciences, polls, political, questionnaire, guide, design, market, asking, definitive
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2004-04-30
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0787970883
ISBN-13: 9780787970888

Since it was first published more than twenty-five years ago, Asking Questions has become a classic guide for designing questionnaires¾the most widely used method for collecting information about people’s attitudes and behavior. An essential tool for market researchers advertisers, pollsters, and social scientists, this thoroughly updated and definitive work combines time-proven techniques with the most current research, findings, and methods. The book presents a cognitive approach to questionnaire design and includes timely information on the Internet and electronic resources. Comprehe