TY - BOOK AU - Fowler,Floyd J. TI - Improving survey questions: design and evaluation SN - 0803945825 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HN29 .F67 1995 U1 - 300/.723 21 PY - 1995/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - Sage Publications KW - Social surveys KW - Methodology KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Data Collection KW - methods KW - Research Design KW - Sociometric Techniques KW - Vragenlijsten KW - gtt KW - Survey-onderzoek KW - Enquêtes sociales KW - Sciences sociales KW - Méthodologie KW - Recherche KW - ram KW - Demoskopie KW - swd KW - Methode N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-188) and index; Questions as measures: an overview -- Designing questions to gather factual data -- Questions to measure subjective states -- Some general rules for designing good survey instruments -- Presurvey evaluation of questions -- Assessing the validity of survey questions -- Questions design and evaluation issues in perspective -- Appendix A: Commonly used measurement dimensions -- Appendix B: Measures of common covariates -- Appendix C: About open-ended questions -- Appendix D: Achieving standardized interviews UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0655/95016861-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0655/95016861-t.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/95016861-b.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/improvingsurveyq00fowl UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL784703M ER -