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Hard-to-Survey Populations
Roger Tourangeau
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Description for Hard-to-Survey Populations
paperback. Examines the different populations and settings that can make surveys hard to conduct and discusses methods to meet these challenges. Editor(s): Tourangeau, Roger; Edwards, Brad; Johnson, Timothy P.; Wolter, Kirk M; Bates, Nancy. Num Pages: 669 pages, 29 b/w illus. 1 map 54 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 249 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Surveys are used extensively in psychology, sociology and business, as well as many other areas, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to conduct. Some segments of the population are hard to sample, some are hard to find, others are hard to persuade to participate in surveys, and still others are hard to interview. This book offers the first systematic look at the populations and settings that make surveys hard to conduct and at the methods researchers use to meet these challenges. It covers a wide range of populations (immigrants, persons with intellectual difficulties, and political extremists) and settings (war zones, ... Read more
Surveys are used extensively in psychology, sociology and business, as well as many other areas, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to conduct. Some segments of the population are hard to sample, some are hard to find, others are hard to persuade to participate in surveys, and still others are hard to interview. This book offers the first systematic look at the populations and settings that make surveys hard to conduct and at the methods researchers use to meet these challenges. It covers a wide range of populations (immigrants, persons with intellectual difficulties, and political extremists) and settings (war zones, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
669
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107628717
SKU
V9781107628717
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About Roger Tourangeau
Roger Tourangeau is a Vice President at Westat. Brad Edwards is a Vice President and Deputy Area Director at Westat. Timothy P. Johnson is Director of the Survey Research Laboratory and Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Kirk M. Wolter is Executive Vice President, NORC at the University of Chicago and Professor, Department of Statistics, University ... Read more
Reviews for Hard-to-Survey Populations
'The challenge of doing research with rare and difficult to find populations is shared across all sectors of the research industry. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of methods specifically designed to meet that challenge.' Reg Baker, Senior Consultant, Market Strategies International 'Hard- to-Survey Populations fills a key gap in the survey methods literature. It will be relied upon ... Read more