Download or read book How to Conduct Self Administered and Mail Surveys written by and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kit is for students in undergraduate and graduate classes in the social and health sciences and for individuals in the public and private sectors who are responsible for conducting and using surveys.
Download or read book The Survey Kit written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Survey Kit, which has helped thousands of researchers and students do better survey research, has now been completely updated and revised. In addition to separate volumes on in-person and telephone interviews, this Second Edition includes sec
Download or read book How to Ask Survey Questions written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume guides readers in determining a feasible number of survey questions, preparing appropriately worded questions for participants and standardizing the response choice. It also covers issues such as: how to understand a survey's cultural, psychological, economic, and political context; how to ask questions about knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors; how to avoid negative phrasing and biasing words; and how to distinguish among response formats that use nominal, ordinal, and numerical measurement.
Download or read book The Survey Handbook written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the characteristics and uses of qualitative surveys. This title covers: the steps in a content analysis of qualitative data; survey ethics, including the ethical principles to use in survey development and the characteristics of survey research misconduct; and, more.
Download or read book The Survey Kit written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kit that helped thousands of researchers and students do better survey research in the 90's has been completely updated and revised for the issues of the 21st century! "The Survey Kit is an easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide for the novice survey researcher. In addition, it provides useful information about some qualitative research techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observational analysis, and content analysis. Pedagogical features in each volume such as checklists, reasonable resources needed, tips, and decision matrices help students focus on important aspects of the survey process and provide them with a sense of real life application. Detailed discussions of personal interviewing (survey and in-depth), focus group techniques, and risks and odds are welcome additions to the new volumes." --Juanita M. Firestone, University of Texas, San Antonio
Download or read book How To Report On Surveys written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-10-22 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From making presentations to general versus technical/academic audiences to preparing computerized presentations, How to Report on Surveys, Second Edition shows you how to create more effective verbal and written survey reports. The volume includes guidelines for preparing and interpreting charts, tables, and figures, and a step-by-step account of how to present each part of the survey--from the survey's objectives, design and psychometric properties through to the conclusions. New to this edition: * How to identify characteristics of good Web reporting * How to prepare computerized presentations * How to explain what's on-screen This book will show you how to prepare and explain accurate and useful survey reports in a highly effective manner. "Good tips on doing slides and describing the differences between oral and written report writing. I was glad that the difference between academic and general reports was stated at the beginning." --Carol J. Lancaster, Medical University of South Carolina
Download or read book The Survey Kit written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kit that helped thousands of researchers and students do better survey research in the 90's has been completely updated and revised for the issues of the 21st century! "The Survey Kit is an easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide for the novice survey researcher. In addition, it provides useful information about some qualitative research techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observational analysis, and content analysis. Pedagogical features in each volume such as checklists, reasonable resources needed, tips, and decision matrices help students focus on important aspects of the survey process and provide them with a sense of real life application. Detailed discussions of personal interviewing (survey and in-depth), focus group techniques, and risks and odds are welcome additions to the new volumes." --Juanita M. Firestone, University of Texas, San Antonio
Download or read book How to Conduct Interviews by Telephone and in Person written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is for persons planning to conduct interviews. It provides step-by-step practical guidance and excellent, concrete examples that will be very useful to readers.
Download or read book How to Design Surveys written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a survey be designed more effectively? What is the purpose of the survey - to describe, compare or predict a response? By answering these questions through explanations and demonstrations, How to Design Surveys offers guidelines for experimental designs of surveys, as well as of cross-sectional, cohort and case-control designs, and provides checklists of risks to avoid for internal and external validity.
Download or read book How to Measure Survey Reliability and Validity written by Mark S. Litwin and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles Aimed at helping readers improve the accuracy of their survey, Litwin′s book guides in assessing and interpreting the quality of their survey data by thoroughly examining the survey instrument used. The book also explains how to code and pilot test new and established surveys. In addition, it covers such issues as how to measure reliability (e.g., test-retest, alternate-form, internal consistency, inter-observer, and intra-observer reliability), how to measure validity (including content, criterion, and construct validity), how to address cross-cultural issues in survey research, and how to scale and score a survey. "I found this work to be of very high quality with respect to both content and writing. It is commendable in terms of communicating and facilitating understanding of sometimes difficult concepts. It will make an excellent text for my introductory course on survey research and, I imagine, for many similar or related courses in the social sciences or education. All the pedagogical features, including the exercises, are excellent, and the level of writing throughout not only is appropriate for an introductory volume, but also engaging and lively." --Daniel U. Levine, Department of Education, University of Nebraska
Download or read book The Survey Kit The survey handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kit is for students in undergraduate and graduate classes in the social and health sciences and for individuals in the public and private sectors who are responsible for conducting and using surveys.
Download or read book The Survey Kit written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kit that helped thousands of researchers and students do better survey research in the 90's has been completely updated and revised for the issues of the 21st century! "The Survey Kit is an easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide for the novice survey researcher. In addition, it provides useful information about some qualitative research techniques such as interviews, focus groups, observational analysis, and content analysis. Pedagogical features in each volume such as checklists, reasonable resources needed, tips, and decision matrices help students focus on important aspects of the survey process and provide them with a sense of real life application. Detailed discussions of personal interviewing (survey and in-depth), focus group techniques, and risks and odds are welcome additions to the new volumes." --Juanita M. Firestone, University of Texas, San Antonio
Download or read book How To Design Survey Studies written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents examples and explanations of the major features of high-quality survey systems. This book includes guidelines for experimental and observational designs of surveys, as well as for cross-sectional, cohort and case-control designs. It also provides checklists of risks to avoid for internal and external validity of a design.
Download or read book How to Sample in Surveys written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-08-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows readers how to select & use the most appropriate sampling methods for their survey. It covers myriad sampling techniques, and describes criteria, the logic in estimating standard errors, and how to calculate the response rate.
Download or read book Designing Surveys written by Ronald F. Czaja and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind, this fully updated third edition provides an accurate account of how modern survey research is actually conducted. In addition to providing examples of alternative procedures, Designing Surveys shows how classic principles and recent research guide decision-making from setting the basic features of the survey through development, testing, and data collection.
Download or read book The Survey Kit How to conduct self administered and mail surveys written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Survey Kit written by Arlene Fink and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning and conducting successful surveys requires a great deal of time, energy and know-how. While the time and energy components are relatively easy to find, what is often difficult is acquiring the know-how actually to plan, conduct and analyze a survey. An invaluable resource, The Survey Kit offers all the information necessary for conducting a state-of-the-art survey - from the initial planning stages through analyzing and reporting the data.
