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- Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis
- 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)
- 1a: Statistical concepts and methods
- 1b: Teaching with Survey Data
- 1c: Developing research projects using survey data
- 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe)
- 2: Survey Research Practice
- 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
- 2b: Major survey series
- 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
- 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
- 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992)
- 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992)
- Village life in Normandy
- Contact
- Origins of the British Crime Survey
- British Crime Survey
Articles on survey research
General
Fritz Scheuren
What is a survey?
(American Statistical Association pamphlet, 68 pp., 2004)
Robert Ferber, Chair, Paul Sheatsley, Anthony Turner, Joseph Waksberg Subcommittee of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association Washington, D.C.
What is a survey?
Pamphlet from the American Statistical Association (18 pp. 1980)
What is a survey?
(American Statistical Association pamphlet, 68 pp., 2004)
Robert Ferber, Chair, Paul Sheatsley, Anthony Turner, Joseph Waksberg Subcommittee of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association Washington, D.C.
What is a survey?
Pamphlet from the American Statistical Association (18 pp. 1980)
Technique
Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries
Short article by Graham Kalton (Westat)
Writing questions: some basic considerations
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori)
Good examples of poor questions
"Poor questions create poor variables" Dr Pamela Campanelli (The Survey Coach) List some examples.
Survey design is a short article by Dr Sally Barnes, Bristol University posted on the Bristol On-Line Surveys site
Short article by Graham Kalton (Westat)
Writing questions: some basic considerations
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori)
Good examples of poor questions
"Poor questions create poor variables" Dr Pamela Campanelli (The Survey Coach) List some examples.
Survey design is a short article by Dr Sally Barnes, Bristol University posted on the Bristol On-Line Surveys site
Debate
Social survey research: two types of knowledge
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori) [pdf]
Is random probability sampling really much better than quota sampling?
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori)
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori) [pdf]
Is random probability sampling really much better than quota sampling?
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori)
Documentation
End of Grant Reports
One of the best documents I’ve ever come across detailing a whole survey is the End of Grant Report from the 2nd round of the European Social Survey. It's a model of survey documentation: plenty there for students and researchers to peruse.
One of the best documents I’ve ever come across detailing a whole survey is the End of Grant Report from the 2nd round of the European Social Survey. It's a model of survey documentation: plenty there for students and researchers to peruse.
Context
SCPR's Role in British Social Survey Research
Barry Hedges (Journal of Official Statistics, Vol.9, No.1, 1993. pp. 223-231)
Barry Hedges (Journal of Official Statistics, Vol.9, No.1, 1993. pp. 223-231)