Articles on survey research

General

What is a survey?
Fritz Scheuren (American Statistical Association pamphlet, 2004)

Technique

Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries
Short article by Graham Kalton (Westat)

Writing questions: some basic considerations
(Patten Smith, Ipsos-Mori)

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)

Context

SCPR's Role in British Social Survey Research
Barry Hedges (Journal of Official Statistics, Vol.9, No.1, 1993. pp. 223-231)