Journeys in Survey Research

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    • Mark Abrams >
      • Abrams publications
      • An interview with Mark Abrams (transcripts)
      • An interview with Mark Abrams (audio files)
      • Mark Abrams Prize
    • Angus Campbell >
      • SRU garden reception for Angus Campbell
    • Cathie Marsh
    • Tony Coxon
    • Roger Jowell
    • James A Davis
    • Norman Nie
  • Recent and planned activities
  • Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis
    • Textbooks: SPSS >
      • Highly recommended SPSS textbooks >
        • McInnes (2017) >
          • MacInnes, Chapter 4:​ Getting Started with SPSS
          • MacInnes, Chapter 5 Dealing with Data Documentation
          • MacInness 2017 (Web links)
        • Marsh and Elliott (2008)
        • Sweet and Grace-Martin 2012
        • Babbie, Halley, Wagner and Zaino 2013
        • Babbie, Wagner and Zaino 2019
        • Julie Pallant, SPSS Survival Manual
        • Andy Field
        • Boslaugh 2005
        • McCormick & Salcedo (2015)
        • McCormick & Salcedo (2017)
      • SPSS textbooks worth a look >
        • Hy (1977)
      • On-line SPSS textbooks
      • Textbooks requested or awaiting review
    • Textbooks: Statistics for Social Research >
      • de Vries 2018
      • Bergin (2018)
    • Textbooks: Survey Methods >
      • Crouch & Housden (2003)
      • Andres (2012)
      • Blair, Czala and Blair (2014)
      • de Vaus (2014)
      • Hoinville, Jowell et al (1977)
      • Marsden & Wright [Eds] (2010) >
        • Contributors to Handbook of Survey Research
      • Marsh (1982)
      • Moser & Kalton (1971)
      • Oppenheim (1992)
      • Pallant 2016
    • Textbooks: Data curation and sharing >
      • Corti et el (2014)
  • 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)
    • What is SPSS?
    • SPSS Without Tears >
      • My first time: in at the SPSS deep end (1972)
    • Introduction to Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS) >
      • IBM® SPSS® Statistics (Overview)
      • Note on SPSS tutorials on this site
      • Background to current project >
        • Author's note
      • SPSS versions used
      • Stata and SPSS
    • Summary guide to SPSS tutorials >
      • Block 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file
      • Block 2: Analysing one variable >
        • 2.1: Nominal and ordinal variables
        • 2.2: Interval scale variables
        • 2.3: Data transformations
      • Block 3: Analysing two variables (and sometimes three) >
        • 3.1 Two variables (CROSSTABS)
        • 3.2 Three (or more) variables
        • 3.3 Multiple response (MULT RESPONSE)
        • 3.4 Conditional data transformations (IF and DO IF)
        • 3.5 Derived variables (COUNT and COMPUTE) >
          • 3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE
          • 3.5.2 Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
      • Block 4: Hypothesis testing
      • SPSS files and documentation used for tutorials and exercises >
        • Data sets used in Survey Analysis Workshop >
          • British Social Attitudes
          • Pre-course questionnaire on interests and experience
          • Quality of Life in Britain
    • Useful links for SPSS >
      • On-line SPSS Intros and tutorials
      • SPSS courses
  • 1a: Statistical concepts and methods
  • 1b: Teaching with Survey Data
    • SN 28: Relative Deprivation and Social Justice 1962-63
  • 1c: Developing research projects using survey data
  • 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe)
    • Old Dog, Old Tricks: Using SPSS syntax to beat the mouse-trap
    • The Beginners' Guide to Survey Analysis Using SPSS
    • Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: working with alien SPSS files
    • ASSESS 2014 Links to Contents
  • 2: Survey Research Practice
    • SR 502: Survey Research Practice (1976 - 1992)
    • Courses in Survey Methods >
      • (United Kingdom) Degrees, diplomas and certificates
      • (USA & Canada) Degrees, diplomas and certificates in survey research
      • Summer schools for survey methods
      • Short courses for survey research
    • Opinion polls >
      • Election poll débâcles
    • Web-based resources for survey research >
      • Survey Resources Network
      • On-line surveys
      • Question Banks
      • Survey methods guides and tutorials
      • Clips, tips and blogs
    • Useful links for Survey Research
  • 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
    • The place of survey research in the social sciences
    • Survey Research and Social Action
    • Academic centres specialising in survey research >
      • United Kingdom
      • USA and Canada
      • Europe
    • Professional and Voluntary Associations
    • Survey research organisations
    • Journals for survey research
    • Articles on survey research
  • 2b: Major survey series
    • United Kingdom (Major survey series: academic and other) >
      • British Social Attitudes >
        • British Social Attitudes: ​Exploring the SPSS files >
          • British Social Attitudes 1983 onwards: Cumulative SPSS file
          • British Social Attitudes: Making files from different years compatible
    • United Kingdom (Major survey series: government) >
      • ONS National Well-being
    • Europe (Major survey series)
    • USA (Major survey series)
  • 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
    • Quality of Life: Measurement and methodology
    • Measures of psychological well-being
    • Values and Quality of Life
    • SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys 1971-1975 >
      • Abstracts, data and documentation
      • Publications based on the SSRC Quality of Life in Britain surveys >
        • Bibliography for Quality of Life in Britain and related surveys
        • Quality of Life of the Elderly in Residential Care
      • Surveys in schools >
        • "Trinians" survey
        • Playground to Politics
  • 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
    • Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit
    • Publications: SSRC Survey Unit
    • Courses, Conferences and Seminars
  • 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992)
  • 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992)
    • SRU Student publications
    • Training courses in survey methods
    • The place of SRU within PNL >
      • Director's Working Group on the Survey Research Unit
  • Village life in Normandy
    • Notre Dame de Cenilly >
      • Fête St Clair 2007
      • Fête St Clair 2010
      • Fête St Clair 2012 National pedal-car championships
      • La Noslière de Bas
    • War and Peace in N D de Cenilly >
      • Armistice Day
      • German Occupation (1940 - 1944)
      • D-Day (6th June 1944) >
        • D-Day ceremony 9 June 2013
        • D-Day 70th Anniversary 2014
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2011)
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2014)
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 7 June 2015)
        • Lancaster bomber crew ​(Memorial ceremony 5 June 2016)
      • Liberation July 1944 >
        • Field hospital in N D de Cenilly
        • Liberation celebrations (July 2006)
        • Visit of US 2nd Armored Division veterans (2 Sep 2009)
        • Liberation celebrations 2014
        • Unveiling of new monument (13 June 2015)
        • Re-enactment camp (Gavray, 11 July 2015)
    • Midsummer music
    • Paris trip (post Brexit)
  • Contact
  • Origins of the British Crime Survey
  • British Crime Survey

Macinness 2017 (Web links)

[New page 29 October 2017: last updated 11 Jan 2018]

I’ve been through the book checking the URLs it contains and found that some worked, some didn’t.  


​These links work:
              
p33         http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
p36         http://www.post-polio.org/ir-eng.html
p42         http://www.gapminder.org
p48         http://www.gss.norc.org
               https://www.youtube.com/user/sdatutorials
               http://sda.berkeley.edu/archive.htm
p55         http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp 
p57         http://www.nesstar.com/help/4.0/webview/index.html
               http://zacat.gesis.org/webview
p117       http://europeansocialsurvey.org/
p118       http://europeansocialsurvey.org/data/deviations_6.html
p119       http://europeansocialsurvey.org/essresources/findings.html
               http://europeansocialsurvey.org/data/
p126       http://gss.norc.org
p137       http://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk
p247       http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvsdocumentationwv6.jsp
 
NORC GSS
p54         https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org
p126       http://gss.norc.org/pages/faq.aspx
 
World Bank
p167       http://databank.worldbank.org/data/faq/video/databank-tutorial-overview.html
               http://databank.worldbank.org/data/faq/html/databank-faq.htmlp
p215      http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world-development-indicators 
 
References
               http://www.maartenbuis.nl/wp/odds_ratio_2.1.pdf
               http://data.princeton.edu/wws509/notes/c3.pdf
 
These links have been replaced:
 
European Social Survey
The European Social Survey site has been heavily re-organised.   ​
p118       http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/data/round-index.htlm
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/search?q=round+index
 
p118        http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/methodology/sampling.html
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/methodology/ess_methodology/sampling.html
 
p118       http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/survey/ess6_data_documentation_report_eo2_1.pdf
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/survey/ESS6_data_documentation_report_e02_3.pdf
 
p118       http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/methods/ess6_quality_report.pdf 
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/methods/ESS6_quality_report.pdf
 
p119       http://europeansocialsurvey.org/methodology/questionnaire/
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ESS6_source_main_questionnaire.pdf
 
p119       http://europeansocialsurvey.org/data/conditions-of-use.html 
new link  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/data/conditions_of_use.html
 
p120     http://europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/questionnaire/ess6_data_documentation_report_eo2_2.pdf
new link      http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/survey/ESS6_data_documentation_report_e02_3.pdf
 
p197     http://europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ess6_source_project_instructions.pdf
​
new link      http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round6/fieldwork/source/ESS6_source_project_instructions.pdf
 
Nesstar
p119      http://nesstar.ess.uib.no/webview takes too long to respond, but may be covered by those above.

ONS
p116  None of the following links seem to work: nothing happens:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/measuring-equality/sexual-identity-project/index.html

http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/measuring-equality/sexual-identity-project/quest-dev/index.html
http://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/measuring-equality/sexual-identity-project/quest-test-and -implem/index.html

​
They seem to have been moved to the National Archive site on which page Sexual Identity and Guidance lists a number of publications downloadable in pdf format. 
  • Sexual Identity Project: Legal framework document 
  • 2011 Census consultation: Sexual identity
  • 2011 Census consultation: Background information on sexual identity 
  • Sexual Identity Project Equality Impact Assessment - September 2008 
  • Equality Impact Assessment Action Plan
  • In search of a question on sexual identity
  • UK experiences of administering a question on sexual identity 
  • International experiences of administering questions on sexual identity/orientation 
  • Sexual identity focus group report 
  • Developing survey questions on sexual identity: Cognitive/in-depth interviews
  • Developing survey questions on sexual identity: Report on the General Lifestyle (GLF) split -sample pilot 
  • Preliminary report on National Statistics GLF split sample trial 
  • Rationale and design of sexual identity questioning on the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) 
  • Sexual Identity Project Report on National Statistics Omnibus Survey Trials 1 and 2
  • Sexual Identity Project Report on National Statistics Omnibus Survey Trial 3 
  • Sexual Identity Project Report on National Statistics Omnibus Survey Trial 4 

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  • Welcome
  • ​​Important notice
  • About the author
    • John F Hall: Career profile
    • John F Hall: Extra-curricular professional and political activities
  • About this site
    • What people have said about this site
    • Latest additions and modifications
    • How to use this site
  • Site guide + Search box
  • Dedications
  • Acknowledgments
    • Unsung heroes in support services
  • My personal pantheon (of the great and the good in survey research)
    • Mark Abrams >
      • Abrams publications
      • An interview with Mark Abrams (transcripts)
      • An interview with Mark Abrams (audio files)
      • Mark Abrams Prize
    • Angus Campbell >
      • SRU garden reception for Angus Campbell
    • Cathie Marsh
    • Tony Coxon
    • Roger Jowell
    • James A Davis
    • Norman Nie
  • Recent and planned activities
  • Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis
    • Textbooks: SPSS >
      • Highly recommended SPSS textbooks >
        • McInnes (2017) >
          • MacInnes, Chapter 4:​ Getting Started with SPSS
          • MacInnes, Chapter 5 Dealing with Data Documentation
          • MacInness 2017 (Web links)
        • Marsh and Elliott (2008)
        • Sweet and Grace-Martin 2012
        • Babbie, Halley, Wagner and Zaino 2013
        • Babbie, Wagner and Zaino 2019
        • Julie Pallant, SPSS Survival Manual
        • Andy Field
        • Boslaugh 2005
        • McCormick & Salcedo (2015)
        • McCormick & Salcedo (2017)
      • SPSS textbooks worth a look >
        • Hy (1977)
      • On-line SPSS textbooks
      • Textbooks requested or awaiting review
    • Textbooks: Statistics for Social Research >
      • de Vries 2018
      • Bergin (2018)
    • Textbooks: Survey Methods >
      • Crouch & Housden (2003)
      • Andres (2012)
      • Blair, Czala and Blair (2014)
      • de Vaus (2014)
      • Hoinville, Jowell et al (1977)
      • Marsden & Wright [Eds] (2010) >
        • Contributors to Handbook of Survey Research
      • Marsh (1982)
      • Moser & Kalton (1971)
      • Oppenheim (1992)
      • Pallant 2016
    • Textbooks: Data curation and sharing >
      • Corti et el (2014)
  • 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)
    • What is SPSS?
    • SPSS Without Tears >
      • My first time: in at the SPSS deep end (1972)
    • Introduction to Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS) >
      • IBM® SPSS® Statistics (Overview)
      • Note on SPSS tutorials on this site
      • Background to current project >
        • Author's note
      • SPSS versions used
      • Stata and SPSS
    • Summary guide to SPSS tutorials >
      • Block 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file
      • Block 2: Analysing one variable >
        • 2.1: Nominal and ordinal variables
        • 2.2: Interval scale variables
        • 2.3: Data transformations
      • Block 3: Analysing two variables (and sometimes three) >
        • 3.1 Two variables (CROSSTABS)
        • 3.2 Three (or more) variables
        • 3.3 Multiple response (MULT RESPONSE)
        • 3.4 Conditional data transformations (IF and DO IF)
        • 3.5 Derived variables (COUNT and COMPUTE) >
          • 3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE
          • 3.5.2 Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
      • Block 4: Hypothesis testing
      • SPSS files and documentation used for tutorials and exercises >
        • Data sets used in Survey Analysis Workshop >
          • British Social Attitudes
          • Pre-course questionnaire on interests and experience
          • Quality of Life in Britain
    • Useful links for SPSS >
      • On-line SPSS Intros and tutorials
      • SPSS courses
  • 1a: Statistical concepts and methods
  • 1b: Teaching with Survey Data
    • SN 28: Relative Deprivation and Social Justice 1962-63
  • 1c: Developing research projects using survey data
  • 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe)
    • Old Dog, Old Tricks: Using SPSS syntax to beat the mouse-trap
    • The Beginners' Guide to Survey Analysis Using SPSS
    • Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: working with alien SPSS files
    • ASSESS 2014 Links to Contents
  • 2: Survey Research Practice
    • SR 502: Survey Research Practice (1976 - 1992)
    • Courses in Survey Methods >
      • (United Kingdom) Degrees, diplomas and certificates
      • (USA & Canada) Degrees, diplomas and certificates in survey research
      • Summer schools for survey methods
      • Short courses for survey research
    • Opinion polls >
      • Election poll débâcles
    • Web-based resources for survey research >
      • Survey Resources Network
      • On-line surveys
      • Question Banks
      • Survey methods guides and tutorials
      • Clips, tips and blogs
    • Useful links for Survey Research
  • 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
    • The place of survey research in the social sciences
    • Survey Research and Social Action
    • Academic centres specialising in survey research >
      • United Kingdom
      • USA and Canada
      • Europe
    • Professional and Voluntary Associations
    • Survey research organisations
    • Journals for survey research
    • Articles on survey research
  • 2b: Major survey series
    • United Kingdom (Major survey series: academic and other) >
      • British Social Attitudes >
        • British Social Attitudes: ​Exploring the SPSS files >
          • British Social Attitudes 1983 onwards: Cumulative SPSS file
          • British Social Attitudes: Making files from different years compatible
    • United Kingdom (Major survey series: government) >
      • ONS National Well-being
    • Europe (Major survey series)
    • USA (Major survey series)
  • 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
    • Quality of Life: Measurement and methodology
    • Measures of psychological well-being
    • Values and Quality of Life
    • SSRC Survey Unit Quality of Life in Britain surveys 1971-1975 >
      • Abstracts, data and documentation
      • Publications based on the SSRC Quality of Life in Britain surveys >
        • Bibliography for Quality of Life in Britain and related surveys
        • Quality of Life of the Elderly in Residential Care
      • Surveys in schools >
        • "Trinians" survey
        • Playground to Politics
  • 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
    • Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit
    • Publications: SSRC Survey Unit
    • Courses, Conferences and Seminars
  • 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992)
  • 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992)
    • SRU Student publications
    • Training courses in survey methods
    • The place of SRU within PNL >
      • Director's Working Group on the Survey Research Unit
  • Village life in Normandy
    • Notre Dame de Cenilly >
      • Fête St Clair 2007
      • Fête St Clair 2010
      • Fête St Clair 2012 National pedal-car championships
      • La Noslière de Bas
    • War and Peace in N D de Cenilly >
      • Armistice Day
      • German Occupation (1940 - 1944)
      • D-Day (6th June 1944) >
        • D-Day ceremony 9 June 2013
        • D-Day 70th Anniversary 2014
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2011)
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 8 June 2014)
        • Lancaster bomber crew (Memorial Ceremony 7 June 2015)
        • Lancaster bomber crew ​(Memorial ceremony 5 June 2016)
      • Liberation July 1944 >
        • Field hospital in N D de Cenilly
        • Liberation celebrations (July 2006)
        • Visit of US 2nd Armored Division veterans (2 Sep 2009)
        • Liberation celebrations 2014
        • Unveiling of new monument (13 June 2015)
        • Re-enactment camp (Gavray, 11 July 2015)
    • Midsummer music
    • Paris trip (post Brexit)
  • Contact
  • Origins of the British Crime Survey
  • British Crime Survey