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kobvindex_ZMS08162041
Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 174 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9781446258729
Series Statement:
Research methods for social scientists
Content:
This is a book for any researcher using any kind of survey data. It introduces the latest methods of assessing the quality and validity of such data by providing new ways of interpreting variation and measuring error. By practically and accessibly demonstrating these techniques, especially those derived from Multiple Correspondence Analysis, the authors develop screening procedures to search for variation in observed responses that do not correspond with actual differences between respondents. Using well-known international data sets, the authors exemplify how to detect all manner of non-substantive variation having sources such as a variety of response styles including acquiescence, respondents' failure to understand questions, inadequate field work standards, interview fatigue, and even the manufacture of (partly) faked interviews. (AUT)
Language:
English
URL:
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/zmsbw/detail.action?docID=880846
Author information:
Blasius, Jörg
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