UID:
almafu_9960119218602883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 401 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-81932-3
Content:
This valuable book examines the complex psychological processes involved in answering different types of survey questions. Drawing on both classic and modern research from cognitive psychology, social psychology, and survey methodology, the authors examine how survey responses are formulated and they demonstrate how seemingly unimportant features of the survey can affect the answers obtained. The book provides a comprehensive review of the sources of response errors in surveys, and it offers a coherent theory of the relation between the underlying views of the public and the results of public opinion polls. Topics include the comprehension of survey questions, the recall of relevant facts and beliefs, estimation and inferential processes people use to answer survey questions, the sources of the apparent instability of public opinion, the difficulties in getting responses into the required format, and the distortions introduced into surveys by deliberate misreporting.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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An introduction and a point of view -- Respondents' understanding of survey questions -- The role of memory in survey responding -- Answering questions about dates and durations -- Factual judgments and numerical estimates -- Attitude questions -- Attitude judgments and context effects -- Selecting a response: mapping judgments to survey answers -- Editing of responses: reporting about sensitive topics -- Mode of data collection -- Impact of cognitive models on survey measurement.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-57629-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-57246-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
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Sociology
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511819322
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