The Total Survey Error Approach: A Guide to the New Science of Survey Research

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
PART I Survey Error Theory......Page 14
1 Scientific Survey Research......Page 16
2 Survey Error......Page 27
3 Survey Modes......Page 40
PART II Response Accuracy Issues......Page 54
4 Measurement Error Due to Interviewers......Page 56
5 Measurement Error Due to Respondents, I
......Page 83
6 Measurement Error Due to Respondents, II
......Page 125
7 Nonresponse Error at the Item Level......Page 141
PART III Respondent Selection Issues......Page 168
8 Nonresponse Error at the Unit Level......Page 170
9 Coverage Error......Page 216
10 Sampling Error......Page 236
PART IV Survey Administration Issues......Page 270
11 Postsurvey Error......Page 272
12 Mode Differences......Page 289
13 Comparability Effects......Page 308
PART V Total Survey Error......Page 320
14 Ethics in Surveys......Page 322
15 Survey Errors......Page 336
Appendix: Meta-analysis......Page 344
Notes......Page 348
References......Page 356
Name Index......Page 382
Subject Index......Page 390