The Palgrave Handbook of Survey Research [Hardcover]

This handbook is a comprehensive reference guide for researchers, funding agencies and organizations engaged in survey research. Drawing on research from a world-class team of experts, this collection addresses the challenges facing survey-based data collection today as well as the potential opportunities presented by new approaches to survey research, including in the development of policy. It examines innovations in survey methodology and how survey scholars and practitioners should think about survey data in the context of the explosion of new digital sources of data. The Handbook is divided into four key sections: the challenges faced in conventional survey research; opportunities to expand data collection; methods of linking survey data with external sources; and, improving research transparency and data dissemination, with a focus on data curation, evaluating the usability of survey project websites, and the credibility of survey-based social science.

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OVERVIEW. - INTRODUCTION.- SECTION 1: CONVENTIONAL SURVEY RESEARCH.- Assessing the Accuracy of Survey Research; Jon A. Krosnick.- The Importance of Probability-based Sampling Methods for Drawing Valid Inferences; Gary Langer.- Sampling for Single and Multi-Mode Surveys using Address-based Sampling  Colm OMuircheartaigh.- Evidence About the Accuracy of Surveys in the Face of Delining Response Rates; Scott Keeter.- Sampling to Minimize Nonresponse Bias; J. Michael Brick.- Cross-national Issues in Response Rates; Vasja Vehovar & Koen Beullens.-?Choosing a Mode of Survey Data Collection  Roger Tourangeau; Mixed-Mode and Mixed-Device Surveys; Edith de Leeuw & Vera Toepoel.- The Use and Effects of Incentives in Surveys; Eleanor Singer.- Methods for Determining Who Lives in a Household; Kathleen T. Ashenfelter.- Harmonization for Cross-National Comparative Social SurvelÓ/