Introduction to Survey Quality
by Paul P. Biemer, Lars E. Lyberg
ISBN-10: 0471193755
ISBN-13: 9780471193753
$187.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Wiley-Interscience
Published on
Feb 24, 2003
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.36x1.06x9.69 Inches
Weight
1.58 Pounds
About the Book
Peruse the history of survey research and the essential conceptsfor data quality. With an emphasis on total survey error, theauthors review principles and concepts in the field and examineimportant unresolved issues in survey methods. Spanning a range oftopics dealing with the quality of data collected through thesurvey process, they focus on such key issues as:
* Major sources of survey error, examining the origins of eacherror source most successful methods for reducing errors from thosesources
* Methods most often used in practice for evaluating the effectsof the source on total survey error
* Implications of improving survey quality for organizationalmanagement and costs