Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research, 2nd Edition

CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

I.1 DESIGNING A SURVEY

EXERCISES

PART I: THE THREE-STEP PROCEDURE TO DESIGN REQUESTS FOR ANSWERS

1 CONCEPTS-BY-POSTULATION AND CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION

1.1 CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION AND CONCEPTS-BY-POSTULATION

1.2 DIFFERENT WAYS OF DEFINING CONCEPTS-BY-POSTULATION THROUGH CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION

1.3 SUMMARY

EXERCISES

2 FROM SOCIAL SCIENCE CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION TO ASSERTIONS

2.1 BASIC CONCEPTS AND CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION

2.2 ASSERTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

2.3 THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF ASSERTIONS

2.4 BASIC CONCEPTS-BY-INTUITION

2.5 ALTERNATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR THE SAME CONCEPT

2.6 EXTENSIONS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

2.7 USE OF COMPLEX SENTENCES

2.8 SUMMARY

EXERCISES

3 THE FORMULATION OF REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

3.1 FROM CONCEPTS TO REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

3.2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

3.3 THE MEANING OF REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER WITH WH REQUEST WORDS

3.4 SUMMARY

EXERCISES

PART II: CHOICES INVOLVED IN QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

4 SPECIFIC SURVEY RESEARCH FEATURES OF REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

4.1 SELECT REQUESTS FROM DATABASES

4.2 OTHER FEATURES CONNECTED WITH THE RESEARCH GOAL

4.3 SOME PROBLEMATIC REQUESTS

4.4 SOME PREREQUESTS CHANGE THE CONCEPT-BY-INTUITION

4.5 BATTERIES OF REQUESTS FOR ANSWERS

4.6 OTHER FEATURES OF SURVEY REQUESTS

4.7 SPECIAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE REQUEST

4.8 SUMMARY

EXERCISES

5 RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES

5.1 OPEN REQUESTS FOR AN ANSWER

5.2 CLOSED CATEGORICAL REQUESTS

5.3 HOW MANY CATEGORIES ARE OPTIMAL? ...