International Handbook of Survey Methodology (European Association of Methodology) - Softcover

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Edith D. de Leeuw is a consultant in survey methodology and statistics and senior researcher at the Department of Methodology & Statistics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. An Associate Editor of the Journal of Official Statistics and an editorial board member of Sociological Methods and Research and Field Methods, Dr. de Leeuw organizes international conferences on data collection, quality, and survey methodology and statistics.

Joop J. Hox is Professor and Chair of Social Science Methodology at Utrecht University. A Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a founding member of the European Association of Methodology and its executive board, his recent publications focus on survey non-response, interviewer effects, survey data quality, missing data, and multilevel analysis of regression and structural equation models.

Don A. Dillman is Regents Professor and the Thomas S. Foley Distinguished Professor of Government and Public Policy at Washington State University. A former Senior Survey Methodologist at the U.S. Census Bureau, Dr. Dilman served as president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and received that associationâEUR(TM)s award for exceptional professional achievement in 2003.

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Covers methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing surveys. This handbook provides guidance on collecting survey data and creating meaningful results. It focuses on data collection, from face-to-face interviews, to Internet and interactive voice response, to special challenges involved in mixing these modes within one survey.