100 Questions (and Answers) About Survey Research (Paperback)

Erin Ruel

ISBN 10: 1506348823 / ISBN 13: 9781506348827

Published by SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, 2018

About this Item

Paperback. Covering the entire survey research process, starting with developing research questions and ending with the analysis and write-up, this text introduces the most important topics in survey methodology. Designed to help users make the most of their survey projects, the book includes the traditional survey topics of design, sampling, question writing and validity and covers preparing, cleaning, and analysing data. Explains basic principles about survey research, such as what surveys are, which types are available and what is involved in producing high quality surveys. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Questions (and Answers) About Survey Research (Paperback)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506348823
• ISBN 13: 9781506348827
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Erin Ruel′s 100 Questions (and Answers) About Survey Research covers the entire survey research process, starting with developing research questions and ending with the analysis and write-up. It includes the traditional survey topics of design, sampling, question writing, and validity; includes a chapter on research ethics; covers the important topics of preparing, cleaning, and analyzing data; and ends with a section on how to write up survey results for a variety of purposes. Useful as a supplementary text in the classroom or as a reference guide for anyone starting a new survey project, the guidance is presented in a FAQ style to allow readers to jump around the book, so as to accommodate the nonlinear and iterative nature of research.

About the Author

Erin Ruel is associate professor of sociology and director of graduate studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. She received her PhD in sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003. In 2003, Erin took a postdoctoral position at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the Center for Demography of Health and Aging. While there, she continued to hone her survey research skills on the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Soon after arriving in Atlanta to take an assistant professor position at Georgia State University (GSU) in 2005, she began the Urban Health Initiative, a longitudinal survey study of public housing residents facing involuntary relocation with GSU colleagues. Erin was principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health study on the health outcomes of relocated public housing residents and co-investigator on two National Science Foundation grants, examining social disorganization and social support for public housing residents. She employs quantitative and mixed methods to examine health disparities and the health consequences of racial residential segregation, neighborhood disadvantage, housing, and socioeconomic status. Ruel has published in numerous journals, including Demography, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Health and Place, Journal of Housing Studies, Cities, Sociology Compass, Journal of Adolescent Health, and Journal of Urban Health.