Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context

Schuman, Howard

ISBN 10: 0126313504 / ISBN 13: 9780126313505

Published by Academic Pr, 1981

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context
• Publisher: Academic Pr
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126313504
• ISBN 13: 9780126313505
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

This book pioneers a new state of the art for conducting research on the form, wording, and context of questions asked in attitude surveys.

About the Author

Stanley Presser is interested in the interface between social psychology and survey measurement. His research focuses on questionnaire design and testing, the accuracy of survey responses, nonresponse, and ethical issues stemming from the use of human subjects. His books include Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys (with Howard Schuman), Survey Questions (with Jean Converse), and Survey Research Methods (with Eleanor Singer). In addition to being professor of sociology, he teaches in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, which he founded in 1992 with colleagues at the University of Michigan and Westat, Inc. He has served as editor of Public Opinion Quarterly, was president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, and is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association. Presser was director of the Maryland Survey Research Center from 1989 to 2000.