Product Description: Features the essential methodologies and statistical tools for developing reliable and valid survey questionnairesModern survey design requires the consideration of many variables that will ultimately impact the quality of the collected data...read more

Product Description: In democratic societies, opinion polls play a vital role. But it has been demonstrated that many people do not have an opinion about major issues--the "nonattitudes" problem. Also, the framing of questions in different ways can generate very different estimates of public opinion--the "framing" effect...read more

Product Description: Gallhofer and Saris examine the collective choice processes in different decision-making units leading to World Wars I and II as well as the Cuban Missile Crisis, colonial wars, and to major foreign policy decisions of a European government after World War II...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book investigates how politicians, in order to convince their audiences, argue about preferences for different courses of action. The qualitative and quantitative studies presented here are based on written records and deal with a variety of foreign policy issues, countries, and political regimes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Aimed at aiding researchers to improve their data's quality, Computer-Assisted Interviewing helps readers identify the possibilities and difficulties which arise in computer-assisted interviewing. The author annotates samples of actual research questionnaires so that readers can compare the usual paper questionnaire against the extra statements needed for clear computer-assisted interviewing...read more

Product Description: Paperback. Measurement errors can have profound effects on statistical relationships, and better information on the quality of measures seems needed. Part one of this book is an overview of different models for evaluation of measurement instruments, giving the arguments in favour of the Mulitrait Multimethod (MTMM) approach...read more