Designing and Doing Survey Research

Name: Designing and Doing Survey Research
Price: 24.5 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781849208130

ISBN-10: 1849208131

ISBN-13: 9781849208130

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lesley Andres

List price: $41.99

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $43.64

Marketplace

4 new & used from $24.50

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Designing and Doing Survey Research is an introduction to the processes and methods of planning and conducting survey research. The book provides step-by-step guidance on: - Designing your research - Ethical issues - Developing your survey questions - Sampling - Budgeting, scheduling and managing your time - Administering your survey - Preparing for data analysis With a focus on the impact of new technologies, this book provides a cutting-edge look at how survey research is conducted today as well as the challenges survey researchers face. Packed full of international examples from various social science disciplines, the book is ideal for students and researchers new to survey research.

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 3/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792

Lesley Andres is a Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research and teaching interests include the sociology of education, foundations of higher education, issues of inequality and access, life course research, and quantitative and qualitative research methods.



About the author


Acknowledgements



Survey Research Design - Then and Now



Mapping Out the Survey Research Process



Conceptualizing Your Survey Research Study



Survey Formats



Developing Survey Questions



Sampling Theory and Practice



Validity, Reliability, and Trustworthiness



Administration of Surveys and Enhancing Response Rates



Preparing for Data Analysis



The Next Steps


References


Index