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9780470609910

Survey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts

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    9780470609910

  • ISBN10:

    0470609915

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Setting The Stage
Comparative Survey Methodology
Equivalence, Comparability, and Methodological Progress
Questionnaire Development
Designing Questionnaires for Multipopulation Research
Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life
Managing the Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments: A Case Study of Pretesting of the U.S. Census Bureau Bilingual Spanish/English Questionnaire
Cognitive Interviewing in Non-English Languages: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Translation, Adaptation, and Assessment
Translation, Adaptation, and Design
Evaluation of a Multistep Survey Translation Process
Developments in Translation Verification Procedures in Three Multilingual Assessments: A Plea for an Integrated Translation and Adaptation Monitoring Tool
Culture, Cognition, and Response
Cognition, Communication, and Culture: Implications for the Survey Response Process
Cultural Emphasis on Honor, Modesty, or Self-Enhancement: Implications for the Survey-Response Process
Response Styles and Culture
Key Process Components and Quality
Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Cross-National Comparative Studies
Sampling Designs for Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Survey Programs
Challenges in Cross-National Data Collection
A Survey Process Quality Perspective on Documentation
Harmonizing Survey Data
Nonresponse
The Use of Contact Data in Understanding Cross-National Differences in Unit Nonresponse
Item Nonresponse and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective
Analyzing Data
An Illustrative Review of Techniques for Detecting Inequivalences
Analysis Models for Comparative Surveys
Using Polytomous Item Response Theory to Examine Differential Item and Test Functioning: The Case of Work Ethic
Categorization Errors and Differences in the Quality of Questions in Comparative Surveys
Making Methods Meet: Mixed Design in Cross-Cultural Research
Global Survey Programs
The Globalization of Survey Research
Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Surveys: the European Social Survey (ESS)-From Design to Implementation and Beyond
The International Social Survey Programme: Annual Cross-National Surveys Since 1985
Longitudinal Data Collection in Continental Europe: Experiences from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Assessment Methods in IEA's TIMSS and PIRLS International Assessments of Mathematics, Science, and Reading
Enhancing Quality and Comparability in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
The Gallup World Poll
References
Subject Index
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