Survey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts

by Editor: Janet A. Harkness; Editor: Michael Braun; Editor: Brad Edwards; Editor: Timothy P. Johnson; Editor: Lars E. Lyberg; Editor: Peter Ph. Mohler; Editor: Beth-Ellen Pennell; Editor: Tom W. Smith

• ISBN13: 9780470609910
• ISBN10: 0470609915
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780470177990, 9780470609927
• 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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