Contributors | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Setting the Stage | |
Comparative Survey Methodology | p. 3 |
Equivalence, Comparability, and Methodological Progress | p. 17 |
Questionnaire Development | |
Designing Questionnaires for Multipopulation Research | p. 33 |
Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life | p. 59 |
Managing the Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments: A Case Study of Pretesting of the U.S. Census Bureau Bilingual Spanish/ English Questionnaire | p. 75 |
Cognitive Interviewing in Non-English Languages: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | p. 91 |
Translation, Adaptation, and Assessment | |
Translation, Adaptation, and Design | p. 117 |
Evaluation of a Multistep Survey Translation Process | p. 141 |
Developments in Translation Verification Procedures in Three Multilingual Assessments: A Plea for an Integrated Translation and Adaptation Monitoring Tool | p. 157 |
Culture, Cognition, and Response | |
Cognition, Communication, and Culture: Implications for the Survey Response Process | p. 177 |
Cultural Emphasis on Honor, Modesty, or Self-Enhancement: Implications for the Survey-Response Process | p. 191 |
Response Styles and Culture | p. 203 |
Key Process Components and Quality | |
Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Cross-National Comparative Studies | p. 227 |
Sampling Designs for Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Survey Programs | p. 251 |
Challenges in Cross-National Data Collection | p. 269 |
A Survey Process Quality Perspective on Documentation | p. 299 |
Harmonizing Survey Data | p. 315 |
Nonresponse | |
The Use of Contact Data in Understanding Cross-National Differences in Unit Nonresponse | p. 335 |
Item Nonresponse and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective | p. 355 |
Analyzing Data | |
An Illustrative Review of Techniques for Detecting Inequivalences | p. 375 |
Analysis Models for Comparative Surveys | p. 395 |
Using Polytomous Item Response Theory to Examine Differential Item and Test Functioning: The Case of Work Ethic | p. 419 |
Categorization Errors and Differences in the Quality of Questions in Comparative Surveys | p. 435 |
Making Methods Meet: Mixed Design in Cross-Cultural Research | p. 455 |
Global Survey Programs | |
The Globalization of Survey Research | p. 477 |
Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Surveys: the European Social Survey (ESS)-From Design to Implementation and Beyond | p. 485 |
The International Social Survey Programme: Annual Cross-National Surveys Since 1985 | p. 497 |
Longitudinal Data Collection in Continental Europe: Experiences from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) | p. 507 |
Assessment Methods in IEA's TIMSS and PIRLS International Assessments of Mathematics, Science, and Reading | p. 515 |
Enhancing Quality and Comparability in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) | p. 525 |
The Gallup World Poll | p. 535 |
References | p. 545 |
Subject Index | p. 595 |
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