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Survey Errors & Survey Costs: 536 (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)

Survey Errors & Survey Costs: 536 (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)

by RobertM.Groves (Author)

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    Illustrated 2004

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Synopsis

Presents a comprehensive treatment of survey errors and the costs and benefits of alternative survey designs, integrating statistical and social science perspectives on survey design. Considers coverage error, nonresponse error, sampling error, and measurement error, including the effects of interviewers and respondents, the wording of the questionnaire, and mode of data collection. A review of the social science and statistical literatures on survey errors is included, and the relationships between the different types of errors are explored. Presents cost models designed to reduce the various types of errors.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 616
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Published: 16 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 0471678511
ISBN 13: 9780471678519

Media Reviews

Survey Errors and Survey Costs is a well-written, well-presented, and highly readable text that should be on everyerror-conscious statistician's bookshelf. Any courses that coverthe theory and design of surveys should certainly have SurveyErrors and Survey Costs on their reading lists. (SurveyErrors and Survey Costs, 28 May 2014)

Author Bio
ROBERT M. GROVES, PhD, is presently Program Director (Senior Research Scientist) in the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, where he also serves as Director in the Institute for Social Research and Professor of Sociology. He also holds a joint appointment as Research Professor at the University of Maryland.