Weisberg, Herbert F.,

An introduction to survey research, polling, and data analysis / Herbert F. Weisberg, Jon A. Krosnick and Bruce D. Bowen. - 3rd ed. - London : Sage, c1996. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Rev. ed. of: An introduction to survey research and data analysis / Herbert F. Weisberg, Jon A. Krosnick, Bruce D. Bowen. 2nd ed. c1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of survey research -- The survey process -- Sampling procedures -- Questionnaire construction -- The data collection stage -- Coding practices -- Designing survey -- The process of data analysis -- Single-variable statistics -- Statistical inference for means -- Two-variable tables -- Measures of association -- Control tables -- Correlation and regression -- Writing survey reports -- Evaluating surveys -- The ethics of polls.

0803974027


Social surveys.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.

HN29 / .W45 1996

300.723 / W426i