TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fowler,Floyd J
TI  - Improving survey questions: design and evaluation 
AV  - HN29.F785.I477 1995 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Data Collection
KW  - methods
KW  - Research Design
KW  - Sociometric Techniques
N1  - 1 (pages 184-188) and index; Questions as measures: an overview --; Designing questions to gather factual data --; Questions to measure subjective states --; Some general rules for designing good survey instruments --; Presurvey evaluation of questions --; Assessing the validity of survey questions --; Questions design and evaluation issues in perspective --; Appendix A: Commonly used measurement dimensions --; Appendix B: Measures of common covariates --; Appendix C: About open-ended questions --; Appendix D: Achieving standardized interviews; 2
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