Survey Research Methods

Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1966. A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 1971, he was Director of the Center for 14 years. Dr. Fowler is the author or co-author of four textbooks on survey methods, including Survey Research Methods, Improving Survey Questions, Standardized Survey Interviewing (with Mangione), and Survey Methodology (with Groves, Couper, Lepkowski, et. al), as well as numerous research papers and monographs. His recent work has focused on studies of question design and evaluation techniques and applying survey methods to studies of medical care.

• 1. Introduction2. Types of Error in Surveys3. Sampling4. Nonresponse: Implementing a Sample Design5. Methods of Data Collection6. Designing Questions to Be Good Measures7. Evaluating Survey Questions and Instruments8. Survey Interviewing9. Preparing Survey Data for Analysis10. Analyzing Survey Data11. Ethical Issues in Survey Research12. Providing Information about Survey Methods13. Survey Error in Perspective

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