Constructing survey data: an international approach

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Proposing a post-positivist, interviewee-centred approach, Giampietro Gobo and SergioÂ Mauceri's new book offers students and researchers a practical introduction to the process of collecting and analyzing survey data.

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Title Statements

Full title :Constructing survey data : an international approach / Giampietro Gobo, Sergio Mauceriy ; Jai Seaman, editor ; Shaun Mercier, cover design.

Summary

Proposing a post-positivist, interviewee-centred approach, Giampietro Gobo and SergioÂ Mauceri's new book offers students and researchers a practical introduction to the process of collecting and analyzing survey data.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE
Place of Publication:London [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (387 pages) : : illustrations, tables

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781473904828, 147390482X, 1849201765, 9781849201766, 1849201773, 9781849201773
oclc:ocn882259367
LC Classification:HA31.2
Dewey Decimal:001.433

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- About The Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Rescuing the survey from the surveyists -- Part I The context -- 1 Surveying the survey: back to the past -- 1.1 The making of the 'survey society': the nineteenth century -- 1.2 The common roots of the survey and in-depth interview -- 1.3 The pioneers: 1880-1935 -- 1.4 Technical improvements and the abandonment of mixed methods -- 1.5 The idea of standardizing the survey interview -- 1.6 The split between quantitative and qualitative methods -- 1.7 The explosion and institutionalization of surveys -- 1.8 Technical modifications towards the standardized interview -- 1.9 The decline of concern for data collection -- 1.10 The globalization of the survey culture model -- 1.11 Concluding remarks -- 2 Back to the 'golden age': towards a Multilevel Integrated Survey Approach -- 2.1 What is survey research? -- 2.2 From the Standard to the Multilevel and Integrated Survey Approach -- 2.3 Concluding remarks -- Part II From questions to answers -- 3 The answering process -- 3.1 Backstage: what lies behind the datum? -- 3.2 The co-construction of sur…