Protection of Human Subjects of Research: Recent Developments and Future Prospects for the Social Sciences

Ethical considerations in web surveys

Introduction / Marcel Das, Peter Ester, and Lars Kaczmirek — Internet survey methods : a review of strengths, weaknesses, and innovations / Jolene D. Smyth and Jennie E. Pearson — Internet surveys as part of a mixed-mode design / Edith D. de Leeuw and Joop J. Hox — “True” longitudinal and probability-based Internet panels :… Continue reading Ethical considerations in web surveys

Cognitive and communicative aspects of survey measurement

Culture-sensitive context effects: A challenge for cross-cultural surveys

Questions and answers in attitude surveys : experiments on question form, wording, and context

Method and meaning in polls and surveys

“Howard Schuman is one of the premier scholars of social surveys. His expertise concerns the way questions about attitudes and beliefs are worded and the effects questions have on the answers people give. However, Method and Meaning in Polls and Surveys is less about the substance of wording effects and more about approaches to interpreting… Continue reading Method and meaning in polls and surveys

Matching estimators of causal effects: Prospects and pitfalls in theory and practice

“In this book, the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis is presented, and methods for causal effect estimation are demonstrated using examples from sociology, political science, and economics.”–BOOK JACKET.; Part I. Counterfactual Causality and Empirical Research in the Social Sciences — 1. Introduction — 2. The counterfactual model; Part II. Estimating Causal Effects… Continue reading Matching estimators of causal effects: Prospects and pitfalls in theory and practice

New frontiers in standardized survey interviewing