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Informationen zum Autor Haydn Aarons is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. He has taught research methods including survey research and quantitative methods to social science and humanities students for over 20 years. He has worked on numerous survey design research projects for industry, government, and academic research. His research in Sociology covers topics in health, religion, cultural consumption, and military sociology. Klappentext Through templates and real-world examples, this step-by-step guide clearly illustrates what good and bad data look like, in order to help students get going quickly and build an effective survey around a research question. In each chapter, survey-based challenges are linked to the broader research issues, maintaining the important theoretical context to the learning process. Zusammenfassung Through templates and real-world examples, this step-by-step guide clearly illustrates what good and bad data look like, in order to help students get going quickly and build an effective survey around a research question. In each chapter, survey-based challenges are linked to the broader research issues, maintaining the important theoretical context to the learning process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Surveys: data, uses, and contexts Chapter 2 Types of Surveys: Components and Limitations Chapter 3 Survey design and the research process Chapter 4 Concepts: what's the big idea? Chapter 5 Dimensions, sub-dimensions, and indicators Chapter 6 Constructing survey questions Chapter 7 Conceptual models: mapping concepts and preparing for analysis Chapter 8 Survey administration Chapter 9 Survey design and data analysis: from questions to data and from plan to action Chapter 10 Pulling it all together: a survey design and survey research example
