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Informationen zum Autor JANET A. HARKNESS , PhD, is Director and Graduate Chair of the Survey Research and Methodology Program and Gallup Research Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. MICHAEL BRAUN , PhD, is Senior Consultant at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany). BRAD EDWARDS is Vice President and Associate Director at Westat, Inc. TIMOTHY P. JOHNSON , PhD, is Professor and Director of the Survey Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. LARS LYBERG , PhD, is Chief Scientist at Statistics Sweden. PETER PH. MOHLER , PhD, is Professor at University of Mannheim (Germany). BETH-ELLEN PENNELL , PhD, is Director of Survey Research Operations at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. TOM W. SMITH is Director of the General Social Survey at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Klappentext A unique collaboration featuring the latest methodologies and research on multi- and cross-national surveysOver the past two decades, the relevance of cross-national and cross-cultural methodologies has heightened across various fields of study. Responding to increasing cultural diversity and rapid changes in how research is conducted, Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts addresses the need for refined tools and improved procedures in cross-cultural and cross-national studies worldwide.Based on research submitted to the International Conference on Multinational, Multicultural, and Multiregional Survey Methods (3MC), this book identifies important changes in comparative methodology approaches, outlines new findings, and provides insight into future developments in the field. Some of the world's leading survey researchers gather in this volume to address the need for a standard framework that promotes quality assurance and quality control in survey research, and its impact on various stages of the survey life cycle, including study design and organization, cross-national sampling, testing and pretesting, data collection, and input and output variable harmonization. Self-contained chapters feature coverage of various topics, such as:* Question and questionnaire design, from both global and study-specific perspectives* The construction and evaluation of survey translations and instrument adaptations* The effects of cultural difference on the perception of question and response categories* Non-response issues* Analysis in comparative contexts, featuring discussion of polytomous item response theory, categorization problems, and Multi-Trait-Multi-Methods (MTMM)* The significance of evolving methodologies for current international survey programs, including the European Social Survey, the International Social Survey Programme, and the Gallup World PollSurvey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts is a valuable supplement for courses on comparative survey methods at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It also serves as an insightful reference for professionals who design, implement, and analyze comparative research in the areas of business, public health, and the social and behavioral sciences. Zusammenfassung Written and edited by experts in the fields, S urvey Methods in Multicultural, Multinational, and Multiregional Contexts provides an overview of comparative multinational, multiregional, and multicultural issues in survey methodology. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTRIBUTORS. PREFACE. PART I SETTING THE STAGE. 1 Comparative Survey Methodology ( Janet A. Harkness, Michael Braun, Brad Edwards, Timothy P. Johnson, Lars Lyberg, Peter Ph. Mohler, Beth-Ellen Pennell, and Tom W. Smith ). 2 Equivalence, Comparability, and Methodological Progress ( Peter Ph. Mohler and Timothy P. Johnson ). ...
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CONTRIBUTORS. PREFACE. PART I SETTING THE STAGE. 1 Comparative Survey Methodology ( Janet A. Harkness, Michael Braun, Brad Edwards, Timothy P. Johnson, Lars Lyberg, Peter Ph. Mohler, Beth Ellen Pennell, and Tom W. Smith ). 2 Equivalence, Comparability, and Methodological Progress ( Peter Ph. Mohler and Timothy P. Johnson ). PART II QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT. 3 Designing Questionnaires for Multipopulation Research ( Janet A. Harkness, Brad Edwards, Sue Ellen Hansen, Debra R. Miller, and Ana Villar ). 4 Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life ( Arland Thornton, Alexandra Achen, Jennifer S. Barber, Georgina Binstock, Wade M. Garrison, DirghaJ. Ghimire, Ronald Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Yang Jiang, Julie de Jong, Katherine King, Ron J. Lesthaeghe, Sohair Mehanna, Colter Mitchell, Mansoor Moaddel, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Guangzhou Wang, Yu Xie, Li Shou Yang, Linda Ñ Young DeMarco, andKathryn Yount ). 5 Managing the Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments: A Case Study of Pretesting of the U.S. Census Bureau Bilingual Spanish/English Questionnaire ( Patricia L. Goerman and Rachel A. Caspar ). 6 Cognitive Interviewing in Non English Languages: A Cross Cultural Perspective ( Yuling Pan, Ashley Landreth, Hyunjoo Park, Marjorie Hinsdale Shouse, and Alisu Schoua Glusberg ). PART III TRANSLATION, ADAPTATION, AND ASSESSMENT. 7 Translation, Adaptation, and Design ( Janet A. Harkness, Ana Villar, and Brad Edwards ). 8 Evaluation of a Multistep Survey Translation Process ( Gordon B. Willis, Martha Stapleton Kudela, Kerry Levin, Alicia Norberg, Debra S. Stark, Barbara H. Forsyth, Pat Dean Brick, David Berrigan, Frances E. Thompson, Deirdre Lawrence, and Anne M. Hartman ). 9 Developments in Translation Verification Procedures in Three Multilingual Assessments: A Plea for an Integrated Translation and Adaptation Monitoring Tool ( Steve Dept, Andrea Ferrari, and Laura Wäyrynen ). PART IV CULTURE, COGNITION, AND RESPONSE. 10 Cognition, Communication, and Culture: Implications for the Survey Response Process ( Norbert Schwarz, Daphna Oyserman, and Emilia Peytcheva ). 11 Cultural Emphasis on Honor, Modesty, or Self Enhancement: Implications for the Survey Response Process ( Ayse K. Uskul, Daphna Oyserman, and Norbert Schwarz ). (...)
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"For now, we commend all the editors of this book for having compiled the tremendous amount of material received, edited and organized it in such a way that enables this unique and pioneering book advance the field of 3M." ( Biz India , 1 May 2012)
