This module is concerned with survey research methods, focusing on questionnaire design.
Sampling
Questionnaire design
Getting good response rates
Special issues of network data collection
Dillman, D.A. 2007. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method.
Brewer et al. 2000. Prostitution and the sex discrepancy in reported number of sexual partners. PNAS vol. 97 no. 22 12385-12388 [html]
Trochim. Survey Research. [php]
Borgatti
- Asking questions. [html]
- Sampling. [html]
- Questionnaire issues [html]
Survey exercise (due to my inattention, this will now be due Sept 28th, 2012)
qualtrics (free to UK personnel)
Links
Discussion Topics
Should you regard the respondent more like a research subject or more like a co-investigator?
How is network data collection different from other data collection?
Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health Questionnaires by Norman M. Bradburn, Seymour Sudman, and Brian Wansink (Paperback - April 30, 2004)
Applied Sampling (Quantitative studies in social relations) by Seymour Sudman(Hardcover - Jun 1976)
Brewer, D.D., Potterat, J.J., Muth, S.Q., Malone, P.Z., Malone, P.Z., Montoya, P., Green , D.L., Rogers, H.L., & Cox, P.A. (2005). Randomized trial of supplementary interviewing techniques to enhance recall of sexual partners in contact interviews. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32, 189-193.[pdf]