Survey Design

Databases

Reference Sources

Internet Sites

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Databases

• EconLit (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1969- (updated monthly)
  This database is an expanded version of the classified article index part of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), which is the standard tool for locating economics literature. EconLit provides citations and abstracts to nearly 600 economics journals and indexes other materials related to the field such as books (1987-), collective volume articles (1984-), dissertations (1987-), working paper abstracts (1984-), and book reviews.

• MathSciNet (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1940-. (updated daily)
  Mathematical Reviews
  Vol. 1-, 1940-.
  E&S-ABS
  This database corresponds to two important publications from the American Mathematical Society and covers the years 1940 to the present. Current Mathematical Publications is a subject index of recent and forthcoming mathematical publications. Most items are later reviewed in Mathematical Reviews which publishes over 47,000 reviews and abstracts annually. This database focuses upon statistical methods in regards to surveys.

• PsycINFO (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1887- (updated monthly)
  The database covers psychology and related fields and describes journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations. Indexed materials are international in scope. Some articles focus upon survey methodology; a larger number discuss methodology in relation to particular studies.

• Social Science Index (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1983- (updated monthly)
  Social Sciences Abstracts covers more than 400 international, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. The database began adding abstracts in 1994. Many (if not most) articles on survey research will address methodological issues concerned with a particular survey.

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Reference Sources

Some of these titles may be checked out. Search CAMEO (the online catalog) for the status of these books and additional resources.


• Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research (1991)
  REF-1 HM261 .Y684 1991

• Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods (1998)
  HUNT REF-1 H62 .H24534 1998
  SEI STACKS H62 .H24534 1998

• Sources and Methods. Labour Statistics (1994, 1999, 2003)
  REF-1 331 I612 Supp.

• Compensating for Missing Survey Data (1983)
  STACKS-2 HN29 .K35 1983

• Constructing Effective Questionnaires (2000)
  STACKS-2 HN29 .P45 2000

• Interaction and the Standardized Survey Interview: The Living Questionnaire (2000)
  STACKS-2 HM526 .H68 2000
  
• Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (2000)
  STACKS-2 HM538 .D55 2000
  

• Nonresponse in Household Interview Surveys (1998)
  STACKS-2 HB849.49 .G757 1998

• Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications (1999)
  STACKS-2

• Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (2002)
  E&S QA276 .L57 2002

• Survey Research (1999)
  STACKS-2 HA31.2 .S37 1999

• Survey Research: The Basics (2003)
  STACKS-2 H62 .P934 2003

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Internet Sites

• U.S. Bureau of the Census
  
  • Research Reports Sorted by Year
    
    • The Statistical Research Report Series covers research in statistical methodology and estimation.
    • Working Papers in Survey Methodology covers questionnaire design research and methodological studies to identify causes of nonsampling errors and evaluate alternative design solutions.

  • A Bibliography of Selected Statistical Methods and Development Related to Census 2000
    This source in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format provides an overview of historical developments in sampling as well as an annotated bibliography covering much of the 20th century.

• Office for Human Research Protections (U.S. Department for Health and Human Services)

• Survey Research Methods Section (American Statistical Association)
  This site includes general information about survey research, privacy and ethics, links to survey research associations and societies, software for analysis of survey data, and conferences and publication information.

• Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
  This page lists FREE resources for methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web.

• The Survey System (Creative Research Systems)
  This company offers FREE resources such as a sample size calculator, and information on survey design, statistical significance, and correlation.

• Web Survey Methodology (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  This page is sponsored by the Center for Methodology and Informatics at the Faculty of Social Sciences. They offer a bibliography regarding aspects of web surveys such as sample design, selection, and solicitation; questionnaire layout; ethical aspects; and (non)response, representativeness, and generalization. They also offer a bibliography on related topics and links to on-line discussion groups and conference information.

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