Author(s): Frederick F. Stephan; Philip J. McCarthy
Series: Wiley Publications in Statistics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 1958
Language: English
Pages: 451
City: Sampling Opinions An Analysis of Survey Procedure
PART I. THE NATURE AND ROLE OF SAMPLING
1. THE VALUE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM SAMPLES 3
2. SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SAMPLING 20
3. THE VARIETY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SAMPLING PROCEDURES 30
4. SOME MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SELECTION PROCEDURES AND MEASUREMENT PROCESSES 66
5. SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SAMPLING AND CONCLUSIONS DEDUCED FROM MODELS 97
PART II. EMPIRICAL STUDIES
6. INTRODUCTION TO EMPIRICAL STUDIES 123
7. COMPARISON OF SURVEY ESTIMATES WITH KNOWN POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS 134
8. COMPARISON OF ESTIMATES OBTAINED FROM TWO OR MORE SAMPLE SURVEYS 156
9. ESTIMATION OF VARIANCES FOR SELECTED PROBABILITY MODEL SAMPLING PROCEDURES 192
10. SAMPLING VARIABILITY OF QUOTA SAMPLING PROCEDURES 211
11. PROBLEMS OF ACCESSIBILITY AND COOPERATION 235
12. AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIELD OPERATIONS OF A NATIONAL QUOTA SAMPLE SURVEY 273
13. CONCLUSIONS FROM EMPIRICAL STUDIES 319
PART III. THE DESIGN OF SAMPLE SURVEYS
A. Preparatory Stages in Designing a Complex Survey
14. THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF PREPARATIONS VARY WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES 329
15. A DEFINITE FORMULATION OF PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES IS NEEDED 336
16. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION SHOULD BE ASSEMBLED ON THE POPULATION, ATTITUDES, OPINIONS, AND RELATED VARIABLES THAT ARE TO BE STUDIED 343
17. INITIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS 360
18. REVIEW OF POSSIBLE SAMPLING PROCEDURES AND ASSEMBLY OF INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE 372
B. Practical Development of Survey Designs
19. A BROAD VIEW OF THE DRAFTING OF DESIGNS 384
20. THE USE OF POPULATION SUBGROUPS IN SAMPLE DESIGN 403
21. CONTROL OF DEVIATIONS FROM AND CHANGES IN ORIGINAL SAMPLE DESIGN DURING OPERATIONS 425
22. APPRAISING THE PERFORMANCE TO BE EXPECTED FROM SURVEY DESIGNS 433
Index of Persons and Organizations 441
Subject Index 445
