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Method and meaning in polls and surveys /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuman, Howard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Social surveys.
Social sciences > Research.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Polls and surveys, methods and meanings
  • Ordinary questions, survey questions, and policy questions
  • The primordial distinction between open and closed attitude questions
  • Interpretive survey research : why questions
  • Artifacts are in the mind of the beholder
  • The survey world and other worlds
  • Hunting a social science snark
  • Conclusion: A brief look back at meanings and methods, surveys and polls.