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Survey Methodology is becoming a more structured field of research, deserving of more and more academic attention. The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology explores both the increasingly scientific endeavour of surveys and their growing complexity, as different data collection modes and information sources are combined. The handbook takes a global approach, with a team of international experts looking at local and national specificities, as well as problems of cross-national, comparative survey research. The chapters are organized into seven major sections, each of which represents a stage in the survey life-cycle: Surveys and Societies Planning a Survey Measurement Sampling Data Collection Preparing Data for Use Assessing and Improving Data Quality The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology is a landmark and essential tool for any scholar within the social sciences.
Special Challenges of Sampling for Comparative Surveys
Special Challenges of Sampling for Comparative Surveys
HISTORY AND EXAMPLES
Comparative social surveys have a long history. The beginning goes back to the mid of the last century with surveys such as ‘How nations see each other’ (Buchanan and Cantrill 1953) in 1948/1949. An impressive overview of such surveys based on population samples is given on the web site of the research data center for international survey programs at GESIS (http://www.gesis.org/en/institute/competence-centers/rdc-international-survey-programmes/). In the last decades a long process of amelioration and control of those surveys has taken place. In this chapter we will document the current state of the art concerning sampling for comparative surveys.
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