1 Introduction 1.2 A Brief History of Survey Research 1.2.1 The Purposes of Surveys, 3 1.2.2 The Development of Standardized Questioning, 5 1.2.3 The Development of Sampling Methods, 6 1.2.4 The Development of Data Collection Methods, 7 1.3 Some Examples of Ongoing Surveys 1.3.1 The National Crime Victimization Survey, 8 1.3.2 The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 13 1.3.3 The Survey of Consumers, 17 1.3.4 The National Assessment of Educational Progress, 20 1.3.5 The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 24 1.3.6 The Current Employment Statistics Program, 27 1.3.7 What Can We Learn From the Six Example Surveys?, 29 1.4 What is Survey Methodology? 1.5 The Challenge of Survey Methodology 1.6 About this Book Keywords For More In-Depth Reading Exercises Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. AN INTRODUCTION TO SURVEY METHODOLOGYĬopyright O 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Rao, Norbert Schwarz, Christopher SkinnerĪ complete list of the titles in this series appears at the end of this volume. WILEY SERIES IN SURVEY METHODOLOGY Established in part by WALTER A. Lepkowski Eleanor Singer Roger Tourangeau
