Interaction and the Standardized Survey Interview: The Living Questionnaire / Edition 1

by Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra

Overview

This is the first study of its kind to investigate in detail the interaction between interviewers and respondents in standardized social survey interviews. Applying the techniques of conversation analysis, Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra reveals how certain rules of normal conversation fail to apply in form-based interviews, and offers original empirical evidence to show what really happens. Highly accessible, her book sets out the tools of conversation analysis, and points to ways of improving survey compilation and the validity of data. It offers great insight to anyone studying survey methodology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521665711
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/03/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

1. The standardized survey interview; 2. Interviewer-respondent interaction; 3. Participant roles; 4. Recipient design; 5. Questioning turn structure and turn taking; 6. Generating recordable answers to field-coded questions; 7. Establishing rapport; 8. Quality of life assessment interviews; 9. Implications for survey methodology; 10. The cost of flexible interviewing.

Editorial Reviews

"...[the book] has some important contributions to make to those who want to lean how to survey interviews better." APA Review of Books

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