Standardized Survey Interviewing: Minimizing Interviewer-Related Error / Edition 1

by Floyd J. Fowler, Thomas W. Mangione

Overview

A practical guide to producing standardized, and reliable, interviews, this volume represents a blending of social science theories of interviewing dynamics, the authors' own extensive research on interview-related error and research evidence from other prominent methodologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803930933
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/01/1989
Series:	Applied Social Research Methods , #18
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. is a graduate of Wesleyan University and received a Ph D from the University of Michigan in 1966. A Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 1971, he was Director of the Center for 14 years. Dr. Fowler is the author or co-author of four textbooks on survey methods, including Survey Research Methods, Improving Survey Questions, Standardized Survey Interviewing (with Mangione), and Survey Methodology (with Groves, Couper, Lepkowski, et. al), as well as numerous research papers and monographs. His recent work has focused on studies of question design and evaluation techniques and applying survey methods to studies of medical care.

Table of Contents

What is a Standardized Survey Interview?
What is Interviewer-related Error?
Standardized Interviewing Techniques
Establishing the Context for the Standardized Interview
The Role of Question Design in the Standardized Interview
Interviewer Selection and Interviewer-Related Error
Training Interviewers
Interviewer Supervision
How to Reduce Interviewer-Related Error in Surveys