Survey Research WWW Resources
Brochures
about Survey Research
These online brochures, available from the American Statistical Association,
provide basic information about survey research.
Electronic
Textbook: StatSoft
"This Electronic Statistics Textbook offers training in the understanding
and application of statistics. The material was developed at the StatSoft
R&D department based on many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate
statistics courses and covers a wide variety of applications, including laboratory
research (biomedical, agricultural, etc.), business statistics and forecasting,
social science statistics and survey research, data mining, engineering and
quality control applications, and many others." Information included
in this source is documented with references.
Indiana
University Center for Survey Research
"The primary mission of the Center for Survey Research (CSR) is to provide
research services to academic and public policy researchers and to facilitate
educational and experiential opportunities for researchers, graduate, and
undergraduate students. The CSR is a social science research facility that
focuses on academic, social science, and public policy research. The CSR staff
adhere to the highest quality academic and government research standards and
procedures." Click on "Staff Papers" to learn about conducting survey research.
Internet
Sites Related to Survey Research
This site provides links to and information about survey journals, organizations,
ethics, survey data archives, analyzing and sampling survey data, and conducting
focus groups. "The Survey Research Laboratory (SRL) of the University of Illinois
at Chicago is a research and service unit established in 1964. It is a division
of the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Urban Planning and Public
Affairs that provides survey research services to:
* the faculty,
staff, and students of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Urbana-Champaign;
* other academic
institutions;
* local, state,
and federal agencies; and
* others working
in the public interest."
Joint
Program in Survey Methodology
The Joint Program in Survey Methodology offers a variety of short courses.
"JPSM, sponsored primarily by the Interagency Council on Statistical
Policy, is a consortium of the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan
and Westat. The primary goal of JPSM is to educate the next generation of
technical leaders of the survey profession."
Public
Opinion Polling in Canada
This documented research paper was prepared by Claude Emery of the Political
and Social Affairs Division in Canada. It provides information about the impact
of polls on politics and opinion.
Quantitative
Analysis
This site, authored by Pentti Routio at the University of Art and Design in
Helsinki, provides in-depth information about quantitative analysis.
Quantitative
Research Design
Will Hopkins, Professor, Sports Studies, Auckland University of Technology,
Auckland, New Zealand, authored this site that explains quantitative research
design.
Resources
for Survey Researchers
Although this site is a commercial site that sells software, it provides some
valuable information about survey research. A number of well-known firms use
this software and company to do survey research. The fact that these companies
choose "The Survey System" established the credibility of the information.
Survey
Research
This is an online presentation about research that Nancy Whelchel, Coordinator
for Survey Research at the office of University Planning and Analysis at the
University of North Carolina, has created to provide basic information about
survey research.
All quoted material is from the respective source.
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