19.011 methodology of surveying

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         Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 06:46:03 +0100
         From: "Ken Cousins" <kcousins_at_gvpt.umd.edu>
         Subject: Re: 18.771 methodology of surveying?

>>> "Humanist Discussion Group Vol. 18, No. 771.
agreed to be required for a survey ... reference books on the subject?
>>>
I doubt this is exactly what you were looking for Willard, but here are
some network- and internet-based discussions, which everyone might not
have in their pool of readings:

Kossinets, G. (2004). Effects of missing data in social networks.
ArXiv.org. Ithaca, NY: 31.
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0306/0306335.pdf

Iyengar, S. and J. Fishkin (2003). First Online Deliberative Opinion
Poll Reveals Informed Opinions on World Problems. Stanford, CA and
Austin, TX, Political Communication Lab (Stanford), Center for
Deliberative Polling (UTA): 3.
http://pcl.stanford.edu/common/docs/research/fishkin/2003/onlinedpoll.pdf

Fricker Jr, R. D. and M. Schonlau (2002). "Advantages and Disadvantages
of Internet Research Surveys: Evidence from the Literature." Field
Methods 14(4): 347.

Solomon, D. J. (2001). "Conducting Web-Based Surveys." ERIC Digest.

Schonlau, M., J. Fricker, Ronald D, et al. (2001). Conducting Research
Surveys via E-mail and the Web. Santa Monica, CA, RAND.

Witte, J. C., L. M. Amoroso, et al. (2000). "Method and Representation
in Internet-Based Survey Tools: Mobility, Community, and Cultural
Identity in Survey2000." Social Science Computer Review 18(2): 179.

Liberman, S. and K. B. Wolf (1997). "The flow of knowledge: Scientific
contacts in formal meetings." Social Networks 19(3): 271-83.

Converse, J. M. and S. Presser (1986). Survey Questions: Handcrafting
the Standardized Questionnaire, Sage Publications.

Dijkstra, W. (1979). "Response bias in the survey interview; an
approach from balance theory." Social Networks 2(3): 285-304.

Regards,

K

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