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The Oxford Handbook of Polling and Survey Methods

Oxford Handbooks

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, United States
Published: 30th Aug 2018
Dimensions: w 170mm h 244mm d 37mm
Weight: 1256g
ISBN-10: 0190213299
ISBN-13: 9780190213299
Barcode No: 9780190213299
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The methodologies used to study public opinion are now in flux. The primary polling method of the last half-century, the telephone survey, is rapidly becoming obsolete as a data collection method. At the same time, new methods of contacting potential respondents and obtaining their response are appearing, providing a variety of options for scholars and practitioners. Generally speaking, we are moving from a polling world that was largely interviewer driven over the phone and face-to-face to predominantly interviewer driven self-administered poll environments, New methods of data collection, however, must still deal with fundamental questions to polling methodology and total survey error including sampling, selection bias, non-response error, poststratification weighting, and questionnaire design features. The Oxford Handbook on Polling and Survey Methods brings together a unique mixture of academics and practitioners, from various backgrounds, academic disciplines, and experiences. In some sense, this is reflective of the interdisciplinary nature of the polling and survey industry: polls and surveys are widely used in academia, government, and the private sector. Designing, implementing, and analyzing high quality, accurate, and cost-effective polls and surveys requires a combination of skills and methodological perspectives. Despite the well-publicized issues that have cropped up in recent political polling, a great deal is known today about how to collect high quality polling and survey data even in complex and difficult environments. Divided into four main sections, the Handbook draws on the existing research and explores data collection methods. It then addresses data analysis and the methods available for combining polling data with other types of data. The next section covers analytic issues, including the new approaches to studying public opinion (ie social media, the analysis of open-ended questions using text analytic tools, and data imputation). The final section focuses on the presentation of polling results, an area where there is a great deal of innovation. A comprehensive overview of the topic, this volume highlights current polling trends provides ideas for the development of new and better approaches for measuring, modeling, and visualizing public opinion and social behavior.

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The Oxford Handbook on Polling and Survey Methods brings together a unique mixture of academics and practitioners, from various backgrounds, academic disciplines, and experiences. In some sense, this is reflective of the interdisciplinary nature of the polling and survey industry: polls and surveys are widely used in academia, government, and the private sector. Designing, implementing, and analyzing high quality, accurate, and cost-effective polls and
surveys requires a combination of skills and methodological perspectives. Despite the wellpublicized issues that have cropped up in recent political polling, a great deal is known today about how to collect high quality polling and survey data even in complex and difficult environments * WorldTrade * Editors Atkinson (Univ. of New Mexico) and Alvarez (California Institute of Technology) provide a well-researched overview of polling and survey methods. The volume is categorized into four sections written by scholars and practitioners from various work and academic backgrounds. From government to academia to the private sector, the authors demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of the polling and survey industry...This comprehensive volume showcases the trends,
complexities, and opportunities of polling and survey methods while examining new techniques to measure public opinion. * T. Chan, MIT Libraries *