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| the collection of information from a sample of individuals through their responses to questions |
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| covers a range of topics of interest to different social scientists |
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| unique questions or other modifications in a survey administered to randomnly selected subsets of the total survey sample, so that more questions can be included in the entire survey or so that responses to different question versions can be compared |
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| the survey instrument containing the questions for a self-administered survey |
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| the survey instrument containing the questions asked by the interviewer for an in-person interview or phone survey |
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| questions included in a questionnaire or interview schedule to help explain answers to other important questions |
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| a time frame in which a survey question asks respondents to place a particular behavior |
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| a question or statement that contains two negatives, which can muddy the meaning |
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| when a question is really asking more than one question |
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| mutually exclusive responses |
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| a variables attributes or values are mutually exclusive if every case can have only one attribute |
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| survey responses in which respondents indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with statements |
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| survey respondents who see themselves as being neutral on an issue and choose a middle response that is offered |
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| survey respondents who provide an opinion on a topic in response to a closed-ended question that does not include a "don't know" option, but will choose "don't know" if it is available |
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| a survey question used to identify a subset of respondents who then are asked other questions |
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| the unique combination of questions created in a survey by filter questions and contingent questions |
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| questions that are asked of only a subset of survey respondents |
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| variation in responses to questions that is caused by individuals' reactions to particular words or ideas in the question instead of by variation in the concept that the question is intended to measure |
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| a composite measure based on summing, averaging or otherwise combining the responses to multiple questions that are intended to measure the same varaible |
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| special statistics that help researchers decide whether responses are consistent |
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| a technique for evaluating questions in which researchers ask people test questions, then probe with follow-up questions to learn how they understood the questions and what their answers mean |
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| a survey that is sent and answered by computer, either through email or on the Web |
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| a survey involving a mailed questionnaire to be completed by the respondent |
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| group-administered survey |
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| a survey that is completed by individual respondents who are assembled into a group |
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| a survey in which interviewers question respondents over the phone and then record their answers |
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| computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) |
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| phone interviews assisted by computers |
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| computerized interactive voice response (IVR) |
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| software that uses a touch-tone telephone to interact with people in order to acquire information from or enter data into a database |
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| computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) |
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| an interview in wihch the interviewer carries a laptop computer programmed to display the interview questions and proceses the responses that the interviewer types in, as well as checking that these responses fall within the allowed ranges |
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| computer-assiested self interviewing (CASI) |
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| a system within which respondents interact with a computer-administered questionnaire by using a mouse and following audio instructions delivered via headphones |
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| surveys that are conducted by more than one method, allowing the strengths of one survey design to compensate for the weaknesses of another and maximizing the likelihood of securing data from different types of respondents |
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