Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface to The Second Edition |
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Acknowledgments |
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An Introduction to Survey Methodology |
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2 | (1) |
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A Brief History of Survey Research |
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3 | (4) |
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The Development of Standardized Questioning |
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5 | (1) |
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The Development of Sampling Methods |
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6 | (1) |
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The Development of Data Collection Methods |
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7 | (1) |
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Some Examples of Ongoing Surveys |
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The National Crime Victimization Survey |
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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (3) |
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress |
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20 | (4) |
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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
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24 | (3) |
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The Current Employment Statistics Program |
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27 | (2) |
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What Can We Learn From the Six Example Surveys? |
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29 | (1) |
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What is Survey Methodology? |
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30 | (2) |
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The Challenge of Survey Methodology |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (5) |
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35 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (3) |
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Inference and Error in Surveys |
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39 | (2) |
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The Lifecycle of a Survey from a Design Perspective |
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41 | (8) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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How Design Becomes Process |
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48 | (1) |
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The Lifecycle of a Survey from a Quality Perspective |
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49 | (11) |
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The Observational Gap between Constructs and Measures |
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50 | (2) |
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Measurement Error: the Observational Gap between the Ideal Measurement and the Response Obtained |
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52 | (1) |
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Processing Error: the Observational Gap between the Variable Used in Estimation and that Provided by the Respondent |
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53 | (1) |
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Coverage Error: the Nonobservational Gap between the Target Population and the Sampling Frame |
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54 | (2) |
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Sampling Error: The Nonobservational Gap between the Sampling Frame and the Sample |
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56 | (3) |
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Nonresponse Error: The Nonobservational Gap between the Sample and the Respondent Pool |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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Error Notions in Different Kinds of Statistics |
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61 | (1) |
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Nonstatistical Notions of Survey Quality |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (6) |
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64 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (4) |
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Target Populations, Sampling Frames, and Coverage Error |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (3) |
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Coverage Properties of Sampling Frames |
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72 | (9) |
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72 | (4) |
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76 | (1) |
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Clustering of Target Population Elements Within Frame Elements |
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Duplication of Target Population Elements in Sampling Frames |
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Complicated Mappings between Frame and Target Population Elements |
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80 | (1) |
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Alternative Frames for the Target Population of Households or Persons |
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81 | (3) |
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81 | (1) |
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Telephone Number Frames for Households or Persons |
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81 | (2) |
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Frames for Web Surveys of General Populations |
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83 | (1) |
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Frame Issues for Other Common Target Populations |
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84 | (3) |
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Customers, Employees, or Members of an Organization |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (6) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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Increasing Coverage While Including More Ineligible Elements |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (3) |
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95 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (2) |
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Sample Design and Sampling Error |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (4) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (7) |
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The Design Effect and Within-Cluster Homogeneity |
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110 | (3) |
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Subsampling within Selected Clusters |
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113 | (1) |
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Stratification and Stratified Sampling |
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113 | (10) |
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Proportionate Allocation to Strata |
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116 | (6) |
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Disproportionate Allocation to Strata |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Complications in Practice |
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125 | (8) |
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Two-Stage Cluster Designs with Probabilities Proportionate to Size (PPS) |
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127 | (2) |
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Multistage and Other Complex Designs |
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129 | (1) |
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How Complex Sample Designs are Described: The Sample Design for the NCVS |
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130 | (3) |
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Sampling US Telephone Households |
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133 | (3) |
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Selecting Persons Within Households |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (12) |
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139 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (11) |
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Methods of Data Collection |
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Alternative Methods of Data Collection |
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150 | (9) |
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Degree of Interviewer Involvement |
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153 | (1) |
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Degree of Interaction with the Respondent |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Channels of Communication |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Implications of these Dimensions |
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158 | (1) |
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Choosing the Appropriate Method |
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159 | (1) |
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Effects of Different Data Collection Methods on Survey Errors |
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160 | (15) |
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Measuring the Marginal Effect of Mode |
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160 | (2) |
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Sampling Frame and Sample Design Implications of Mode Selection |
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162 | (1) |
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Coverage Implications of Mode Selection |
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163 | (3) |
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Nonresponse Implications of Mode Selection |
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166 | (2) |
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Measurement Quality Implications of Mode Selection |
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168 | (5) |
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173 | (1) |
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Summary on the Choice of Method |
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174 | (1) |
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Using Multiple Modes of Data Collection |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (6) |
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178 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (4) |
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Nonresponse in Sample Surveys |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (6) |
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184 | (2) |
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Trends in Response Rates Over Time |
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186 | (3) |
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Impact of Nonresponse on the Quality of Survey Estimates |
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189 | (2) |
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Thinking Causally About Survey Nonresponse Error |
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191 | (1) |
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Dissecting the Nonresponse Phenomenon |
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192 | (9) |
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Unit Nonresponse Due to Failure to Deliver the Survey Request |
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193 | (4) |
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Unit Nonresponse Due to Refusals |
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197 | (4) |
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Unit Nonresponse Due to the Inability to Provide the Requested Data |
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201 | (1) |
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Design Features to Reduce Unit Nonresponse |
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201 | (7) |
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208 | (2) |
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Are Nonresponse Propensities Related to Other Error Sources? |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (7) |
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211 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (6) |
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Questions and Answers in Surveys |
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Alternatives Methods of Survey Measurement |
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217 | (1) |
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Cognitive Processes in Answering Questions |
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218 | (7) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Other Models of the Response Process |
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223 | (2) |
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Problems in Answering Survey Questions |
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225 | (17) |
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225 | (1) |
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Misinterpreting the Questions |
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226 | (3) |
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Forgetting and Other Memory Problems |
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229 | (5) |
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Estimation Processes for Behavioral Questions |
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234 | (2) |
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Judgment Processes for Attitude Questions |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (3) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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Guidelines for Writing Good Questions |
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242 | (10) |
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Nonsensitive Questions About Behavior |
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243 | (3) |
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Sensitive Questions About Behavior |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (3) |
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Self-Administered Questions |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (7) |
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254 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (4) |
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Evaluating Survey Questions |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (2) |
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Field Pretests and Behavior Coding |
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265 | (2) |
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Randomized or Split-Ballot Experiments |
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267 | (1) |
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Applying Question Standards |
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268 | (1) |
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Summary of Question Evaluation Tools |
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269 | (5) |
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Linking Concepts of Measurement Quality to Statistical Estimates |
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274 | (12) |
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274 | (5) |
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279 | (2) |
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Reliability and Simple Response Variance |
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281 | (5) |
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286 | (5) |
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287 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (3) |
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The Role of the Interviewer |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (3) |
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Systematic Interviewer Effects on Reporting of Socially Undesirable Attributes |
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292 | (1) |
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Systematic Interviewer Effects on Topics Related to Observable Interviewer Traits |
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292 | (2) |
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Systematic Interviewer Effects Associated with Interviewer Experience |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (5) |
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Randomization Requirements for Estimating Interviewer Variance |
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296 | (1) |
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Estimation of Interviewer Variance |
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297 | (3) |
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Strategies for Reducing Interviewer Bias |
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300 | (2) |
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The Role of the Interviewer in Motivating Respondent Behavior |
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300 | (1) |
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Changing Interviewer Behavior |
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301 | (1) |
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Strategies for Reducing Interviewer-Related Variance |
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302 | (10) |
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Minimizing Questions that Require Nonstandard Interviewer Behavior |
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303 | (1) |
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Professional, Task-Oriented Interviewer Behavior |
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304 | (1) |
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Interviewers Reading Questions as They Are Worded |
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305 | (1) |
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Interviewers Explaining the Survey Process to the Respondent |
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306 | (2) |
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Interviewers Probing Nondirectively |
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308 | (3) |
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Interviewers Recording Answers Exactly as Given |
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311 | (1) |
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Summary on Strategies to Reduce Interviewer Variance |
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312 | (1) |
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The Controversy About Standardized Interviewing |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (4) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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Interviewer Supervision and Monitoring |
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317 | (1) |
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The Size of Interviewer Workloads |
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318 | (1) |
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Interviewers and Computer Use |
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318 | (1) |
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Validating the Work of Interviewers |
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319 | (3) |
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The Use of Recorded Voices (and Faces) in Data Collection |
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322 | (1) |
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323 | (6) |
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324 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (4) |
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Postcollection Processing of Survey Data |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (13) |
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Practical Issues of Coding |
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332 | (2) |
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Theoretical Issues in Coding Activities |
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334 | (1) |
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``Field Coding'' - An Intermediate Design |
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334 | (3) |
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Standard Classification Systems |
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337 | (4) |
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Other Common Coding Systems |
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341 | (1) |
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Quality Indicators in Coding |
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342 | (2) |
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344 | (1) |
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Entering Numeric Data into Files |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (7) |
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Weighting with a First-Stage Ratio Adjustment |
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348 | (1) |
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Weighting for Differential Selection Probabilities |
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349 | (1) |
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Weighting to Adjust for Unit Nonresponse |
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350 | (2) |
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Poststratification Weighting |
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352 | (1) |
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Putting All the Weights Together |
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352 | (2) |
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Imputation for Item-Missing data |
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354 | (5) |
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Sampling Variance Estimation for Complex Samples |
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359 | (4) |
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Survey Data Documentation and Metadata |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (6) |
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366 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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367 | (1) |
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367 | (4) |
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Principles and Practices Related to Ethical Research |
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371 | (1) |
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Standards for the Conduct of Research |
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371 | (3) |
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Standards for Dealing with Clients |
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374 | (1) |
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Standards for Dealing with the Public |
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375 | (1) |
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Standards for Dealing with Respondents |
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376 | (8) |
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Legal Obligations to Survey Respondents |
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376 | (1) |
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Ethical Obligations to Respondents |
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377 | (2) |
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Informed Consent: Respect for Persons |
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379 | (2) |
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Beneficence: Protecting Respondents from Harm |
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381 | (2) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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Research About Ethical Issues in Surveys |
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384 | (8) |
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Research on Informed Consent Protocols |
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385 | (5) |
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Research on Confidentiality Assurances and Survey Participation |
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390 | (2) |
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Administrative and Technical Procedures for Safe-Guarding Confidentiality |
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392 | (6) |
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Administrative Procedures |
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392 | (1) |
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393 | (5) |
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398 | (7) |
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400 | (1) |
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For More In-Depth Reading |
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400 | (1) |
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400 | (5) |
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FAQs About Survey Methodology |
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405 | (1) |
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The Questions and Their Answers |
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405 | (16) |
References |
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421 | (30) |
Index |
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