The contributions in this volume are arranged in four categories: Survey Data, relating to survey operations and data capture; Survey Analysis, with particular emphasis on newer statistical methods with application to surveys; Survey Results, looking at methods for production, presentation and dissemination of survey results; and Survey Software, for the papers which are predominately about software rather than methods. However, outside this classification many papers contain greater breadth of subject matter and address issues relevant to other streams. They also range from the conceptual (and occasionally theoretical) presentation of ideas to the very practical, with concrete advice for everyday survey work.
Invited Papers. Trends in Survey Data Processing (W. Keller). The State
of the Art in Survey Analysis (R. Davies). Statistical Computing: from Census
to CASM (E. Thompson). Twenty Five Years of Dirty Data (K. Hughes). The
Future for Survey Data (A. Hendrickson). The Future for Data Dissemination
and Secondary Analysis (D. Lievesley). Survey Computing in the 1990's - A
Technology Update (H. Neffendorf). Survey Data. Applications of Computers in
Sample Design and Selection (P. Lynn). A Knowledge Based System to Provide
Intelligent Support for Writing Questionnaires (P. Halfpenny et al.) Relating
People by Computer (M. Brynin). The Utility of Feeding Forward Earlier Wave
Data for Panel Studies (L. Corti, P. Campanelli). Systems for Monitoring
Fieldwork Progress and Performance (S. Elder). The Interactive Coding of the
Scottish Young People's Survey (L. Middleton). Computer Assisted
Interviewing: Telephone or Personal? (G.J.M.E. Snijkers). Issues in the
Design of CAPI Questionnaires for Complex Surveys (P. Costigan, K. Thomson).
Using CAPI to ensure Consistency and Quality in International Studies (H.
Simpkins). An Integrated System for Edit and Imputation of Data in the
Italian National Statistical Institute (G. Barcaroli). Survey Analysis.
Merging Methods: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to
Survey Design, Analysis and Interpretation (M. Huby, G. Dix). Enhancing
Scatterplot Matrices (L. Wilkinson). Modelling Event History Data (N. Buck).
A Critical Appraisal of Statistical Modelling Techniques in Medical Studies
(M. Kron, O. Gefeller). A Review of Methods for Modelling Ordered Categorical
Survey Data (D.M. Berridge). Using Multilevel Models for Survey Analysis (K.
Jones). A Variance Components Approach to Interviewer Effects (R.D. Wiggins,
N. Longford, C.A. O'Muircheartaigh). A Multilevel Analysis of Interviewer
Variability on a Health Survey (R. Ecob, B. Jamieson). Using Call-Backs to
adjust for Non-Response Bias (R. Colombo). Surveys Involving Adaptive Stated
Preference Techniques (J. Bates, G. Terzis). Survey Results. A Review of the
Tools for Secondary Analysis (M. Katz). Data Use and Reuse: The Movement and
Use of Survey Data Across Different Hardware and Software Platforms (P.A.
Wills). Software Solutions for Samples of Anonymised Records (J. Roberts et
al.). Large-Scale Tabulation: What's Happening in Government Departments (R.
Taylor). User Access to Government Statistics: the Employment Department View
(P. Allin). Tabulate a Million Records a Minute (P. Truscott). Integrating
Analysis and Desktop Publishing (R. Poynter). A Tool for the Tabulation
Process (A.P. Guedes). The Windows Software Environment: Pane or Pleasure?
(S.G. Jenkins). Coping with Stress: the Impact of Modern Software on the
Research Process (H. Gentleman). Survey Software. A Comparison of Some
Software Packages for Survey Analysis (M. Chell). The SGCSA Sotware Catalogue
(B.C. Rowe). Integrated Survey Processing on Microcomputers (J.G. Bethlehem,
A.J.
