Public Opinion Polls and Survey Research: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of U. S. Guides & Studies from the 1980s

by Graham R. Walden

Overview

First Published in 1990. The decade of the 1980s witnessed an increasing use of polls and surveys as well as an expanded research effort into public opinion polls and survey research from the economic, historical, legal, methodological, organizational, and political viewpoints. The purpose of this volume is to provide a resource for practitioners, researchers, students, librarians, and others seeking access to this interdisciplinary literature. Instructional guides, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, research studies, and evaluative and critical studies on public opinion polls and survey research published since 1980 are included in this bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138984240
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2016
Series:	Public Affairs and Administration , #24
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Graham R. Walden, Information Services Department, The Ohio State University Libraries.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Reference Sources; Chapter 2 Instructional Materials; Chapter 3 History; Chapter 4 Overview; Chapter 5 Impact, Influence, and Perceptions; Chapter 6 Discipline Oriented Studies; Chapter 7 Exit Polling and Election Projection; Chapter 8 Pollsters; Chapter 9 Administration and Design; Chapter 10 Measurement and Scaling; Chapter 11 Questions; Chapter 12 Sampling; Chapter 13 Interviewing; Chapter 14 Responses; Chapter 15 Data Collection; Chapter 16 Statistical Analysis; Chapter 17 Results; Chapter 18 Comparative Studies and Special Topics; Chapter 19 Cross-Disciplinary Research; Chapter 20 Models and Theories;