SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS

A summary of current knowledge about sources of error in surveys for those who are not primarily statisticians or methodologists. Reader familiarity with social science research methods is helpful, but no special background is required to understand the text. The latest edition incorporates methodological material published in the past eight years as well as new options available to researchers as a result of the Internet and other technology advances. The author is associated with the Center for Survey Research, U. of Massachusetts- Boston.