Survey Automation
Survey Automation

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2003-06-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0309168031

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For over 100 years, the evolution of modern survey methodologyâ€"using the theory of representative sampling to make interferences from a part of the population to the wholeâ€"has been paralleled by a drive toward automation, harnessing technology and computerization to make parts of the survey process easier, faster, and better. The availability of portable computers in the late 1980s ushered in computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), in which interviewers administer a survey instrument to respondents using a computerized version of the questionnaire on a portable laptop computer. Computer assisted interviewing (CAI) methods have proven to be extremely useful and beneficial in survey administration. However, the practical problems encountered in documentation and testing CAI instruments suggest that this is an opportune time to reexamine not only the process of developing CAI instruments but also the future directions of survey automation writ large.

Census Catalog and Guide
Census Catalog and Guide

Author: United States. Bureau of the Census

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Includes subject area sections that describe all pertinent census data products available, i.e. "Business--trade and services", "Geography", "Transportation," etc.

Bad Data Handbook
Bad Data Handbook

Author: Q. Ethan McCallum

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2012-11-14

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1449321887

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"Mapping the world of data problems"--Cover.

The Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation
The Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0309047951

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This book evaluates changes needed to improve the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Conducted by the Census Bureau, SIPP is a major continuing survey that is designed to provide information about the economic well-being of the U.S. population and its need for and participation in government assistance programs (e.g., social security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, AFDC). This volume considers the goals for the survey, the survey and sample design, data collection and processing systems, publications and other data products, analytical techniques for using the data, the methodological research and evaluation to implement and assess the redesign, and the management of the program at the Census Bureau.

Rural Data, People, And Policy
Rural Data, People, And Policy

Author: Lis M. Maurer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1000310345

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This volume paints a critical view of the state of rural data systems in America with a collection of contributions leading scholars in the social sciences arena. It places an important wake-up call social scientists engaged in rural research, alerting them to the problems of existing data systems.