Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications

Book Overview

1. Why Survey Methodology Needs Sociology and Why Sociology Needs Survey Methodology.- Part I: Sociological Theory and Survey Methodology.- 2 Towards Survey Response Rate Theories That No Longer Pass Each Other Like Strangers in the Night.- 3. Advancing Theories of Socially Desirable Responding: How Identity Processes Influence Answers to "Sensitive Questions".- 4. Culture and Response Behavior: An Overview of Cultural Mechanisms Explaining Survey Error.- 5. Translating Lessons from Status Characteristics and Expectation States Theory to Survey Methods.- Part II; Applications.- 6. Stigma and the Meaning of Social Desirability: Concealed Islamophobia in the Netherlands.- 7. Is Not Knowing the Same as Being Incorrect? An Examination of 'Don't Know' Responses to Questions about Immigrant Population Size.- 8. Power, Culture and Item Nonresponse in Social Surveys.- 9. The Measurement of Sexual Attraction and Gender Expression: Cognitive Interviews with Queer Women.- 10. How Do Interviewers and Respondents Navigate Sexual Identity Questions in a CATI Survey?.- 11. Male/Female Is Not Enough: Adding Measures of Masculinity and Femininity to General Population Surveys.- 12. Correlates of Differences in Interactional Patterns among Black and White Respondents.- 13. Theories of Public Opinion Change Versus Stability and their Implications for Null Findings.- Conclusions and Future Directions for Understanding Survey Methodology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030472558
• ISBN13: 9783030472559
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"