Frameworks, Techniques, and Theory: - Contributions of Research Consulting in Social Science
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Volume 43, Issue 10, p. 1635-1666
ISSN: 0002-7642
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In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Volume 43, Issue 10, p. 1635-1666
ISSN: 0002-7642
In: Acta sociologica: journal of the Scandinavian Sociological Association, Volume 42, Issue 3, p. 193-205
ISSN: 1502-3869
In: Economy and society, Volume 28, Issue 3, p. 403-425
ISSN: 1469-5766
In: Society in transition: journal of the South African Sociological Association, Volume 29, Issue 3-4, p. 104-117
ISSN: 2072-1951
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Volume 42, Issue 2, p. 178-200
ISSN: 1552-3381
This article reviews the proliferation of the survey method beyond the Western democracies of North America and Europe with particular emphasis on cross-national survey projects and the study of public opinion on broadly defined political issues. Discussing rules formulated by Jowell and others, a set of principles for conducting cross-national surveys is offered. Based on a case study of extending political surveys to East Germany after the fall of Communism, and beyond more technical and organizational aspects, the more general question of societal conditions and their relationship to the validity of survey data is discussed. Considering both post-Communist and Asian countries, it is suggested that to ensure the validity of survey data, culture-specific adjustments are necessary and that meaningful comparative cross-national analysis must also include nonquantitative components. The current trend of extending cross-national projects to a large number of rather heterogeneous countries is seen as producing data of dubious quality.
In: Race and society, Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 5-14
ISSN: 1090-9524
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Volume 8, Issue 1, p. 146-148
ISSN: 1045-5752
In: Actuel Marx, Volume 18, Issue 2, p. 173-182
ISSN: 1969-6728
In: South African journal of sociology: Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir sosiologie, Volume 26, Issue 2, p. 39-46
In: Actuel Marx, Volume 17, Issue 1, p. 103-113
ISSN: 1969-6728
In: South African journal of sociology: Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir sosiologie, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 79-87
In: American anthropologist: AA, Volume 96, Issue 2, p. 458-459
ISSN: 1548-1433
In: Journal of policy history: JPH, Volume 5, Issue 4, p. 480-484
ISSN: 1528-4190
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 4, p. 802-803
ISSN: 0360-4918
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Volume 5, Issue 6, p. 681-682
ISSN: 0954-1748