444 Pages
by
Routledge
446 Pages
by
Routledge
444 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Problem with Survey Research makes a case against survey research as a primary source of reliable information. George Beam argues that all survey research instruments, all types of asking including polls, face-to-face interviews, and focus groups produce unreliable and potentially inaccurate results. Because those who rely on survey research only see answers to questions, it is impossible... Read more
1: Ubiquity of Survey Research; 1: Everyone Asks; 2: Everyone is Asked; 3: Ask about Everything; 2: The Problem; 4: The Problem Identified and Explained; 5: The Problem Documented and Acknowledged; 3: Asking Instruments; 6: Shaky Instruments; 7: Shaky Instruments (cont.); 4: Asking Settings; 8: Consequential Settings; 9: Consequential Settings (cont.); 5: Askers; 10: Stimulating Askers; 11: Addicted Askers; 12: Promise Anonymity or Confidentiality, Probe, Prompt, Use Props, Con, and Tinker for More; 13: Alchemic Askers; 6: Proper Methods and Research Designs; 14: Observation, Experiments, and Multiple Sources; 15: Models, Documents, and Comparison
Biography
George Beam
