How to Design Surveys (Survey Kit, Vol 5) [Paperback]

Arlene Fink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 1995 | ISBN-10: 080397387X | ISBN-13: 978-0803973879

How can a survey be designed more effectively? What is the purpose of the survey - to describe, compare or predict a response? By answering these questions through explanations and demonstrations, How to Design Surveys offers guidelines for experimental designs of surveys, as well as of cross-sectional, cohort and case-control designs, and provides checklists of risks to avoid for internal and external validity.

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About the Author

Arlene Fink (Ph.D.) is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles and President of the Langley Research Institute. Her main interests include evaluation and survey research and the conduct of research literature reviews as well as the evaluation of their quality. Dr. Fink has conducted scores of evaluation studies in public health, medicine and education. She is on the faculty of UCLA’s Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and is a scientific and evaluation advisor to UCLA’s Gambling Studies and IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling & Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) programs. She consults nationally and internationally for agencies such as L’institut de Promotion del la Prévention Secondaire en Addictologie (IPPSA) Paris, France and Peninsula Health in Victoria, Australia. Professor Fink has taught and lectured extensively all over the world and is the author of over 110 peer-reviewed articles and 15 textbooks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (August 3, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080397387X
• ISBN-13: 978-0803973879
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,275,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)