Understanding Survey Methodology

Chapter 1 Why Survey Methodology Needs Sociology and Why Sociology Needs Survey Methodology

Chapter 2 Towards Survey Response Rate Theories That No Longer Pass Each Other Like Strangers in the Night

Chapter 3 Advancing Theories of Socially Desirable Responding: How Identity Processes Influence Answers to “Sensitive Questions”

Chapter 4 Culture and Response Behavior: An Overview of Cultural Mechanisms Explaining Survey Error

Chapter 5 Translating Lessons from Status Characteristics and Expectation States Theory to Survey Methods

Chapter 7 Is Not Knowing the Same as Being Incorrect? An Examination of ‘Don’t Know’ Responses to Questions about Immigrant Population Size

Chapter 8 Power, Culture and Item Nonresponse in Social Surveys

Chapter 9 The Measurement of Sexual Attraction and Gender Expression: Cognitive Interviews with Queer Women

Chapter 10 How Do Interviewers and Respondents Navigate Sexual Identity Questions in a CATI Survey?

Chapter 11 Male/Female Is Not Enough: Adding Measures of Masculinity and Femininity to General Population Surveys

Chapter 12 Correlates of Differences in Interactional Patterns among Black and White Respondents

Chapter 13 Theories of Public Opinion Change Versus Stability and their Implications for Null Findings

Chapter 14 Conclusions and Future Directions for Understanding Survey Methodology