Doing Survey Research, 3rd Edition
<br>The significantly updated third edition of this short, practical book prepares students to write a questionnaire, generate a sample, conduct their own survey research, analyze data, and write up the results, while learning to read and interpret excerpts from published research. It combines statistics and survey research methods in a single book.<br><br><b>Features of the Third Edition:</b><br><div><ul><li>Updates data and examples from contemporary academic and popular articles, including ones focused on topics related to <b>social media</b>, <b>websites</b>, and <b>blogs</b>, relevant to today's web-oriented students.</li><li>Strengthens connections between <b>questionnaire design</b>, <b>online surveys</b>, and <b>statistical analysis</b>.</li><li>Includes new methods for <b>web-based surveys</b>--and discussion of issues the surveys raise.</li><li><b>Expands research examples</b> to reflect a greater diversity of subject fields and topics, such as sociology,education, political science, health, social work, psychology, and communications.</li><li>Adds <b>new "Test Yourself"</b> exercises to each chapter with answers in the appendix and on the book's website.</li><li>Accompanied by an author-written <b>Instructor's Manual with test questions</b>.</li><li>Provides <b>additional guidance, research ideas, references</b>, and <b>examples</b> for each chapter of the book on the new Doing Survey Research website.</li></ul></div>