Reflecting modern developments in the field of survey research, the Second Edition of Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research continues to provide cutting-edge analysis of the important decisions researchers make throughout the survey design process.

The new edition covers the essential methodologies and statistical tools utilized to create reliable and accurate survey questionnaires, which unveils the relationship between individual question characteristics and overall question quality. Since the First Edition, the computer program Survey Quality Prediction (SQP) has been updated to include new predictions of the quality of survey questions on the basis of analyses of Multi-Trait Multi-Method experiments. The improved program contains over 60,000 questions, with translations in most European languages. Featuring an expanded explanation of the usage and limitations of SQP 2.0, the Second Edition also includes:

&; New practice problems to provide readers with real-world experience in survey research and questionnaire design

&; A comprehensive outline of the steps for creating and testing survey questionnaires

&; Contemporary examples that demonstrate the many pitfalls of questionnaire design and ways to avoid similar decisions

Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research, Second Edition is an excellent textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in methodology and research questionnaire planning, as well as an ideal resource for social scientists or survey researchers needing to design, evaluate, and analyze questionnaires.

Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research continues to

provide cutting-edge analysis of the important decisions researchers make throughout the

survey design process.

The new edition covers the essential methodologies and statistical tools utilized to create

reliable and accurate survey questionnaires, which unveils the relationship between individual

question characteristics and overall question quality. Since the First Edition, the computer

program Survey Quality Prediction (SQP) has been updated to include new predictions

of the quality of survey questions on the basis of analyses of Multi-Trait Multi-Method

experiments. The improved program contains over 60,000 questions, with translations in

most European languages. Featuring an expanded explanation of the usage and limitations of

SQP 2.0, the Second Edition also includes:

&; New practice problems to provide readers with real-world experience in survey

research and questionnaire design

&; A comprehensive outline of the steps for creating and testing survey questionnaires

&; Contemporary examples that demonstrate the many pitfalls of questionnaire design and

ways to avoid similar decisions

Design, Evaluation, and Analysis of Questionnaires for Survey Research, Second Edition is an

excellent textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in methodology and

research questionnaire planning, as well as an ideal resource for social scientists or survey

researchers needing to design, evaluate, and analyze questionnaires.

WILLEM E. SARIS, PhD, is Emeritus Professor in Methodology of the University of Amsterdam

and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is Laureate of the 2005 Descartes Prize for

&;Best Collaborative Research&; as member of the Central Coordinating Team of the European

Social Survey (ESS) and Recipient of the World Association of Public Opinion Research&;s

&;Helen Dinerman Award&; in 2009 for his lifelong contribution to the methodology of Opinion

Research. Dr. Saris also received the &;2013 Outstanding Service Prize&; of the European

Survey Research Association.

IRMTRAUD N. GALLHOFER, PhD, is a linguist and was senior researcher on projects of

the ESS, Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology at the Universitat Pompeu

Fabra, Barcelona. She is Laureate of the 2005 Descartes Prize for &;Best Collaborative Research&;

as a member of the Central Coordinating Team of the ESS.Reflecting modern developments in the field of survey research, the Second Edition of