scholarly journals Survey Methods: How Planning Practitioners Use Them, and the Implications for Planning Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 0739456X2110432
Author(s):  
Meadhbh Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Derived Data ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

This article is concerned with two aspects of how planning practitioners use survey-derived data; how planners integrate the limitations of survey questionnaires into practice, and the prevalence of such data within planning. Using a web survey ( n = 201) and interviews ( n = 18) of Canadian municipal planners, I find that survey data are heavily relied on, but many planners do not seem to be aware of cognitive biases when designing surveys, and those that are, have little knowledge of how they ought to mitigate them. To develop planners’ understanding of these biases and improve the survey data they collect, quantitative methods courses within planning curricula could respond by expanding beyond statistical analysis to incorporate survey design and “the total survey error approach” of survey methodology.

Some Recent Developments in Sample Survey Design

1977 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R. Frankel ◽  
Lester R. Frankel
Keyword(s):  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Sampling Errors ◽  
Complex Surveys ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Selection Of

Some of the recent developments in sample survey methodology that are relevant to marketing research are reviewed. These innovations, all involving probability sampling, concern (1) methods of minimizing the total survey error, (2) methods of estimating the sampling errors in complex surveys, (3) more efficient methods of sampling from complex frames, (4) the selection of telephone household samples, and (5) methods to protect the privacy of respondents and increase response validity. These innovations are described in terms of actual methods and potential applications.

Survey Data Quality in Analyzing Harmonized Indicators of Protest Behavior: A Survey Data Recycling Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 000276422110216
Author(s):  
Kazimierz M. Slomczynski ◽  
Irina Tomescu-Dubrow ◽  
Ilona Wysmulek
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Survey Quality ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Impact

This article proposes a new approach to analyze protest participation measured in surveys of uneven quality. Because single international survey projects cover only a fraction of the world’s nations in specific periods, researchers increasingly turn to ex-post harmonization of different survey data sets not a priori designed as comparable. However, very few scholars systematically examine the impact of the survey data quality on substantive results. We argue that the variation in source data, especially deviations from standards of survey documentation, data processing, and computer files—proposed by methodologists of Total Survey Error, Survey Quality Monitoring, and Fitness for Intended Use—is important for analyzing protest behavior. In particular, we apply the Survey Data Recycling framework to investigate the extent to which indicators of attending demonstrations and signing petitions in 1,184 national survey projects are associated with measures of data quality, controlling for variability in the questionnaire items. We demonstrate that the null hypothesis of no impact of measures of survey quality on indicators of protest participation must be rejected. Measures of survey documentation, data processing, and computer records, taken together, explain over 5% of the intersurvey variance in the proportions of the populations attending demonstrations or signing petitions.

Accuracy incentives and framing effects to minimize the influence of cognitive bias among advanced cancer patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110256
Author(s):  
Eric A Finkelstein ◽  
Yin Bun Cheung ◽  
Maurice E Schweitzer ◽  
Lai Heng Lee ◽  
Ravindran Kanesvaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Cancer ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Framing Effects ◽  
Advanced Cancer Patients ◽  
Advanced Illness ◽  
Treatment Benefits ◽  
Hypothetical Treatment ◽  
Survival Expectations

Many patients with advanced illness have unrealistic survival expectations, largely due to cognitive biases. Studies suggests that when people are motivated to be accurate, they are less prone to succumb to these biases. Using a randomized survey design, we test whether offering advanced cancer patients ( n = 200) incentives to estimate their prognosis improves accuracy. We also test whether presenting treatment benefits in terms of a loss (mortality) rather than a gain (survival) reduces willingness to take up a hypothetical treatment. Results are not consistent with the proposed hypotheses for either accuracy incentives or framing effects.

scholarly journals Women and Leadership in Mixed Secondary Schools in Kenya; Do Stakeholder’s Attitudes Matter?

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
ANNE Wangari Mberia
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Women Leadership ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal (Northhouse, 2011). In time and space, women leadership remains a subject talked about but hardly appreciated (Wren, 2013). Among the factors contributing to poor representation of women in leadership is stakeholder’s attitude (Coleman, 2005). The study sought to investigate stakeholder’s attitudes impeding women teachers' ascension to leadership positions in mixed public secondary schools, focusing in Tharaka South Sub – County, Kenya. The study employed descriptive cross-sectional survey design utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. Probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used to arrive at the sample size. Data was collected from women classroom teachers, heads of departments, school principals, education officers, education trade unionists, Parents and Teachers Association officials and School Board of Management officials. Questionnaires, interview guide and focus group discussion guides were used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Data analysis was assisted by computer software (Statistical Package for Social Sciences for quantitative data and NVIVO for qualitative data). The study established that education stakeholders have a general negative attitude towards women leadership in schools.

scholarly journals IDENTIFIKASI SAMPAH LAUT DI PANTAI TONGKAINA DAN TALAWAAN BAJO

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asshidiq Djaguna ◽  
Wilmy E Pelle ◽  
Joshian NW Schaduw ◽  
Hermanto WK Manengkey ◽  
Natalie DC Rumampuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Solid Material ◽  
Marine Debris ◽  
Coastal Environments ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Time Observation ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries ◽  
Selection Of

Marine debris is all material in the solids form that could not be found naturally (is a product of human activities) in the territorial waters (oceans, beaches) and could threat directly to the conditions and productivity of the territorial waters. Marine debris is defined by UNEP (2009) as solid material that is difficult to decompose, plant or processed results are discarded or left in marine and coastal environments. Marine debris consists of goods used by humans and deliberately disposed to the sea. Marine debris can be transported with ocean currents and winds from one place to another, even being able to travel long distances from the source. Common waste problems encountered in urban areas in Southeast Asian countries, as populations grew, followed by increased revenues potential garbage and various types of garbage produced. Marine debris classified as Meso and Macro trash with size > 5 mm to 1 m. Marine debris observation is carried out by modifying the method of coastline survey methods based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2013). There are some important things to be prepared before doing the observation that was stranded in coastal areas such as the selection of observation locations, materials needed for observation and time observation. Based on the results of the research of marine debris samples obtained at the research site there are 2 characteristics of marine debris namely of macro flakes collected in twelve transect as much as 341 grains, while meso-debris contains as many as 94 goods. Also the debris with a category of micro-debris as many as 46 items with a total of 481 items and total weight total 1433.38 gr/m2.Keywords: Marine debris, Tongkaina, Talawaan Bajo Sampah laut atau marine debris adalah semua material berbentuk padatan yang tidak dijumpai secara alami (merupakan produk kegiatan manusia) di wilayah perairan (lautan, pantai) dan dapat memberikan ancaman secara langsung terhadap kondisi dan produktivitas wilayah perairan. Sampah laut, didefiniskan oleh UNEP (2009) sebagai bahan padat yang sulit terurai, hasil pabrik atau olahan yang dibuang atau dibiarkan di lingkungan laut dan pesisir. Sampah lautan dapat ditransport oleh arus laut dan angin dari satu tempat ke tempat lainnya, bahkan dapat menempuh jarak yang sangat jauh dari sumbernya. Permasalahan sampah umum dihadapi pada daerah perkotaan di negara Asia Tenggara, seiring meningkatnya jumlah penduduk, diikuti peningkatan pendapatan, sehingga mengakibatkan meningkatnya potensi timbulan sampah perkapita dan beragamnya jenis sampah yang dihasilkan (Nguyen & Schnitzer, 2009). Sampah laut ditelaah adalah yang tergolong sampah meso dan makro dengan ukuran > 5 mm sampai 1 m. Pengamatan sampah dilakukan dengan modifikasi metode shoreline survey methodology berdasarkan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA (2013). Ada beberapa hal yang penting untuk disiapkan sebelum melakukan pengamatan sampah yang terdampar di daerah pantai seperti pemilihan lokasi pengamatan, bahan yang di perlukan untuk pengamatan dan waktu pengamatan. Berdasarkan Hasil Penelitian sampel sampah laut yang diperoleh di lokasi penelitian terdapat 2 karakteristik sampah laut yaitu makro-debris yang dikumpulkan pada dua belas transek sebanyak 341 item, sedangkan meso-debris terdapat sebanyak 94 item, serta ditemukan juga sampah dengan kategori mikro-debris sebanyak 46 item dengan total keseluruhan 481 item dan berat total keseluruhan 1433,38 gr/m2. Kata Kunci: Sampah laut, Tongkaina, Talawaan Bajo

Best Practice in Online Survey Research with Sensitive Topics

2013 ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina M. Kays ◽  
Tashina L. Keith ◽  
Michael T. Broughal
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sensitive Material ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Need To Evaluate

This chapter addresses the main considerations in online survey research with sensitive topics. Advances in technology have allowed numerous options in addressing survey design, and thus created a need to evaluate and consider best approaches when using online survey research. This chapter identifies subjects such as item non-response in online survey research. In addition, this chapter includes a description of the differences in researching non-sensitive topics versus sensitive topics, and then lists a number of best practice strategies to reduce item non-response and improve the quality of survey data obtained. Included are specific considerations for defining sensitive topics and addressing gender differences when surveying more sensitive material. Additional resources in online survey research design are recommended.

Higher Education as Institution of Decolonization

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kevin Lujan Lee ◽  
Ngoc T. Phan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Community Partnerships ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Indigenous Sovereignty ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Classroom Level

Higher education should be an institution of decolonization––one centered on the repatriation of land and ocean to Indigenous peoples. Quantitative methods are used to perpetuate the historical and ongoing processes of Indigenous dispossession. However, quantitative methods courses often fail to reckon with these colonial histories and are taught in ways that are inaccessible for Indigenous students. Drawing from the first author's experiences as a professor of political science in Hawai‘i, this chapter proposes three classroom-level interventions that educators can pursue to make quantitative methods relatable and empowering for Indigenous students: (1) designing lectures to center the experiences of Indigenous students, (2) designing assignments that invite Indigenous students to interrogate the settler-colonial and neocolonial structures perpetuating Indigenous dispossession, and (3) maintaining university-community partnerships that provide Indigenous students with opportunities to use quantitative methods to support Indigenous sovereignty movements.

Interpersonal Perceptions and Interviewer Effects in Face-to-Face Surveys

2020 ◽  
pp. 004912412092621
Author(s):  
Simon Kühne
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Interpersonal Perceptions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interviewer Effects ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
And Training

Survey interviewers can negatively affect survey data by introducing variance and bias into estimates. When investigating these interviewer effects, research typically focuses on interviewer sociodemographics with only a few studies examining the effects of characteristics that are not directly visible such as interviewer attitudes, opinions, and personality. For the study at hand, self-reports of 1,212 respondents and 116 interviewers, as well as their interpersonal perceptions of each other, were collected in a large-scale, face-to-face survey of households in Germany. Respondents and interviewers were presented with the same questions regarding their opinions and mutual perceptions toward social and political issues in Germany. Analyses show that interviewer effects can be largely explained by how an interviewer is seen by respondents. This indicates that some respondents adjust their answers toward anticipated interviewer opinions. Survey practitioners ought to acknowledge this in their survey design and training of interviewers.

Computers and Social Survey Research for Public Administration

2011 ◽  
pp. 265-292
Author(s):  
Michael L. Vasu ◽  
Ellen Storey Vasu ◽  
Al O. Ozturk
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Survey Error ◽  
Survey Research Methods

The integration of social survey methods into public-administration research and practice is the focus of this chapter. Coverage applies to other social science disciplines as well. This chapter reviews the use of computers in computer-assisted survey research (CASR), computer-assisted interviewing, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI), computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), and survey research methods. The chapter takes the perspective of total survey error.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document