Survey Research: Collecting Data by Asking Questions

Language as Obstacle and as Data in Sociological Research

International Journal of the Sociology of Language ◽

10.1515/ijsl-2020-2089 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (263) ◽

pp. 111-120

Author(s):

Allen Grimshaw

Keyword(s):

Survey Research ◽

Sociological Research ◽

Linguistic Difference ◽

Language And Communication ◽

Asking Questions ◽

Don't Know Responses

AbstractThe SSRC’s Committee on Sociolinguistics was committed to furthering attention to language, and linguistic difference, as an “unexploited kind of sociological data” in ethnographic and survey research. The committee convened a conference in 1968 to better understand the intersection of social and linguistic factors, summarized here by Allen D. Grimshaw. The group focused on four topics: the ethnography of asking questions; the meaning of words; the ways in which interviews themselves are “a part of the data” and “don’t know” responses are revealing answers to questions; and improving scholars’ training in framing questions and eliciting answers related to language and communication.

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11. Surveys

Political Research ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198820628.003.0011 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 284-308

Author(s):

Sandra Halperin ◽

Oliver Heath

Keyword(s):

Measurement Error ◽

Survey Research ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Error ◽

Questionnaire Design ◽

Wide Range ◽

Asking Questions ◽

The Common ◽

Interviewing Techniques ◽

Insight Into

This chapter discusses the principles of survey research as well as the issues and problems associated with different stages of the research design process. In particular, it examines questionnaire design, sample design, and interviewing techniques, along with the common sources of error that affect survey research and what can be done to try and avoid or minimize them. Although surveys have several weaknesses, they are widely used in political research to investigate a wide range of political phenomena. They combine two things: obtaining information from people by asking questions and random sampling. When done well, surveys provide an accurate and reliable insight into what ordinary people think about politics and how they participate in politics. The chapter considers the elements of a survey that need to be addressed, namely: questionnaire design, measurement error, sampling design, sampling error, and interview mode.

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TRADITIONAL MATRIAL ART OF LANGGA

Jambura Journal of Sports Coaching ◽

10.37311/jjsc.v2i1.5629 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 8-12

Author(s):

Syamsudin Mopangga ◽

Hartono Hadjarati ◽

Suprianto Kadir

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Survey Research ◽

Martial Arts ◽

Research Subjects ◽

Interview Techniques ◽

Martial Art ◽

Self Defense ◽

Asking Questions ◽

Community Data ◽

The 1960S

This study aims to analyze Langga as traditional martial arts of the Bone Bolango community. This research is a survey research. The research subjects were Langga teachers, and the surrounding community. Data collection techniques are done using interview techniques by asking questions. The results of this study are that Langga Self-Defense is a typical silat of the Bone Bolango community which was inherited by the ancestors of Bone Bolango who is also a martial art for maintaining security in the territory of the Bone Bolango kingdom. The conclusion is that Langga martial arts is a tradition of the Bone Bolango community. The existence of Langga martial arts had existed in the 1960s which at that time was played by Temeapusa and Syahrul Panipi. In 1993 until now Langga's martial arts began to be rarely played again especially in welcoming the big days.

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11. Surveys

10.1093/hepl/9780198702740.003.0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Sandra Halperin ◽

Oliver Heath

Keyword(s):

Survey Research ◽

Sampling Design ◽

Sampling Error ◽

Questionnaire Design ◽

Ordinary People ◽

Wide Range ◽

Asking Questions ◽

The Common ◽

Interviewing Techniques ◽

Insight Into

This chapter discusses the principles of survey research as well as the issues and problems associated with different stages of the research design process. In particular, it examines questionnaire design, sample design, and interviewing techniques, along with the common sources of error that affect survey research and what can be done to try and avoid or minimize them. Although surveys have several weaknesses, they are widely used in political research to investigate a wide range of political phenomena. They combine two things: obtaining information from people by asking questions and random sampling. When done well, surveys provide an accurate and reliable insight into what ordinary people think about politics and how they participate in politics. The chapter considers the elements of a survey that need to be addressed, namely: questionnaire design, measurement error, sampling design, sampling error, and interview mode.

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Why the Heck Did That Happen?

10.1093/oso/9780190070717.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Blake E. Ashforth

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Hypothesis Testing ◽

Survey Research ◽

Theory Building ◽

Organizational Practice ◽

Organizational Life ◽

Specific Research ◽

Research Collaborations ◽

Asking Questions ◽

Research Questions

Theory is the lifeblood of scholarship, but the art of theory-building remains quite mysterious. Using his own experiences as a springboard, the author explores the process through which we might attempt to make sense of organizational life for the betterment of organizational practice. He discusses his own journey from proving answers (the hypothesis-testing facilitated by survey research) to asking questions (the hypothesis-generating facilitated by qualitative research) and considers how to translate an overarching research passion into research interests and specific research questions. The author offers a detailed look at how he and his coauthors build theory when their intent is to blaze a new path rather than simply pave an old one. He also briefly discusses research collaborations, the review process, and career considerations if you’re thinking about pursuing path-blazing ideas. His hope is that you’ll finish this chapter with the confidence to call yourself what you already are, at least implicitly—a theorist.

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Moral reasoning is the process of asking moral questions and answering them

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002534 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Alfano

Keyword(s):

Moral Reasoning ◽

Dependent Process ◽

Asking Questions ◽

Path Dependent ◽

Path Dependent Process ◽

Moral Questions

Abstract Reasoning is the iterative, path-dependent process of asking questions and answering them. Moral reasoning is a species of such reasoning, so it is a matter of asking and answering moral questions, which requires both creativity and curiosity. As such, interventions and practices that help people ask more and better moral questions promise to improve moral reasoning.

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