Survey Development: A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach

Survey Development: A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach provides a comprehensive guide to developing and validating surveys, with a focus on theory-driven mixed-method approaches. It covers key concepts, methods, and assessment of survey quality, making it valuable for graduate students, survey methodologists, and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 26 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Survey Development: A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach is a comprehensive guide that provides both an overview of standard methods and tools for developing and validating surveys and a conceptual basis for survey development. It advocates for establishing and testing hypotheses pertaining to presumptions, score-interpretation, and use inferences, as well as mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. The book is organized into 14 chapters, divided into four parts.

Part A includes six chapters that delve into theory and methodology, providing a solid foundation for survey development. Part B focuses on constructing the survey using both quantitative and qualitative methods, offering practical insights and techniques. Part C comprises two chapters dedicated to assessing the quality or psychometric properties of survey responses, ensuring the reliability and validity of the data.

Finally, in Part D, the book presents a synopsis of the previous chapters, summarizing the key concepts and processes covered in developing a survey with the Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach (TDMM). This chapter serves as a comprehensive guide for survey development, intended to yield results that can support valid interpretation and use of scores.

In addition to its theoretical content, the book includes detailed online resources, making it an invaluable resource for graduate students who use or are responsible for interpreting survey research and survey data. It is also suitable for survey methodologists and practitioners who utilize surveys in their respective fields.

Overall, Survey Development: A Theory-Driven Mixed-Method Approach is a must-read for anyone interested in conducting survey research, as it offers a comprehensive and practical approach to survey development and analysis.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367222321