Rating scales and rubrics are commonly used measurement tools in educational contexts.
Unfortunately, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding how data derived from these …

Quite a lot of research is available on the relationships between survey response scales'
characteristics and the quality of responses. However, it is often difficult to extract practical …

The development and widespread use of Web surveys have resulted in an outpouring of
research on their design. In this volume, Tourangeau, Conrad, and Couper provide a …

Self-reports of behaviors and attitudes are strongly influenced by features of the research
instrument, including question wording, format, and context. Recent research has addressed …

Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser, das vorliegende Buch ist ein „Praxisbuch “im wahrsten Sinne
des Wortes. Als ich es begonnen habe, konnte ich bei ZUMA1 auf eine zwanzigjährige …

This volume addresses the contribution to research methods and, specifically,
phenomenology, known as the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). ESM is a research …

Zusammenfassung Die Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung sind hoch spezialisiert
und vermögen es, eine breite Aufgabenpalette abzudecken. Sie reichen von der …

Nearly all studies of consumers' willingness to engage in ethical or socially responsible
purchasing behavior is based on unconstrained survey response methods. In the present …

Some consider responding to survey questions as a sophisticated cognitive process
whereby respondents go through, often iterative, steps to process the information provided …

▪ Abstract Survey methodologists have drawn on and contributed to research by cognitive
psychologists, conversation analysts, and others to lay a foundation for the science of asking …