Participation rates for epidemiologic studies have been declining during the past 30 years
with even steeper declines in recent years. This wholesale decrease in participation rate, or …

Abstract Address-Based Sampling (ABS) is increasingly viewed as a potential remedy for
the rising costs associated with in-person surveys of the US general population, and for the …

Taking into account both traditional and emerging modes, this comprehensive new
Handbook covers all major methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing …

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 …

" The level is appropriate for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level statistics major.
Sampling: Design and Analysis (SDA) will also benefit a non-statistics major with a desire to …

Robust response rates are essential for effective survey-based strategies. Researchers can
improve survey validity by addressing both response rates and nonresponse bias. In this …

Identify, evaluate, and practice good research using Research and Evaluation in Education
and Psychology: Integrating Diversity With Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods by …

Questionnaires using Likert-type rating scales are an important source of data in marketing
research. Researchers use different rating scale formats with varying numbers of response …

Despite reducing the use of pesticides being a major challenge in developed countries,
dedicated agri-environmental policies have not yet proven successful in doing so. We …

The Fourth Edition of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt's The Practice of Research in
Social Work introduces an integrated set of techniques for evaluating research and practice …