Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences
Surveys enjoy great ubiquity among data collection methods in social research: they are flexible in questioning techniques, in the amount of questions asked, in the topics covered, and in the various ways of interactions with respondents. Surveys are also
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Handbook of Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences
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Editor Lior Gideon John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 899 Tenth Ave. New York, NY 10019 USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3875-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3876-2
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Acknowledgments
This project was a truly a unique one. The process of recruiting contributors who specialize in methodology and care about the topic of survey methodology was not an easy one. Time and again, the panel of experts experienced attrition and subject mortality. (I still wonder where some ‘‘committed’’ contributors disappeared to without leaving a trace). This resulted in delays and the recruitment of new experts. As can be gleaned from the biographies of the contributors to this project, this handbook is a result of an international collaboration, one that brings together the devotion of people from different countries, and from different academic disciplines. I was fortunate enough to connect with some wonderful colleagues across the Atlantic who found it important to assist an
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