Surveys

1. What is a Survey (from American Statistical Association)

1. The Methodology of the Workplace and Employee Survey Z. Patak, M Hidiroglou, and P. Lavalke (1998)
2. Origins of the Organizational Climate Survey of Federal Statistical Agencies Lynda T. Carlson and Emilda B. Rivers (1997)
3. Organizational Climates of Innovation Across Federal Statistical Agencies Nancy Bates (1997)
4. Organizational Climate Surveys at the National Agricultural Statistics Service Daniel G. Beckler and Christina S. Messer (1997)
5. Measuring Employee Satisfaction: Corporate Surveys as Practice Judith M. Tanur and Brigitte Jordan (1995)

1. Cognitive Issues in the Design of Web Surveys Roger Tourangeau. Mick P. Couper, Robert Tortora, and Darby Miller Steiger (2000)
2. Use of a Website Questionnaire as One Method of Participation in a Physician Survey Lorayn Olson, K. P. Srinath, Mary Cay Bunch, and Carrie Klabunde (2000)
3. Opportunities and Challenges of Conducting Web Surveys: Results of a Field Experiment Kumiko Aoki and Michael Elasmar (2000)
4. An Experimental Evaluation of Left and Right Oriented Screens for Web Questionnaires Dennis Bowker and Don A. Dillman (2000)
5. Design Issues in Web Surveys Vasja Vehovar, Katja Lozar Manfreda, and Zenel Batagelj (2000)
6. Benchmarking Market Research Web Sites James F. Newswanger (1999)
7. Web Surveys: Can the Weighting Solve the Problem? Vasja Vehovar, Katja Lozar Manfreda, and Zenel Batagelj (1999)
8. Screen Design and Question Order in a CAI Instrument Effects on Interviewers and Respondents Marek Fuchs (1999)
9. Web-Based Data Collection in National Science Foundation Surveys Ronald L. Meeks, Ann T. Lanier, Ronald S. Fecso, and Mary A. Collins (1998)
10. Web-based Data Collection in the Current Employment Statistics Survey Richard J. Rosen, Christopher D. Manning, and Louis J. Harrell, Jr. (1998)
11. Designing the Census Bureau Web Hiring Questionnaire: A Case Study Nancy Bates and Elizabeth Nichols (1998)
12. Economic Data Collection via the Web: A Census Bureau Case Study Elizabeth Nichols and Barbara Sedivi (1998)
13. Web-Based Survey Tools Sarah Nusser and Dean Thompson (1998)
14. Usability Testing of a Website and a Web User Survey Barbara Foley Wilson and Margot Palmer (1997)

1. Using Response Reliability to Guide Questionnaire Design Keith A. Albright, Jennifer W. Reichert, Leslie R. F/ores, Jeffrey C. Moore, Jennifer C. Hess, and Joanne Pascale (2000)
2. The Gold Standard of Question Quality on Surveys: Experts, Computer Tools, versus Statistical Indices Art Graesser, Katja Wiemer-Hastings, Peter Wiemer-Hastings, and Roger Kreuz (2000)
3. Mathematical Programming for Sample Design and Allocation Problems James L. Green (2000)
4. Determining an Optimal Split for a Lengthy Questionnaire Dhiren Ghosh and Andrew Vogt (2000)
5. Some Issues in the Analysis of Complex Survey Data Susana Rubin Bleuer and Joana Schiopu Kratina (2000)
6. When Two Questions Are Better Than One Floyd Jackson Fowler, Jr., Gregory Fitzgerald, and Paul Beatty (1999)
7. Construction Strategies for Complex Survey Questions Paul Beatty, Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., and Gregory Fitzgerald (1999)
8. Respondent Cues That Survey Questions Are in Danger of Being Misunderstood Jonathan Bloom and Michael F. Schober (1999)
9. Improving Survey Quality Through Pretesting Theresa J. DeMaio, Jennfer Rothgeb, and Jennifer Hess (1998)
10. The Effects of Questionnaire Mode on Response in a Federal Employee Survey: Mail versus Electronic Mail James B. Treat (1997)
11. The Effect of Questionnaire Length on Response Rates - A Review of the Literature Karen Bogen (1996)
12. Exploring the Impact of Survey Introductions Pamela Campanelli, Patrick Sturgis, and Nick Moon (1996)
13. Determining Which Questions are Best: Methodologies for Evaluating Survey Questions JAMES L. ESPOSITO, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; PAMELA C. CAMPANELLI, JENNIFER M. ROTHGEB, U.S. Bureau of the Census; ANNE E. POLIVKA, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1991)

Influence of Survey Method

1. A Comparison of Mail, Fax and Web-Based Survey Methods Cihan Cobanoglu, Bill Warde, and Patrick J. Moreo (2000)
2. A Comparison of the Use of Telephone Interview to Telephone Audio CASI in a Customer Satisfaction Survey Paula Weir, Michael Laurence, and Colleen Blessing (2000)
3. Mode Effects in an Internet/Paper Survey of Employees Carl Ramirez, Kevin Sharp, and Luis Foster (2000)
4. Test of an Appraisal Method for Establishment Survey Questionnaires Barbara H. Forsyth, Kerry Levin, and Sylvia K. Fisher (1999)
5. A Comparison and Evaluation of Two Survey Data Collection Methodologies: CATI vs. Mail Paula Weir, Sherry Ben, and Benita O'Colmain (1999)
6. A Comparison of Three Statistical Techniques with Customer Satisfaction Rating Scales Julian Luke, Pedro Saavedra, and Marcia S. Scott (1999)
7. Influence of Type of Question on Skip Pattern Compliance in Self-Administered Questionnaires Don A. Dillman, Cleo D. Redline, and Lisa R. Carley-Baxter (1999)
8. Making Visible the Invisible: An Experiment with Skip Instmctions on Paper Questionnaires Cleo Redline, Don Dillman, Richard Smiley, Lisa Carley-Baxter, and Arrick Jackson (1999)
9. The Impact of Design on Interaction in the Computer Assisted Survey Interview Sue Ellen Hansen (1999)
10. The Effects of Telephone Introductions on Cooperation: An Experimental Comparison Nileeni Meegama and Johnny Blair (1999)
11. Improving Survey Estimates of the Uninsured Using Computer-Assisted Interviewing Logic Barbara Lepidus Carlson (1998)
12. Relationships Between Cognitive Psychology and Survey Research Monroe Sirken and Douglas Herrmann (1996)
13. TDE and Beyond: Data Collection on the World Wide Web Louis J. Harrell, Jr., Richard L. Clayton, and George S. Werking (1996)
14. A Discussion of Data Collection via the Internet Elizabeth Sweet and Chad Russell (1996)
15. Using Personal Digital Assistants to Collect Survey Data S. M. Nusser, D. M. Thompson, and G. S. DeLozier (1996)

Analyses

1. Multilevel Linear Regression Analysis of Complex Survey Data Fan Zhang, Sameena Salvucci, and Mike Cohen (2000)
2. A Measure of Concordance When There Are Many Traits Jai Won Choi and Balgobin Nandram (1999)
3. A Method for Identifying Cognitive Properties of Survey Items BARBARA H. FORSYTH, MICHAEL L. HUBBARD, Research Triangle Institute (1992)

Software

1. SAS Procedures for Analysis of Sample Survey Data Anthony An and Donna Watts (2000)
2. Understanding the Questionnaire in Business Surveys Diane K. Willimack, Elizabeth Nichols, and Seymour Sudman (1999)

1. from the Office of Management and Budget
   
2. Mirrored document at HR-Survey
   1. Preface
   2. Introduction
   3. Technical Skills Required
   4. Preparation of RFPs
   5. Contractor Selection
   6. Post Award Activities
   7. Appendix 1
   8. Appendix 2

INTRODUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS AND METHODS
1-1 Initial Planning of Surveys
1-2 Publication and Product Planning
1-3 Computation of Response Rates
1-4 Codes and Abbreviations
1-5 Defining Race and Ethnicity Data
1-6 Discretionary Grant Descriptions

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF SURVEYS
2-1 Design of Surveys
2-2 Survey Response Rate Parameters
2-3 Developing RFPs for Surveys
2-4 Pretesting Survey Systems
2-5 Maintaining Data Series Over Time
2-6 Educational Testing

COLLECTION OF DATA
3-1 Coverage for Frames and Samples
3-2 Achieving Acceptable Response Rates
3-3 Monitoring and Documenting Survey Contracts
3-4 Documenting a Survey System

PROCESSING AND EDITING OF DATA
4-1 Data Editing and Imputation of Item Nonresponse
4-2 Maintaining Confidentiality
4-3 Evaluation of Surveys
4-4 Nonresponse Bias Analysis

ANALYSIS OF DATA/PRODUCTION OF ESTIMATES OR PROJECTIONS
5-1 Statistical Analysis, Inference, and Comparisons
5-2 Variance Estimation
5-3 Rounding
5-4 Tabular and Graphic Presentations of Data

ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW PROCEDURES
6-1 Review of Reports and Data Products

DISSEMINATION OF DATA
7-1 Machine Readable Products
7-2 Survey Documentation in Reports
7-3 Release and Dissemination of Reports and Data Products

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A
Race and Ethnicity

APPENDIX B
Imputation

APPENDIX C
Tabular Guidelines

APPENDIX D
Survey titles