Designing Surveys
A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
- Johnny Blair - Independent Consultant, USA
- Ronald F. Czaja - North Carolina State University, USA
- Edward A. Blair - University of Houston, USA
A step-by-step guide to conducting surveys, with an emphasis on critical thinking and views on critically assessing surveys conducted by others
Nothing new was offered.
It is a good book looking up detailed information or explanation of survey design issues. Yet for use in the class room it is too much text based where the design of a survey is actually highly practice based
An interesting text that aids students' understanding of the complexity of survey design
easy to follow text
A gem of a book; really useful and nothing else on the market that does such a specific job.
Helpful diagrams such as the one showing the stages in designing and using a survey
Useful for beginners, particularly the first few chapters, and for more advanced researchers, to refine their technique
Addresses the use of social media, but possibly more on this growth area would be useful
A little more on the ethical issues of using surveys would also have been helpful
Surveys are common method of data collection for nursing research therefore Designing Survey provides an adequate coverage and depth of the topic.
Great little book, comprehensive information. The decision making aspect is excellent for students
This is very good book for those who want to design survey. It is a practical guide to the whole survey research process. It also gives very good reference to further and more in-depth reading around each topic.
Dr. Maryam Ba-Break
This is great stuff! In a ntshell we have a higly readable book that is both a reference text and a cook book for junior and experienced researchers. Ideal for research courses/modules with few contact hours and a lot of self-study.
An excellent book for people preparing surveys. This book would in some ways have been 'overkill' for many of the learners on our Access To HE course, however I would happily have recommended it to the class as a reference book. The table on p191 alone would have been so beneficial!
Sadly, we no longer run the Access to HE course at the college. Consequently I'm not in a position to promote the book.
