Question Evaluation Methods : Contributing to the Science of Data Quality, Paperback by Madans, Jennifer (EDT); Miller, Kristen (EDT); Maitland, Aaron (EDT); Willis, Gordon (EDT), ISBN 0470769483, ISBN-13 9780470769485, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK

Researchers from many different fields present an interdisciplinary examination of existing methods of evaluating questions for public opinion and other surveys. Workers in various US government statistical agencies initiated the project to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the methods, and sought out specialists in various fields to present papers at an October 2009 workshop in Hyattsville, Maryland. The 19 papers cover behavior coding, cognitive interviewing, item response theory, latent class analysis, split-sample experiments, multi-trait/multi-method experiments, and field-based data methods. Among their topics are how methods could be improved or replaced, and how to use them in ways that exploit their strengths and reduce the impact of their weaknesses. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()