Contents
Preface: A Brief History of the Movement to Study Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Committee
Acknowledgments
Members of the SSRC Committee on Cognition and Survey Research
Workshops and Seminars of the SSRC Committee
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and This Volume / Judith M. Tanur
Part II. Meaning
Chapter 2. Asking Questions and Influencing Answers / Herbert H. Clark and Michael F. Schober
Chapter 3. Direct Questioning About Comprehension in a Survey Setting / Robert M. Groves, Nancy H. Fultz, and Elizabeth Martin
Part III. Memory
Chapter 4. Personal Recall and the Limits of Retrospective Questions in Surveys / Robert W. Pearson, Michael Ross, and Robyn M. Dawes
Chapter 5. Improving Episodic Memory Performance of Survey Respondents / Robert T. Croyle and Elizabeth F. Loftus
Chapter 6. Memory and Mismemory for Health Events / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Kyle D. Smith, Mark R. Klinger, and Judith Fiedler
Chapter 7. Attempts to Improve the Accuracy of Self-Reports of Voting / Robert P. Abelson, Elizabeth F. Loftus, and Anthony G. Greenwald
Chapter 8. Applying Cognitive Theory in Public Health Investigations: Enhancing Food Recall with the Cognitive Interview / Ronald P. Fisher and Kathryn L. Quigley
Part IV. Expression: The Case of Attitude Measurement in Surveys
Chapter 9. Opportunities in Survey Measurement of Attitudes / Robert P. Abelson
Chapter 10. The Case for Measuring Attitude Strength in Surveys / Jon A. Krosnick and Robert P. Abelson
Chapter 11. New Technologies for the Direct and Indirect Assessment of Attitudes / John F. Dovidio and Russell H. Fazio
Part V. Social Interaction
Chapter 12. Validity and the Collaborative Construction of Meaning in Face-to-Face Surveys / Lucy Suchman and Brigitte Jordan
Part VI. Government Applications
Chapter 13. A Review of Research at the Bureau of Labor Statistics / Cathryn S. Dippo and Janet L. Norwood
Name Index
Subject Index