Contents
Contents, Volume 1
Preface
Part I. Measurement of Subjective Phenomena in the Social Sciences
1. Attitude Measurement in Psychology and Sociology: The Early Years - Jean M. Converse
2. Utility in Economics: A Survey of the Literature - J. G. Tulip Meeks
3. The Use of Survey Data in Basic Research in the Social Sciences - Stanley Presser
Part II. Quasi-Facts
4. The Subjectivity of Ethnicity - Tom W. Smith
5. Measuring Employment and Unemployment - Barbara A. Bailar and Naomi D. Rothwell
6. Housing Research: Conceptual and Measurement Issues - Sandra J. Newman
Part III. Nonsampling Sources of Variability
7. Why Do Surveys Disagree? Some Preliminary Hypotheses and Some Disagreeable Examples - Charles F. Turner
8. Nonattitudes: A Review and Evaluation - Tom W. Smith
9. Social Desirability and Survey Measurement: A Review - Theresa J. DeMaio
10. The Manner of Inquiry: An Analysis of Survey Question Form Across Organizations and Over Time - Jean M. Converse and Howard Schuman
Part IV. Some Statistical Models for Error and Structure in Survey Data
11. Some Statistical Models for Analyzing Why Surveys Disagree - Clifford C. Clogg
12. Rasch Measurement in Survey Research: Further Examples and Discussion - Otis Dudley Duncan
13. Measurement Error in Surveys - Judith T. Lessler
V. Putting Survey Measurements in Context
14. Reality, the Press, and Citizens' Political Agendas - Michael B. MacKuen
15. Mass Media, Contraceptive Behavior, and Attitudes on Abortion: Toward a Comprehensive Model of Subjective Social Change - James R. Beniger
16. The Popularity of Presidents, 1963-80 - Michael B. MacKuen and Charles F. Turner
17. Cultural Indicators and the Analysis of Public Opinion - Elizabeth Martin
18. Do Polls Affect What People Think? - Catherine Marsh
Name Index
Subject Index