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The Management Group is a consulting firm in Los Angeles that has created an excellent web site with copies of surveys used in the HRSA SPNS projects. Mostly care-related, but there are several good intake and behavioral questionnaires on-line. (http://www.tmg-web.com/evalbttn.htm)

 

Survey questions: handcrafting the standardized questionnaire, by Jean M. Converse and Stanley Presser, #63.
Introductionpix-17.GIF (40 bytes)to survey sampling, by Graham Kalton, #35. Sage series.
Availablepix-17.GIF (40 bytes)through Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, California, 91320. Tel: (805) 499-0721, Fax: (805) 499-0871, E-mail: [email protected]. Internet: http://www.sagepub.com.

 

Mail and telephone surveys : the total design method by Don A. Dillman. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Describespix-17.GIF (40 bytes)step-by-step details of how researchers can conduct mail and telephone surveys. Compares mail surveys with telephone and face-to-face interviews and discusses in detail constructing mail and telephone questionnaires and implementing mail and telephone surveys.
Howpix-17.GIF (40 bytes)to Conduct Your Own Survey. By Priscilla Salant and Don A. Dillman, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1994. Available through John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Distribution Center, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875-1272. Tel: (732) 469-4400 or (800) 225-5945, Fax: (732) 302-2300, E-mail: [email protected], Internet: http://catalog.wiley.com/.

 

Asking questions by Seymour Sudman, Norman M. Bradburn. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982. Series title: Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
Apix-17.GIF (40 bytes)useful guide describing the entire process of questionnaire design from formulating the research problem to testing and revising the questionnaire. Discusses issues to be considered in writing questions or constructing scales for mail, telephone and personal surveys. Consideration is given to methods of asking threatening and non-threatening questions, knowledge questions, attitude questions, and standard demographic items. Checklists provide helpful overviews of material covered in each chapter.
Availablepix-17.GIF (40 bytes)through Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publisher, 350 Sansome Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. Tel: (800) 956-7739, Fax: (800) 605-2665 or (415) 433-0499, E-mail: [email protected], Internet: http://www.jbp.com/.

 

Designing surveys: a guide to decisions and procedures, by Ronald Czaja and Johnny Blair. Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1996.
Apix-17.GIF (40 bytes)good overview of how survey research is conducted with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind. Contains practical guidelines in survey design, pre-testing, selecting a data collection method, designing questions, designing the sample, and selecting the sample.
Availablepix-17.GIF (40 bytes)through Pine Forge Press, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: (805) 499-4224, Fax: (805) 499-7881, E-mail: [email protected], Internet: http://www.sagepub.com/pineforge/Czaja_designing.htm.

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Good Questions, Better Answers --  � 1998 California Department of Health Services and
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