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Survey Methodology and Missing Data

Tools and Techniques for Practitioners

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Authors:
  1. Seppo Laaksonen

    1. Social Research, Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Offers researchers and practitioners a comprehensive introduction to survey methodology
  • Presents survey data collection and cleaning methods
  • Explains new advanced survey methodologies and tools
  • Provides concrete empirical examples from real survey data sets
  • Covers statistical editing, imputation, nonresponse and nonresponse adjustments

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. Concept of Survey and Key Survey Terms

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    Pages 5-26

  4. Designing a Questionnaire and Survey Modes

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    Pages 27-47

  5. Sampling Principles, Missingness Mechanisms, and Design Weighting

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    Pages 49-76

  6. Design Effects at the Sampling Phase

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    Pages 77-89

  7. Sampling Design Data File

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    Pages 91-97

  8. Missingness, Its Reasons and Treatment

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    Pages 99-110

  9. Weighting Adjustments Because of Unit Non-response

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    Pages 111-134

  10. Special Cases in Weighting

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    Pages 135-140

  11. Statistical Editing

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    Pages 141-153

  12. Introduction to Statistical Imputation

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    Pages 155-169

  13. Imputation Methods for Single Variables

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    Pages 171-195

  14. Summary and Key Survey Data-Collection and Cleaning Tasks

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    Pages 197-200

  15. Basic Survey Data Analysis

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    Pages 201-217

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 219-224
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About this book

This book focuses on quantitative survey methodology, data collection and cleaning methods. Providing starting tools for using and analyzing a file once a survey has been conducted, it addresses fields as diverse as advanced weighting, editing, and imputation, which are not well-covered in corresponding survey books. Moreover, it presents numerous empirical examples from the author's extensive research experience, particularly real data sets from multinational surveys. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Social Research, Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Seppo Laaksonen

About the author

Seppo Laaksonen is a professor of statistics at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and has worked at various survey institutes including Statistics Finland, Eurostat and The Finnish Center for Social and Health Research. The former scientific secretary (2001-2003) and vice president of the International Association of Survey Statisticians (2007-2009), he has been a member of the sampling expert team of the European Social Survey since 2001. He has also been involved in a number of European research projects and is a consultant for surveys in Moldova, Ethiopia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom and Hungary.

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