Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
.[Page last updated 4 July 2014]
Publications on survey research and survey methods
There are literally hundreds of books, papers and articles (not to mention joiurnals) on survey methods, including basic "How to" texts, complex techniques (eg sampling) historical accounts and critical examinations of the method itself. For a good general introduction, see:
What is a survey?
(American Statistical Association booklet, 68 pp., 2004 by Fritz Scheuren combines as chapters a series of separate earlier pamphlets starting with the 1980 pamphlet What is a survey? by Robert Ferber, Chair, Paul Sheatsley, Anthony Turner and Joseph Waksberg)
Your attention is also drawn to the following publications from the UK Data Service (UKDS: previously Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) based at Essex University.
The following links are to other pages on this site.
The place of survey research in the social sciences lists some key publications on the development of survey research and the debate on the place of survey research in the social sciences.
Survey methods textbooks
Journals for survey research
Articles on survey research
What is a survey?
(American Statistical Association booklet, 68 pp., 2004 by Fritz Scheuren combines as chapters a series of separate earlier pamphlets starting with the 1980 pamphlet What is a survey? by Robert Ferber, Chair, Paul Sheatsley, Anthony Turner and Joseph Waksberg)
Your attention is also drawn to the following publications from the UK Data Service (UKDS: previously Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) based at Essex University.
The following links are to other pages on this site.
The place of survey research in the social sciences lists some key publications on the development of survey research and the debate on the place of survey research in the social sciences.
Survey methods textbooks
Journals for survey research
Articles on survey research
Training in research methods
In 2000 the (UK) Economic and Social Research Council issued a Green Paper seeking views on the future of archiving. I submitted evidence in two instalments in the form of memoranda to Prof Martin Boddy. Although the Green Paper was principally directed towards archiving, my comments also include a detailed critique of, and proposals for, training in social research methods. ESRC Green Paper on Archiving (1) was sent on 9 March 2001 and ESRC Green Paper on Archiving (2) on 14 March 2001: they should be read together.
Training courses in survey methods
Training courses offered by universities, survey organisations and consultants.
Postgraduate courses: MSc, MA,, PG Diploma and PG Certificate courses offered by UK universities, including the Diploma of the Market Research Society
Summer Schools: courses at University of Essex (UK) and University of Maryland (USA)
Short courses: details of regular and ad-hoc courses offered by Natcen, UK universities and others
Postgraduate courses: MSc, MA,, PG Diploma and PG Certificate courses offered by UK universities, including the Diploma of the Market Research Society
Summer Schools: courses at University of Essex (UK) and University of Maryland (USA)
Short courses: details of regular and ad-hoc courses offered by Natcen, UK universities and others
Research initiatives wish-list
Ideas for development of survey research is an extract from a 1992 letter to Prof Denise Lievesley (then Director of the Data Archive at Essex) with ideas for future research initiatives in the UK. Ideas date back to the 1970s and we're still waiting.