Surveys by SSRC Survey Unit
Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
Series of surveys to develop subjective indicators of satisfaction with various life domains and sub-domains, life as a whole and perceived well-being. Surveys conducted in collaboration with ISR, Ann Arbor)
Funded Social Research Using Surveys
Postal survey of academic researchers and research institutions, plus survey of firms supplying services.
See: Crawford, Elisabeth T and Perry, Norman [Eds]
Demands for social knowledge: The role of research organisations (Sage, 1976)
See: Crawford, Elisabeth T and Perry, Norman [Eds]
Demands for social knowledge: The role of research organisations (Sage, 1976)
Computing in the Social Sciences
The Survey Unit was an ex-officio member of the SSRC Computer Panel. The SU conducted a postal survey of all social science depts and centres in UK universities and higher education colleges to ascertain whether ot not they used computers in their work and, if so, what for.
See: Utting J E G and Hall J F
The Use of Computers in University Social Science Departments
(Occasional Paper No 3, SSRC Survey Unit, 1973)
It also published the first UK register of software for survey analysis.
Hall J F
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Special Supplement to SSRC Newsletter 20, October 1973
Hall J F
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Update sheet, special supplement in SSRC Newsletter 24, October 1974
Rowe B C, Hall J F and Scheer
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Supplement to SSRC Newsletter 29, 1975
(See also: Beverley Rowe and Marianne Scheer,
Computer Software for Social Science Data SSRC, 1976
(for Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis)
See: Utting J E G and Hall J F
The Use of Computers in University Social Science Departments
(Occasional Paper No 3, SSRC Survey Unit, 1973)
It also published the first UK register of software for survey analysis.
Hall J F
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Special Supplement to SSRC Newsletter 20, October 1973
Hall J F
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Update sheet, special supplement in SSRC Newsletter 24, October 1974
Rowe B C, Hall J F and Scheer
Computer Software for Survey Analysis.
Supplement to SSRC Newsletter 29, 1975
(See also: Beverley Rowe and Marianne Scheer,
Computer Software for Social Science Data SSRC, 1976
(for Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis)
SPSS Error Reporting
Joint project with ULCC. Questionnaires attached to failed SPSS output asking users to asses what errors were made and whether SPSS accurately described these. See: Marsh C and Utting J article in ULCC newsletter (?1975?)
The "Trinians" survey
Self-completion survey to measure attitudes and opinions of girls in senior forms at a girls' public school
Graduate Award Holders
Longitudinal survey of SSRC and DES award holders
The Next 30 Years
National survey to ascertain oublic perceptions of and attitudes towards likely futures