Advances in Comparative Survey Methods

Preface
Notes on contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Promise and Challenge of 3MC Research
Timothy P. Johnson, Beth–Ellen Pennell, Ineke Stoop, and Brita Dorer
Chapter 2: Improving Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Comparability (3MC) Using the Total Survey Error (TSE) Paradigm
Tom W. Smith
Chapter 3: Addressing Equivalence and Bias in Cross–cultural Survey Research within a Mixed Methods Framework
Jose–Luis Padilla, Isabel Benítez, and Fons J. R. van de Vijver

Section 1: Sampling Approaches
Chapter 4: Innovative Sample Designs Using GIS Technology
Stephanie Eckman, Kristen Himelein, and Jill Dever
Chapter 5: Within–household Selection of Respondents
Achim Koch

Section 2: Cross–cultural Questionnaire Design and Testing
Chapter 6: Overview of Questionnaire Design and Testing
Julie de Jong, Brita Dorer, Sunghee Lee, Ting Yan, and Ana Villar
Chapter 7: Sensitive Questions in Comparative Surveys
Anna Andreenkova and Debra Javeline
Chapter 8: Implementing a Multinational Study of Questionnaire Design
Henning Silber, Tobias H. Stark, Annelies G. Blom, and Jon A. Krosnick
Chapter 9: Using Anchoring Vignettes to Correct for Differential Response Scale Usage in 3MC Surveys
Mengyao Hu, Sunghee Lee and Hongwei Xu
Chapter 10: Conducting Cognitive Interviewing Studies to Examine Survey Question Comparability
Kristen Miller
Chapter 11: Setting up the Cognitive Interview Task for Non–English Speaking Participants in the U.S.
Hyunjoo Park and Patricia L. Goerman
Chapter 12: Working Towards Comparable Meaning of Different Language Versions of Survey Instruments: Do Monolingual and Bilingual Cognitive Testing Respondents Help to Uncover the Same Issues?
Patricia L. Goerman, Mikelyn Meyers, Mandy Sha, Hyunjoo Park, and Alisu Schoua–Glusberg
Chapter 13: Examining the Comparability of Behavior Coding Across Cultures
Timothy P. Johnson, Allyson L. Holbrook, Young Ik Cho, Sharon Shavitt, Noel Chavez, and Saul Weiner

Section 3: Languages, Translation and Adaptation
Chapter 14: How to Choose Interview Language in Different Countries
Anna Andreenkova
Chapter 15: Can the Language of Survey Administration Influence Respondent s Answers?
Emilia Peytcheva
Chapter 16: Documenting the Survey Translation and Monitoring Process
Dorothée Behr, Steve Dept, and Elica Krajceva
Chapter 17: Preventing Differences in Translated Survey Items using the Survey Quality Predictor
Diana Zavala–Rojas, Willem Saris, and Irmtraud Gallhofer

Section 4: Mixed Mode and Mixed Methods
Chapter 18. The Design and Implementation of Mixed Mode Surveys
Edith D. de Leeuw, Z. Tuba Suzer–Gurtekin, and Joop Hox
Chapter 19: Mixed Mode Surveys: Design, Estimation and Adjustment Methods
Z. Tuba Suzer–Gurtekin, Richard Valliant, Steven G. Heeringa, Edith D. de Leeuw
Chapter 20: Mixed Methods in a Comparative Context: Technology and New Opportunities for Social Science Research
Nathalie E. Williams and Dirgha J. Ghimire

Section 5: Response Styles
Chapter 21: Cross–cultural Comparability of Response Patterns of Subjective Probability Questions
Sunghee Lee, Florian Keusch, Norbert Schwarz, Mingnan Liu, and Z. Tuba Suzer–Gurtekin
Chapter 22: Response Styles in Cross–cultural Surveys
Mingnan Liu, Z. Tuba Suzer–Gurtekin, Florian Keusch, and Sunghee Lee
Chapter 23: Examining Translation and Respondents Use of Response Scales in 3MC Surveys
Ting Yan and Mengyao Hu

Section 6: Data Collection Challenges and Approaches
Chapter 24: Data Collection in Cross–national and International Surveys: Regional Case Studies
Kristen Cibelli Hibben, Beth–Ellen Pennell, Sarah M. Hughes, Yu–chieh Lin, and Jennifer Kelley
Chapter 25: Survey Data Collection in sub–Saharan Africa (SSA): Challenges, Strategies, and Opportunities
Sarah M. Hughes and Yu–chieh Lin
Chapter 26: Survey Challenges and Strategies in the Middle East and Arab Gulf Regions
Justin Gengler, Kien Trung Le, and David Howell
Chapter 27. Data Collection in Cross–national and International Surveys: Latin America and the Caribbean
J. Daniel Montalvo, Mitchell A. Seligson, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister
Chapter 28: Survey Research in India and China
Charles Q. Lau, Ellen Marks, and Ashish Kumar Gupta
Chapter 29. Best Practices for Panel Maintenance and Retention
Nicole Watson, Eva Leissou, Heidi Guyer, and Mark Wooden
Chapter 30: Collection of Biomeasures in a Cross–national Setting: Experiences in SHARE
Luzia M. Weiss, Joseph W. Sakshaug, and Axel Börsch–Supan
Chapter 31: Multinational Event History Calendar Interviewing
Yfke P. Ongena, Marieke Haan, and Wil Dijkstra
Chapter 32: Ethical Considerations in the Total Survey Error Context
Julie A. J. de Jong
Chapter 33: Linking Auxiliary Data to Survey Data, Ethical and Legal Challenges in Europe and the U.S.
Kirstine Kolsrud, Linn–Merethe Rod, and Katrine U. Segadal

Section 7: Quality Control and Monitoring
Chapter 34: Organizing and Managing Comparative Surveys
Lesli Scott, Peter Ph. Mohler, and Kristen Cibelli Hibben
Chapter 35: Case Studies on Monitoring Interviewer Behavior in International and Multinational Surveys
Zeina Mneimneh, Lars Lyberg, Sharan Sharma, Mahesh Vyas, Dhananjay Bal Sathe, Frederic Malter, and Yasmin Altwaijri
Chapter 36: New Frontiers in Detecting Data Fabrication
Michael Robbins

Section 8: Nonresponse
Chapter 37: Comparing Nonresponse and Nonresponse Biases in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts
James Wagner and Ineke Stoop
Chapter 38: Geographic Correlates of Nonresponse in California: A Cultural Ecosystems Perspective
Matt Jans, Kevin McLaughlin, Joseph Viana, David Grant, Royce Park, and Ninez A Ponce
Chapter 39: Additional Languages and Representativeness
Oliver Lipps and Michael Ochsner

Section 9: Multi–group Analysis
Chapter 40: Measurement Invariance in International Large–scale Assessments: Integrating Theory and Method
Deana Desa, Fons J. R. van de Vijver, Ralph Carstens, and Wolfram Schulz
Chapter 41: Approximate Measurement Invariance
Kimberley Lek, Daniel Oberski, Eldad Davidov, Jan Cieciuch, Daniel Seddig, and Peter Schmidt

Section 10: Harmonization, Data Documentation and Dissemination
Chapter 42: Data Harmonization, Data Documentation and Dissemination
Peter Granda
Chapter 43: Basic Principles of Survey Data Recycling
Kazimierz M Slomczynski and Irina Tomescu–Dubrow
Chapter 44: Survey Data Harmonization and the Quality of Data Documentation in Cross–national Surveys
Marta Kolczynska and Matthew Schoene
Chapter 45: Identification of Processing Errors in Cross–national Surveys
Olena Oleksiyenko, Ilona Wysmu³ek, and Anastas Vangeli
Chapter 46: Item Metadata as Controls for Ex–Post Harmonization of International Survey Projects
Marta Kolczynska and Kazimierz M. Slomczynski
Chapter 47: The Past, Present and Future of Statistical Weights in International Survey Projects: Implications for Survey Data Harmonization
Marcin W. Zielinski, Przemek Powalko, and Marta Kolczynska

Section 11: Looking Forward
Chapter 48: Prevailing Issues and the Future of Comparative Surveys
Lars Lyberg, Lilli Japec, and Can Tongur
Index