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SURVEY DESIGN
Author(s) -
Foreman E. K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-842X
pISSN - 0004-9581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1985.tb00543.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , computer science , survey research , contemplation , conceptual design , selection (genetic algorithm) , sample (material) , survey methodology , management science , test plan , survey instrument , survey data collection , operations research , process management , systems engineering , engineering , business , human–computer interaction , mathematics , artificial intelligence , business administration , philosophy , chemistry , statistics , archaeology , epistemology , chromatography , marketing , weibull distribution , history
summary Survey design involves planning and documenting questionnaires, sample selection and survey operations. It constitutes a simultaneous solution to numerous interrelated conceptual and practical design issues, more than may usually be settled effectively, or even recognised, in any reasonable time by contemplation alone. The alternative is an iterative approach, making a trial plan, testing and then improving it, and, if necessary, repeating it until a satisfactory plan is evolved. Pilot testing can then become the focus of design decisions by providing relevant data and operating experience, and by using experimental methods, as a basis for adroit revision of trial survey plans. This paper concerns the planning of efficient survey design processes along these lines.