[DDI-ADG] survey definitions

[Miller, Kenneth P]

Hi Ilona and Kate

	Thanks for the list Kate it was very useful. Here is the full
SRM/ELSST thesaurus methodology entries (NB not yet adopted by CESSDA).
And the controlled vocabulary used by UKDA at present for DDI element
<collMode>. (very similar to the terms under "MODE OF DATA COLLECTION"
in the thesaurus)

NB red are unique terms in thesaurus blue unique in UKDA listing (mainly
qualitative methods)


METHODOLOGY
|..DATA ANALYSIS
|   :..CONTENT ANALYSIS
|   :..STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
|      :..MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
|      :..STATISTICAL INFERENCE
|          :..ESTIMATION
|..DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY
|   :..FIELD WORK
|   :..FREQUENCY OF DATA COLLECTION
|   :..MODE OF DATA COLLECTION
|      :..CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS (DATA COLLECTION)
|      :..DIARIES
|      :..EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTS (DATA COLLECTION)
|      :..INTERVIEWS (DATA COLLECTION)
|          :..FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS
|             :..CAPI
|          :..TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS
|             :..CATI
|      :..OBSERVATION (DATA COLLECTION)
|          :..MASS OBSERVATION
|      :..PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS (DATA COLLECTION)
|      :..PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS (DATA COLLECTION)
|      :..SELF-COMPLETION
|      :..SIMULATION
|      :..TRANSCRIPTION
|   :..SAMPLING PROCEDURES
|      :..CLUSTER SAMPLE
|          :..ONE-STAGE CLUSTER SAMPLE
|      :..CONVENIENCE SAMPLE
|      :..ONE-STAGE STRATIFIED SAMPLE
|      :..PURPOSIVE SAMPLE
|      :..QUASI-RANDOM SAMPLE
|      :..QUOTA SAMPLE
|      :..RANDOM SAMPLE
|          :..MULTI-STAGE STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE
|          :..SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLE
|      :..TOTAL UNIVERSE (NO SAMPLING)
|      :..VOLUNTEER SAMPLE
|   :..SURVEYS
|      :..EXIT POLLS
|      :..POSTAL SURVEYS
|      :..PUBLIC OPINION POLLS
|   :..TIME METHODS (RESEARCH)
|      :..CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
|          :..CROSS-SECTIONAL AD HOC FOLLOW-UP STUDY
|          :..CROSS-SECTIONAL ONE-TIME STUDY
|          :..CROSS-SECTIONAL REGULAR STUDY
|      :..LONGITUDINAL STUDY
|          :..COHORT STUDY
|          :..PANEL STUDY
|      :..TIME SERIES
|..HISTORIOGRAPHY
|..MODELLING
|   :..MATHEMATICAL MODELS
|   :..SIMULATION MODELS



UKDA <collMode> Listing

	Audio recording
	Clinical measurements
	Compilation or synthesis of existing material
	Diaries
	Educational measurements
	Face-to-face interview
	Focus group
	Observation
	Physical measurements
	Postal survey
	Psychological measurements
	Self-completion
	Simulation
	Telephone interview
	Transcription of existing materials
	Video recording


Regards Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu
[mailto:ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Ilona Einowski
Sent: 27 July 2005 22:45
To: 'Katherine McNeill-Harman'; 'DDI-ADG'
Subject: RE: [DDI-ADG] survey definitions

Kate - 

Thanks for the definitions...

One thing that occurred to me, again under the umbrella of "what is
meant by
that term" is the fact that this thing about definitions came up while
we
were discussing the concept "Method" in relation to time...but it
expanded
into a discussion of the concepts in Kate's research piece...but what
about
the concept "Method" as reflected by the terms: 	
								> self
administered questionnaire
								>
in-person
interview
								> CATI
survey
								> CAPI
survey
								>
Administrative records

Do these concepts fit someplace in the DDI?...I guess at the Study
Level????

Just a thought....
Ilona
								
							

-----Original Message-----
From: ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu
[mailto:ddi-adg-bounces at icpsr.umich.edu] On Behalf Of Katherine
McNeill-Harman
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:24 PM
To: DDI-ADG
Subject: [DDI-ADG] survey definitions

Hi everyone,

I went through our social science methods reference books and compiled
the
attached list of different survey definitions.  It's a lengthy Word
document
(if anyone can't read this format, I'll put it in a plain-text email to
you).  Pages 1-14 are organized by topics, with the different
definitions
for a topic listed on a single page; pages 15-20 are the definitions
organized by their source.

Couple of notes:
- I included those terms that we'd specifically discussed as well as
others
that were mentioned or I picked up along the way.
- I didn't really do an analysis, but in typing them in they seemed
fairly
consistent in meaning (even if not in exact wording)
- In terms of the likelihood of these changing, several current
dictionaries
referenced definitions developed a couple of decades ago, so it seems
unlikely they'd change very often (maybe more likely that new models
would
need to be added).

Kate

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Data Services Librarian
Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Cambridge, MA 02139
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