Surveying Cultures Discovering Shared Conceptions And Sentiments David R Heiseauth by David R. Heise(auth.) 9780470479070, 9780470575789, 0470479078, 0470575786 instant download after payment.

The book begins with a basic overview of cross-cultural measurement of sentiments and presents innovative and sophisticated analyses of measurement issues and of homogeneity among respondents. Subsequent chapters explore topics that are at the core of successful data collection and analysis in culture studies, including:

• The role of bipolar scales and Internet data collection in measuring sentiments

• Key methodological variables that determine the quality of quantitative data, including measurement errors, validity, and reliability

• New approaches to reliability and several new methods of assessing a respondent's degree of inculcation into group culture

• Sampling, coverage, nonresponse, and measurement errors, with an in-depth discussion of their occurrence in culture surveys, their impact assessments, and how current measurement techniques are constructed to help prevent these kinds of errors

• Common problems often encountered in the acquisition and communication of data, including identifying error variances, interpreting gender differences in responses, and defining the difference between cultures and subcultures

Throughout the book, each topic is accompanied by a review of related methodological literature. For many of the presented concepts, the author includes a formal analysis of the related issues in measuring cultural norms and reports on analyses. Each chapter concludes with an organized list of major findings as well as an insightful outline of specific recommendations regarding practical problems in culture studies.

Surveying Cultures serves as a valuable supplemental book to courses on survey and research methods at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an excellent reference for researchers in the fields of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and political science.Content:
Chapter 1 Surveying Culture (pages 1–21):
Chapter 2 Measuring Sentiments (pages 23–55):
Chapter 3 Sentiment Repositories (pages 57–73):
Chapter 4 Surveys with Vignettes (pages 75–120):
Chapter 5 Errors in Surveys (pages 121–147):
Chapter 6 Correlates of Enculturation (pages 149–165):
Chapter 7 Consensus in Sentiments (pages 167–181):
Chapter 8 Measurement Reliability (pages 183–201):
Chapter 9 Culture and Surveys (pages 203–211):