Paper #790

Títol:

The European Social Survey. Methodological aspects

Autors:

Anna Cuxart i Clara Riba

Data:

Octubre 2004

Resum:

From a scientific point of view, surveys are undoubtedly a valuable tool for the knowledge of the social and political reality. They are widely used in the social sciences research. However, the researcher's task is often disturbed by a series of deficiencies related to some technical aspects that make difficult both the inference and the comparison. The main aim of the present paper is to report and justify the European Social Survey's technical specifications addressed to avoid and/or minimize such deficiencies. The article also gives a characterization of the non-respondents in Spain obtained from the analysis of the 2002 fieldwork data file.

Paraules clau:

European Social Survey, comparative studies, fieldwork, non-respondents

Codis JEL:

C42

Àrea de Recerca:

Estadística, Econometria i Mètodes Quantitatius

Publicat a:

Torcal Mariano; Pérez-Nievas, Santiago y Morales, Laura (eds.), Colección Ciencia Política, nº 18, p. 21-40, 2005, Ed. Tirant Lo Blanc, València
Amb el títol:
Aspectos metodológicos de la Encuesta Social Europea, en España: Sociedad y política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea

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