Paper #790

Título:

The European Social Survey. Methodological aspects

Autores:

Anna Cuxart y Clara Riba

Fecha:

Octubre 2004

Resumen:

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.

Palabras clave:

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

Códigos JEL:

C42

Área de investigación:

Estadística, Econometría y Métodos Cuantitativos

Publicado en:

Torcal Mariano; Pérez-Nievas, Santiago y Morales, Laura (eds.), Colección Ciencia Política, nº 18, p. 21-40, 2005, Ed. Tirant Lo Blanc, València
Con el título:
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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