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Measurement Instruments in Cross-National Surveys

Dorothée Behr; Michael Braun; Brita Dorer
Version: 2.0
DOI: 10.15465/gesis-sg_en_006
Provider: GESIS - Survey Design and Methodology (SDM)
Abstract: This contribution deals with measurement instruments – that is, questionnaires and individual questions – used in cross-national survey research. By cross-national surveys we mean studies in which different countries are compared and whose design, implementation, and organisation are shaped by the requirement that comparability be achieved. We begin by focussing on general questions of comparability in cross-national surveys. With regard to problems that occur generally in all surveys, and to sampling and nonresponse problems in cross-national surveys, we refer the reader to the relevant thema ... more
Topics: Fragebogen | Frageentwicklung | Interkultureller Vergleich | Messinstrument | Pretest | Qualität | Fragebogenübersetzung | Übersetzung und Adaption von Fragebögen
Citation: Behr, D., Braun, M., & Dorer, B. (2016). Measurement instruments in international surveys. GESIS Survey Guidelines. Mannheim, Germany: GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. doi: 10.15465/gesis-sg_en_006
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