Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts / edited by Janet A. Harkness [and others].

Front Matter -- Setting the Stage. Comparative Survey Methodology / Janet A Harkness, Michael Braun, Brad Edwards, Timothy P Johnson, Lars Lyberg, Peter Ph Mohler, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Tom W Smith -- Equivalence, Comparability, and Methodological Progress / Peter Ph Mohler, Timothy P Johnson -- Questionnaire Development. Designing Questionnaires for Multipopulation Research / Janet A Harkness, Brad Edwards, Sue Ellen Hansen, Debra R Miller, Ana Villar -- Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life / Arland Thornton, Alexandra Achen, Jennifer S Barber, Georgina Binstock, Wade M Garrison, Dirgha J Ghimire, Ronald Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Yang Jiang, Julie De Jong, Katherine King, Ron J Lesthaeghe, Sohair Mehanna, Colter Mitchell, Mansoor Moaddel, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Guangzhou Wang, Yu Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Linda C Young-Demarco, Kathryn Yount -- Managing the Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments: A Case Study of Pretesting of the U.S. Census Bureau Bilingual Spanish/English Questionnaire / Patricia L Goerman, Rachel A Caspar -- Cognitive Interviewing in Non-English Languages: A Cross-Cultural Perspective / Yuling Pan, Ashley Landreth, Hyunjoo Park, Marjorie Hinsdale-Shouse, Alis︢ Schoua-Glusberg -- Translation, Adaptation, and Assessment. Translation, Adaptation, and Design / Janet A Harkness, Ana Villar, Brad Edwards -- Evaluation of a Multistep Survey Translation Process / Gordon B Willis, Martha Stapleton Kudela, Kerry Levin, Alicia Norberg, Debra S Stark, Barbara H Forsyth, Pat Dean Brick, David Berrigan, Frances E Thompson, Deirdre Lawrence, Anne M Hartman -- Developments in Translation Verification Procedures in Three Multilingual Assessments: A Plea for an Integrated Translation and Adaptation Monitoring Tool / Steve Dept, Andrea Ferrari, Laura W̃yrynen -- Culture, Cognition and Response. Cognition, Communication, and Culture: Implications for the Survey Response Process / Norbert Schwarz, Daphna Oyserman, Emilia Peytcheva -- Cultural Emphasis on Honor, Modesty, or Self-Enhancement: Implications for the Survey-Response Process / Ayse K Uskul, Daphna Oyserman, Norbert Schwarz -- Response Styles and Culture / Yongwei Yang, Janet A Harkness, Tzu-Yun Chin, Ana Villar -- Key Process Components and Quality. Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Cross-National Comparative Studies / Lars Lyberg, Diana Maria Stukel -- Sample Design for Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Survey Programs / Steven G Heeringa, Colm O'muircheartaigh -- Challenges in Cross-National Data Collection / Beth-Ellen Pennell, Janet A Harkness, Rachel Levenstein, Martine Quaglia -- A Survey Process Quality Perspective on Documentation / Peter Ph Mohler, Sue Ellen Hansen, Beth-Ellen Pennell, Wendy Thomas, Joachim Wackerow, Frost Hubbard -- Harmonizing Survey Data / Peter Granda, Christof Wolf, Reto Hadorn -- Nonresponse. The Use of Contact Data in Understanding Cross-National Differences in Unit Nonresponse / Annelies G Blom, Annette J̃ckle, Peter Lynn -- Item Nonresponse and Imputation of Annual Labor Income in Panel Surveys from a Cross-National Perspective / Joachim R Frick, Markus M Grabka -- Analyzing Data. An Illustrative Review of Techniques for Detecting Inequivalences / Michael Braun, Timothy P Johnson -- Analysis Models for Comparative Surveys / Joop J Hox, Edith D de Leeuw, Matthieu JS Brinkhuis -- Using Polytomous Item Response Theory to Examine Differential Item and Test Functioning: The Case of Work Ethic / David J Woehr, John P Meriac -- Categorization Errors and Differences in the Quality of Questions in Comparative Surveys / Daniel Oberski, Willem E Saris, Jacques A Hagenaars -- Making Methods Meet: Mixed Designs in Cross-Cultural Research / Fons J R van de Vijver, Athanasios Chasiotis -- Global Survey Programs. The Globalization of Survey Research / Tom W Smith -- Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Surveys: The European Social Survey (ESS)--From Design to Implementation and Beyond / Rory Fitzgerald, Roger Jowell -- The International Social Survey Programme: Annual Cross-National Social Surveys Since 1985 / Knut Kalgraff Skj̄k -- Longitudinal Data Collection in Continental Europe: Experiences from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) / Axel B̲rsch-Supan, Karsten Hank, Hendrik Jörges, Mathis Schr̲der -- Assessment Methods in IEA's TIMSS and PIRLS International Assessments of Mathematics, Science, and Reading / Ina V S Mullis, Michael O Martin -- Enhancing Quality and Comparability in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) / David A Howell -- The Gallup World Poll / Robert D Tortora, Rajesh Srinivasan, Neli Esipova -- References -- Subject Index -- Wiley Series in Survey Methodology.

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A unique collaboration featuring the latest methodologies and research on multi- and cross-national surveys. Over the past two decades, the relevance of cross-national and cross-cultural methodologies has heightened across various fields of study. Responding to increasing cultural diversity and rapid changes in how research is conducted, Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts addresses the need for refined tools and improved procedures in cross-cultural and cross-national studies worldwide. Based on research submitted to the International Conference on Multi.