Survey Research in Public Administration: Assessing Mainstream Journals with a Total Survey Error Framework
Survey Research in Public Administration: Assessing Mainstream Journals with a Total Survey Error Framework
复制标题
公共管理调查研究:用总调查误差框架评估主流期刊
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2012
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
T. Johnson
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
G. Lee;Jennifer M. Benoit;T. Johnson
Survey research is a common tool for assessing public opinions, perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors for analyses in many social science disciplines. Yet there is little knowledge regarding how specific elements of survey research methodology are applied in practice in public administration. This article examines five mainstream public administration journals over an eight-year period regarding current methodological practice, organized around the total survey error framework. The findings show that survey research in the field of public administration features mainly small-scale studies, heavy reliance on a single data collection mode, questionable sample selection procedures, and suspect sample frame quality. Survey data largely are analyzed without careful consideration of assumptions or potential sources of error. An informed evaluation of the quality of survey data is made more difficult by the fact that many journal articles do not detail data collection procedures. This study concludes with suggestions for improving the quality and reporting of survey research in the field.
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Enticott G
通讯作者:
Enticott G