Frauke Kreuter 
Improving Surveys with Paradata 
Analytic Uses of Process Information

Explore the practices and cutting-edge research on the new and
exciting topic of paradata

Paradata are measurements related to the process of collecting
survey data.

Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process
Information is the most accessible and comprehensive contribution
to this up-and-coming area in survey methodology.

Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field,
Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process
Information introduces and reviews issues involved in the
collection and analysis of paradata. The book presents readers with
an overview of the indispensable techniques and new, innovative
research on improving survey quality and total survey error. Along
with several case studies, topics include:

* Using paradata to monitor fieldwork activity in face-to-face,
telephone, and web surveys

* Guiding intervention decisions during data collection

* Analysis of measurement, nonresponse, and coverage error via
paradata

Providing a practical, encompassing guide to the subject of
paradata, the book is aimed at both producers and users of survey
data. Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process The
book also serves as an excellent resource for courses on data
collection, survey methodology, and nonresponse and measurement
error.

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FRAUKE KREUTER is Associate Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland; Professor of Statistics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; and head of the Statistical Methods Research Department at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, Germany.