Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: A Brief History of the Movement to Study Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Committee ; Acknowledgments ; Members of the SSRC Committee on Cognition and Survey Research ; Workshops and Seminars of the SSRC Committee ; Part I. Introduction ; Chapter 1. Cognitive Aspects of Surveys and This Volume / Judith M. Tanur ; Part II. Meaning ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 2. Asking Questions and Influencing Answers / Herbert H. Clark and Michael F. Schober ; What Is to Be Done?
  • Chapter 3. Direct Questioning About Comprehension in a Survey Setting / Robert M. Groves, Nancy H. Fultz, and Elizabeth Martin Part III. Memory ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 4. Personal Recall and the Limits of Retrospective Questions in Surveys / Robert W. Pearson, Michael Ross, and Robyn M. Dawes ; Attempts at Memory Improvement in the Survey Context ; Chapter 5. Improving Episodic Memory Performance of Survey Respondents / Robert T. Croyle and Elizabeth F. Loftus ; Chapter 6. Memory and Mismemory for Health Events / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Kyle D. Smith, Mark R. Klinger, and Judith Fiedler.
  • Chapter 7. Attempts to Improve the Accuracy of Self-Reports of Voting / Robert P. Abelson, Elizabeth F. Loftus, and Anthony G. Greenwald Chapter 8. Applying Cognitive Theory in Public Health Investigations: Enhancing Food Recall with the Cognitive Interview / Ronald P. Fisher and Kathryn L. Quigley ; Part IV. Expression: The Case of Attitude Measurement in Surveys ; Thematic Overview ; Chapter 9. Opportunities in Survey Measurement of Attitudes / Robert P. Abelson ; Applications ; Chapter 10. The Case for Measuring Attitude Strength in Surveys / Jon A. Krosnick and Robert P. Abelson.
  • Chapter 11. New Technologies for the Direct and Indirect Assessment of Attitudes / John F. Dovidio and Russell H. Fazio Part V. Social Interaction ; Chapter 12. Validity and the Collaborative Construction of Meaning in Face-to-Face Surveys / Lucy Suchman and Brigitte Jordan ; Part VI. Government Applications ; Chapter 13. A Review of Research at the Bureau of Labor Statistics / Cathryn S. Dippo and Janet L. Norwood ; Name Index ; Subject Index.