Telephone Survey Methods or Agricultural Markets and Prices

Telephone Survey Methods: Sampling, Selection, and Supervision, Vol. 7

Author: Paul J Lavrakas

"From generating phone numbers to structuring the work of interviewers and supervisors, this book covers it all. New to this edition is a focus on the total survey error concept, a comparison of CATI and PAPI procedures, mixed-mode surveys, and new telecommunication technologies." --Canadian Journal of Communication "Telephone Survey Methods is a useful and practical guide to conducting telephone surveys particularly for those who are seeking sampling and administrative guidelines." --Journal of Official Statistics What quality control methods can be employed most effectively to structure and monitor interviews and convert refusals? What telephone numbers should be used in random digit dialing? How can eligible respondents be chosen and their cooperation secured? Addressing these and other survey issues, this completely revised edition of Telephone Survey Methods offers researchers a guide to thinking about and executing telephone surveys. From generating phone numbers to structuring the work of interviewers and supervisers, this book covers it all. New to this edition is a focus on the total survey error concept, a comparison of CATI with PAPI procedures, mixed-mode surveys, and new telecommunication technologies. In addition, the book covers such topics as how to control the sampling pool, how to identify the appropriate respondent, and how to improve on-the-job training of interviewers.

Table of Contents:

	Preface to Second Edition
1	Introduction	1
2	Generating Telephone Survey Sampling Pools	27
3	Processing Telephone Survey Sampling Pools	59
4	Selecting Respondents and Securing Cooperation	98
5	Supervision I: Structuring Interviewers' Work	124
6	Supervision II: Structuring Supervisory Work	146
	Glossary of Terms	163
	References	170
	Index	176
	About the Author	181

Agricultural Markets and Prices

Author: Darren Hudson

This text incorporates new information and devotes more time and space to the issues of agricultural industrialization and market structure likely to be faced by applied economists.

• Responds to a critical need to train students to work in the new world of agricultural markets
  
• Explicitly integrates empirical analysis of issues while maintaining the theoretical and practical issues of applied market analysis
  
• Places a high emphasis on market structure, imperfect competition, vertical coordination, contracting, etc., providing students with the necessary background to understand the new environment in which they will be expected to operate
  
• Includes some introduction to game theory with applications
  
• Contains practical examples, “key questions”, exercises, and questions posed to students that can be used by instructors to stimulate classroom discussion.