SECTION A: COVERAGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD POPULATION BY TELEPHONES.
An Overview of Telephone Coverage (J. Massey).
International Comparisons of Telephone Coverage (D. Trewin & G.
Lee).
Trends in the United States Telephone Coverage Across Time and
Subgroups (O. Thornberry & J. Massey).
Within-Household Coverage in RDD Surveys (D. Maklan & J.
Waksberg).
SECTION B: SAMPLING FOR TELEPHONE SURVEYS.
Telephone Sampling Methods in the United States (J. Lepkowski).
Implementing the Mitofsky-Waksberg Sampling Design with Accelerated
Sequential Replacement (G. Burkheimer & J. Levinsohn).
Cutoff Rules for Secondary Calling in a Random Digit Dailing Survey
(C. Alexander).
Minimum Cost Sample Allocation for Mitofsky-Waksberg Random Digit
Dialing (R. Mason & F. Immerman).
Weighting Adjustments for Random Digit Dialed Surveys (J. Massey &
S. Botman).
Stratification of Prefix Areas for Sampling Rare Populations (L.
Mohadjer).
Sampling Variance and Nonresponse Rates in Dual Frame, Mixed Mode
Surveys (M. Sirken & R. Casady).
SECTION C: NONRESPONSE IN TELEPHONE SURVEYS.
An Overview of Nonresponse Issues in Telephone Surveys (R. Groves &
L. Lyberg).
Nonresponse: The UK Experience (M. Collins, et al.).
Nonresponse Issues in Government Telephone Surveys (J. Drew, et
al.).
Survey Period Length, Unanswered Numbers, and Nonresponse in
Telephone Surveys (J. Sebold).
Effects of Interviewer Vocal Characteristics on Nonresponse (L.
Oksenberg & C. Cannell).
SECTION D: DATA QUALITY IN TELEPHONE SURVEYS.
Measuring Data Quality (P. Biemer).
Data Quality in Telephone and Face to Face Surveys: A Comparative
Meta-Analysis (E. de Leeuw & J. van der Zouwen).
Effects of Mode of Interview: Experiments in the UK (W. Sykes & M.
Collins).
A Comparison of Response Effects in Self-Administered and Telephone
Surveys (G. Bishop, et al.).
The Quality of Income Information in Telephone and Face to Face
Surveys (E. Körmendi).
Searching for Causes of Interviewer Effects in Telephone Surveys
(L. Stokes & M.-Y. Yeh).
SECTION E: COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING.
Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing: A General Introduction
(W. Nicholls).
The Design of CATI Systems: A Review of Current Practice (R. Baker
& W. Lefes).
Call Scheduling with CATI: Current Capabilities and Methods (M.
Weeks).
Questionnaire Design for CATI: Design Objectives and Methods (C.
House & W. Nicholls).
The Effects of CATI on Costs and Data Quality: A Comparison of CATI
and Paper Methods in Centralized Interviewing (G. Catlin & S.
Ingram).
SECTION F: ADMINISTRATION OF TELEPHONE SURVEYS.
Introduction: Administration of Telephone Surveys (L. Lyberg).
Administrative Designs for Centralized Telephone Survey Centers:
Implications of the Transition to CATI (S. Berry & D.
O'Rourke).
Observation of Behavior in Telephone Interviews (C. Cannell & L.
Oksenberg).
A Comparison of Centralized CATI Facilities for an Agricultural
Labor Survey (R. Bass & R. Tortora).
Administrative Issues in Mixed Mode Surveys (D. Dillman & J.
Tarnai).
Bibliography of Telephone Survey Methodology.
Index.
ROBERT M. GROVES is Director of the Survey Research Center at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a faculty member at the
Joint Program in Survey Methodology.
PAUL P. BIEMER is Chief Scientist at the Research Triangle
Institute.
LARS E. LYBERG is Head of the Statistical Research Unit of
Statistics Sweden in Stockholm and Chief Editor of the Journal of
Official Statistics.
The late JAMES T. MASSEY was Chief of the Survey Design Staff in
the Office of Research and Methodology at the National Center for
Health Statistics, and served as Program Chair Elect-1989 for the
Survey Research Methods Section of the ASA.
WILLIAM L. NICHOLLS II was formerly Principal Researcher in the
Field Division of the U.S. Census Bureau.
JOSEPH WAKSBERG is Chairman of the Board of Westat, Inc.
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