Doing Survey Research, 3rd Edition

by Peter Nardi

The significantly updated third edition of this short, practical book prepares students to write a questionnaire, generate a sample, conduct their own survey research, analyze data, and write up the results, while learning to read and interpret excerpts from published research. It combines statistics and survey research methods in a single book.

Features of the Third

274 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013

Reviews

[Regan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously I read this for school. In truth, for a text about survey research this isn't bad. For the most part it is highly readable. My only true complaint is that there is that, for a book that refers to itself as "intro" in nearly every chapter, there are a LOT of assumptions about the reader's understanding of statistical equations.

When I saw how readable the author was I was hopeful that some of the equations might be translated into language that would help me understand what those symbols are actually doing. Nope. If you didn't come in with a functional understanding you didn't leave with one either. That said, with the exception of chapters 7, 8, and 9, there was decent information in the book and I picked up quite a bit. I think someone with a more functional understanding of the equations discussed would probably see the entire book as highly useful so I'll take my issue on as "Regan's user error" not entirely a problem of Nardi's.