American Behavioral Scientist articles from October 1998

American Behavioral Scientist archives from October 1998

The problem of exporting social survey research.
October 1, 1998... THE SOCIAL SURVEY: A BRIEF OVERVIEW The social survey, although it did not originate in the United States, is a quintessentially American form of social research. The aim of this issue of the American Behavioral Scientist is to look at the...

How comparative is comparative research?
October 1, 1998... The importance and utility to social science of rigorous cross-national measures is incontestable. They help to reveal not only intriguing differences between countries and cultures, but also aspects of one's own country and culture that would...

The survey method: an indispensable tool for social science research everywhere?
October 1, 1998... EMERGENCE AND FIRST WAVE OF PROLIFERATION The survey method is the single most important approach in empirical social research - at least in the United States. Some time ago, a study of leading social science journals (Presser, 1985) showed...

The politics and problematics of survey research. (political attitude surveys in South Africa)
October 1, 1998... Political Attitude Studies During the Transition to Democracy in South Africa Attitude surveys were an aspect of the ideological conflict in the past two decades of the transition to democracy in South Africa. Survey findings were often...

Ideology, methodology, and context: social science surveys in the Russian Federation.
October 1, 1998... Survey research, from marketing to public opinion polling, has expanded dramatically in the Russian Federation, with mixed results in terms of accuracy and methodological practice. The more than 500 professional monitoring and marketing firms...

Surveys as instruments of modernization: the case of Mexico.
October 1, 1998... Mexican survey research represents an anomaly. Representative survey data are available and reliable, and they cover a wide range of issues. These surveys have become widely accepted tools of analysis among both the Mexican social science...

Survey experience among women in Bangladesh.
October 1, 1998... This article describes the research process and fieldwork experiences involved in a study of female garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was carried out by the Population Council and the University of Southampton during 1996-1997. The...

Conducting a complex sociological survey in rural Mali.
October 1, 1998... This article reports on a cross-cultural collaborative attempt between American and Malian investigators to apply standard sociological survey techniques to the study of three generally preliterate, nonindustrial ethnic groups in rural Mali -...