Survey Errors and Survey Costs

The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists. "e;Survey Errors and Survey Costs is a well-written, well-presented, and highly readable text that should be on every error-conscious statistician s bookshelf. Any courses that cover the theory and design of surveys should certainly have Survey Errors and Survey Costs on their reading lists."e; Phil Edwards MEL, Aston University Science Park, UK Review in The Statistician, Vol. 40, No. 3, 1991 "e;This volume is an extremely valuable contribution to survey methodology. It has many virtues: First, it provides a framework in which survey errors can be segregated by sources. Second, Groves has skillfully synthesized existing knowledge, bringing together in an easily accessible form empirical knowledge from a variety of sources. Third, he has managed to integrate into a common framework the contributions of several disciplines. For example, the work of psychometricians and cognitive psychologists is made relevant to the research of econometricians as well as the field experience of sociologists. Finally, but not least, Groves has managed to present all this in a style that is accessible to a wide variety of readers ranging from survey specialists to policymakers."e; Peter H. Rossi University of Massachusetts at Amherst Review in Journal of Official Statistics, January 1991

The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected booksthat have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort toincrease global appeal and general circulation. With these newunabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives ofthese works by making them available to future generations ofstatisticians, mathematicians, and scientists."Survey Errors and Survey Costs is a well-writtenwell-presented, and highly readable text that should be on everyerror-conscious statistician's bookshelf. Any courses thatcover the theory and design of surveys should certainly have SurveyErrors and Survey Costs on their reading lists."Phil EdwardsMEL, Aston University Science Park, UKReview in The Statistician, Vol. 40, No. 3, 1991"This volume is an extremely valuable contribution to surveymethodology. It has many virtues: First, it provides a framework inwhich survey errors can be segregated by sources. Second, Groveshas skillfully synthesized existing knowledge, bringing together inan easily accessible form empirical knowledge from a variety ofsources. Third, he has managed to integrate into a common frameworkthe contributions of several disciplines. For example, the work ofpsychometricians and cognitive psychologists is made relevant tothe research of econometricians as well as the field experience ofsociologists. Finally, but not least, Groves has managed to presentall this in a style that is accessible to a wide variety of readersranging from survey specialists to policymakers."Peter H. RossiUniversity of Massachusetts at AmherstReview in Journal of Official Statistics, January 1991