"A Wiley-Interscience publication"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Comparative research / Janet Harkness, Peter Ph. Mohler, and Fons J.R. Van de Vijver -- Questionnaire design in comparative research / Janet Harkness, Fons J.R. Van de Vijver, and Timothy P. Johnson -- Questionnaire translation / Janet Harkness -- Communication and social cognition / Michael Braun -- Developing comparable questions in cross-national surveys / Tom W. Smith -- Culture-sensitive context effects : a challenge for cross- cultural surveys / Norbert Schwarz -- Background variables / Michael Braun and Peter Ph. Mohler -- Sampling and estimation / Sabine Häder and Siegfried Gabler --Errors in comparative survey research : an overview / Michael Braun -- Bias and equivalence : cross-cultural perspectives / Fons J.R. Van de Vijver -- Nonresponse in cross-cultural and cross-national surveys / Mick P. Couper and Edith D. de Leeuw -- Data collection methods / Knut Kalgraff Skjåk and Janet Harkness -- Social desirability in cross- cultural research / Timothy P. Johnson and Fons [J.R.] Van de Vijver -- Bias and substantive analyses / Fons J.R. Van de Vijver -- Multidimensional scaling / Johnny Fontaine --Cross-cultural equivalence with structural equation modeling / Jaak Billiet -- Multitrait-multimethod studies ; Response function equality / Willem E. Saris -- Using published survey data / Jan W. van Deth -- Documenting comparative surveys for secondary analysis / Peter Ph. Mohler and Rolf Uher -- The use of meta-analysis in cross- national studies / Edith D. de Leeuw and Joop J. Hox