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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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542
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #300648 |
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Title:
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The General Social Survey (GSS) and the Methodology for Studying Societal Change
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Author(s):
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Tom W. Smith*+
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Companies:
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NORC at the The University of Chicago
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Address:
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1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637,
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Keywords:
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Reliability ;
Validity ;
Measurent artifacts ;
Survey methodology ;
Societal trends ;
Social indicators
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Abstract:
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The GSS has been tracking societal trends since 1972. It has measured changes in over 1,000 attitudinal, behavioral, and demographic variables. In carrying out this widespread social indicators monitoring, the GSS has developed both theoretical and applied approaches for maximizing the reliability and validity of trends and minimizing the occurrence of measurement artifacts. We will draw on specific GSS experience to illustrate the do's and don't of studying societal change.
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