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Comparing societies and cultures: challenges of cross-cultural survey research as an approach to spatial analysis
Gesellschafts- und Kulturvergleich: die Leistungsfähigkeit der interkulturell-vergleichenden Umfrageforschung als Methode der Raumanalyse
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Abstract The paper shows how cross-cultural, cross-societal, cross-national, multi-national and international comparative survey researchers have been handling space since the 1950s and how it can be used for spatial analysis. Using the concepts of the Survey Life Cycle and the Total Survey Error (TSE), the ... view more
The paper shows how cross-cultural, cross-societal, cross-national, multi-national and international comparative survey researchers have been handling space since the 1950s and how it can be used for spatial analysis. Using the concepts of the Survey Life Cycle and the Total Survey Error (TSE), the paper discusses two major methodological problems cross-cultural survey methodology faces: The problems of (1) equivalence and (2) demarcation.... view less
Keywords
zone; methodology; international comparison; survey; error; analysis; data collection method; equivalence; intercultural comparison; response behavior; comparative research
Classification
Research Design
Method
theory application; development of methods; basic research
Free Keywords
spatial sociology; cross-cultural research; survey methodology; demarcation; survey life cycle; total survey error
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 257-291
Journal
Historical Social Research, 39 (2014) 2
Issue topic
Spatial analysis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.39.2014.2.257-291
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed