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Cross-cultural survey equivalence
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Abstract "The question of functional equivalence in internationally comparative surveys is discussed from the viewpoint of secondary analysis. A number of data-analytical procedures - ranging from a comparison of means over establishing correlations with third variables in individual countries to Multidimens... view more
"The question of functional equivalence in internationally comparative surveys is discussed from the viewpoint of secondary analysis. A number of data-analytical procedures - ranging from a comparison of means over establishing correlations with third variables in individual countries to Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) - are discussed and used to check problems in functional equivalence in an item battery on gender roles. The data base consists of several national samples (Italian, German, American, British and Hungarian) of the 1988 International Social Survey Programme study on Family and Changing Gender Roles. It is concluded that (1) ex post checking of functional equivalence is useful and necessary because (2) the related problems might have less to do with translation than with ambiguities of the concepts and/or formulations used in source instruments and with differences in the social and economic realities in the respective countries, but that (3) even secondary-analytic strategies are as a rule not conclusive and should be supplemented with methodological experiments." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
research practice; empirical social research; international comparison; method; data; analysis; instruments; secondary analysis; gender role; indicator; multidimensional scaling
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Collection Title
Cross-cultural survey equivalence
Editor
Harkness, Janet
Document language
English
Publication Year
1998
City
Mannheim
Page/Pages
p. 129-144
Series
ZUMA-Nachrichten Spezial, 3
ISBN
3-924220-13-1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications