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The theory and practice of index construction, illustrated with an index of anomie

The concern with Quality of Life and the large numbers of social indicators that are being identified as relevant to quality of life, raises political and ethical questions in respect of choices that must be made from among them. The necessity to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1973: The Application Of Market And Social Research For More Efficient Planning

Author: E.J. Van Goudoever

September 1, 1973

Individual victims of crime as objects for social research

Implementing social indicators is a new approach to estimate the well-being of a population. One of the focal concerns is the public security and administration of justice. The number of reported crimes is declining in Denmark more people are afraid...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Ole Ejnar Andersen

December 1, 1977

Consumer satisfaction as a social indicator

The purpose of this paper is to investigate conceptual and methodological problems raised by research on consumer satisfaction and dissatisfaction (C S/D) and to review its areas of application.

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Yves Evrard

June 18, 1980

Analysis of missing values and analysis of scales measuring social strata in epidemiologic pilot studies

At the ISB-Institut fur Jledizinische Informations- verarbeitung, Statistik und Biomathematik' in Munich our research group conducts pilot studies for a nationwide longitudinal study on side-effects of contraceptives. One of our objectives is to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Authors: Ursula Kellhammer, Wilhelm Warncke

September 1, 1978

Subjective social indicators

Social indicators have teen defined by Land (1975) as "Statistics which measure social conditions and changes therein over time for various segments of a population. By Social Conditions we mean both the external (social and physical) and the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Tim H. Mobbs

December 1, 1978

National dwelling and housing survey

This paper sets a series of large scale Housing surveys commissioned by the Department of the Environment (DOE) between 1977-1979 against the background of a developing national housing policy. It focusses on the particular character and role of the...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Authors: Anthony Eastaugh, P. R. Swallow

June 18, 1980

Predicting social change

This paper covers the role of the survey researcher as a social forecaster. Social indicators have been derived from a qualitative and quantitative survey research system now operating in 14 different countries. These indicators include self...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Elizabeth H. Nelson

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1978

Time perception as a social indicator

This paper deals with the concept of time perception and with specific research carried out to assess and measure some of the problems related to the temporal orientation of a city. Unlike chronological time, which is based on a universal,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Gabriele Morello

December 1, 1978

Analysis of missing values and analysis of scales measuring social strata in epidemiologic pilot studies (German)

At the ISB-Institut fur Jledizinische Informations- verarbeitung, Statistik und Biomathematik' in Munich our research group conducts pilot studies for a nationwide longitudinal study on side-effects of contraceptives. One of our objectives is to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Authors: Ursula Kellhammer, Wilhelm Warncke

September 1, 1978