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Research and social policy

This paper examines the role of the research worker in the formation of social policies. It explains the background to this by stressing that, in the UK at least, social policies, unlike economic policies, have no unifying framework. It also stresses...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Eric J. Thompson

December 1, 1977

Some observations on the client-agency relationship in social survey research in the U.K.

This paper examines some aspects of the working relationship between clients and the personnel of commercial research agencies in the UK. From an examination of a number of actual projects, some indicators are proposed of factors likely to promote a...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Gerry E. Levens

December 1, 1977

The interviewee as a human being

The establishment of the survey method and formulation of the survey instruments is of central importance in empirical social research. But they (the above), are frequently seen instrumentally, but not conceptually - especially in the area of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Authors: Werner Brög, Karl-Heinz Neumann

November 1, 1977

The use of research in socio-political decisions

The authors put forward a personal view of the development of social research in Italy since the end of World War II. They describe some of the difficulties inherent in commissioning and interpreting this type of research. Examples are given about...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Authors: Vincenzo Cesareo, Patrick G. M. Standen

June 15, 1977

On the limits of reliability in social and commercial surveys

There has been ample documentation over the past years of the various sources of error in surveys. This paper reviews some of the more important work presented by academic, government and commercial organisations. These sources of error in commercial...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Benjamin Lipstein

August 1, 1975

Policy uses of the New Jersey income maintenance experiment

This paper deals with a major piece of policy relevant social science research, the New Jersey Income Maintenance Experiment, and a proposed piece of social legislation, the Family Assistance Plan. An attempt is made to assess the usefulness of the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Margaret E. Boeckmann

August 1, 1975

Measuring multiple deprivation

As a result public discussion of social issues is now increasingly focussed not on the mass of the people, but on those suffering extreme misfortune. When concerned for this unfortunate minority concentrates on income, its members have been referred...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Richard Berthoud

August 1, 1975

Public policy and measuring the 'open-ended' situation

The object of this paper is to illustrate how research can assist in the field of public policy. The problems inherent in measuring open-ended situations where demand can be infinite are discussed. The need to use a variety of secondary measures to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1974: The Challenges Facing Marketing Research

Authors: Mike Arnott, Emer Rodnight

September 1, 1974

Socio-medical research into hypothermia among the elderly

This paper deals with a case history, which we believe comprises an unusual, if not unique application of the skills of a commercial market and social research company to the field of Medical Research. We will show how the concept of using sample...

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

Authors: H. J. Taylor, J. T. Hanvey

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

September 1, 1973