Janet Harkness, Sabine Klein and Evi Scholz: ISSP Study Monitoring 1999. Report to the ISSP General Assembly on monitoring work undertaken for the ISSP by ZUMA, Germany

ZUMA - Methodenbericht 2003/03

Abstract

ISSP codebooks include study description sheets which provide basic information on each member's dataset. Since the 1995 module, ISSP members have also completed Study Monitoring Questionnaires which record in more detail how they implemented their studies. ZUMA has been in charge of this study monitoring work since 1997 and publishes a general Study Monitoring Report on ISSP studies each year.

Each of the Study Monitoring Reports covers:

a) details of agencies and researchers involved
b) sampling procedures
c) fieldwork procedures
d) data control and editing
e) context of ISSP survey and question coverage
f) details of translation procedures