Publications

The following is a complete list of publications, unpublished papers, and major presentations from the RSM project to date—listed in reverse chronological order.

Books and book chapters

Alwin, D.F. 2021. Developing Reliable Measures—An Approach to Evaluating the Quality of Survey Measurement Using Longitudinal Designs. In A. Cernat and J.W. Sakshaug (Eds.), Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data (pp. 113-154). Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.

Alwin, D.F. 2016. Survey Data Quality and Measurement Precision. Pp. 527-557 in C. Wolf, D. Joye, T.W. Smith and Y-C. Fu (Eds), The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Alwin, D.F. 2015. Reliability and Validity Assessment: New Approaches. Pp. 239-247 in J.D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, volume 20. Oxford: Elsevier Ltd.

Alwin, D.F. 2011. Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Survey Interview Data using the MTMM Approach. In J. Madans, K. Miller, G. Willis and A. Maitland (Eds.), Question Evaluation Methods: Contributing to the Science of Data Quality (pages 265-293). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Alwin, D.F. 2010. How Good is Survey Measurement? Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Survey Measures. In P.V. Marsden and J. Wright (Eds.), Handbook of Survey Research. 2nd edition (pages 405-434). London, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Alwin, D.F. 2009. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Time-line and Event History Data. In R.F. Belli, F.P. Stafford and D.F. Alwin (Eds.). Calendar and Time Diary Methods in Life Course Research (pages 277-301). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Alwin, D.F. 2007. Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Alwin, D.F. 2005. Reliability. In K. Kempf-Leonard and others (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. New York: Academic Press.

Alwin, D.F. 1999. Aging and Errors of Measurement: Implications for the Study of Life-Span Development. In N. Schwarz, D. Park, B. Knäuper and S. Sudman (Eds.), Cognition, Aging, and Self-Reports (pp. 365-385). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.

Journal articles

Tufiș, P.A., Alwin, D.F. and Ramírez, D.N. 2023. A Catch-22 — the Test-Retest Method of Reliability Estimation. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smad043

Alwin, D.F., Baumgartner, E.M. and Beattie, B.A. 2018. Number of Response Categories and Reliability in Attitude Measurement. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 6(2):212-239. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smx025

Alwin, D.F. and Beattie, B.A. 2016. The KISS Principle in Survey Measurement—Question Length and Data Quality. Sociological Methodology 46:121-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081175016641714

Alwin, D.F., Zeiser, K. and Gensimore, D. 2013. Reliability of Self-Reports of Financial Information in Surveys: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Sociological Methods and Research. 43:98-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124113507908

Alwin, D.F. 1997. Feeling Thermometers vs. Seven-point Scales: Which are Better? Sociological Methods and Research, 25:318-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124197025003003

Alwin, D.F. 1992. Information Transmission in the Survey Interview: Number of Response Categories and the Reliability of Attitude Measurement. In P.V. Marsden (Ed.), Sociological Methodology 1992 (pp. 83-118). Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association. https://doi.org/10.2307/270993

Alwin, D.F. and Krosnick, J.A. 1991. The Reliability of Survey Attitude Measurement: The Influence of Question and Respondent Attributes. Sociological Methods and Research 20:139-181. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124191020001005

Alwin, D.F. 1989. Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey Data. Quality and Quantity 23:277-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172447

Unpublished papers and presentations

Alwin, D.F., Ramírez, D.N., Tufiş, P.A., Beattie, B.A. and Baumgartner, E.M. 2022. The Devil is in the Details: A Critical Evaluation of the General Social Survey. Unpublished manuscript.

Alwin, D.F., Beattie, B.A. and Baumgartner, E.M. 2015. Assessing the Reliability of Measurement in the General Social Survey: The Content and Context of the GSS Survey Questions. Paper presented at the session on “Measurement Error and Questionnaire Design,” the 70th annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.