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1 Examples of complex measures in surveys Subtitle (CRICOS) #00212K

2 How we use the method Section Subtitle (CRICOS) #00212K

3 Multiple Questions – Need to measure social capital or democracy and governance – Ask a number of questions to derive a summary measure Summary measures in surveys – Method 1 (CRICOS) #00212K

4 Ask one good and tested question – Life Satisfaction Summary measures in surveys – Method 2

5 How I learnt about the method Section Subtitle (CRICOS) #00212K

6 ACSPRII Course on PCA and Factor Analysis Dunteman (1989), Principal Components Analysis, SAGE Green Book series Cliff (1987), Analyzing Multivariate Data, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Summary Indexes

7 Sociologist who knew about the literature Use experts in the field Use other surveys Colleagues

8 Complexities we experienced in applying the method

9 I had never done an ethics application before Ethics

10 Testing the survey Need to test whole survey – Identify issues, questions, misunderstanding words, etc – Question design is a complex area which looks simple but isn’t Use previously tested questions – Testers have identified best forms of questions – Question design is a complex area which looks simple but isn’t Don’t change tested questions if you don’t have to – Question design is a complex area which looks simple but isn’t Reduce effect of question order by having a number of forms and moving questions around (CRICOS) #00212K

11 Add? – Questions are usually highly correlated Principal Components Analysis – Reduces correlation between questions Other weighting method? How to aggregate summary measures

12 Hogan, Tanton, Lockie and May (2013). “Focusing Resource Allocation-Wellbeing as a Tool for Prioritizing Interventions for Communities at Risk.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 10 (8) (August): 3435–52 Dunteman (1989), Principal Components Analysis, SAGE Green Book series Cliff (1987), Analyzing Multivariate Data, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich References


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