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