Part One: The scientific context of survey research : The logic of science -- Science and social science -- Survey research as a method of social science -- Part Two: Survey research design : Types of study designs -- The logic of survey sampling -- Examples of sample designs -- Conceptualization and instrument design -- Data collectin I: Self-administered questinnaires -- Data processing -- Pre-tests and pilot studies -- Part Three: Survey research analysis : The logic of measurement and association -- Constructing and understanding tables -- Index and scale constructin -- The elaboration model -- The proper uses of statistics -- Complex modes of analysis -- The reporting of survey research -- Part Four: Survey research in social and scientific perspective : The ethics of survey research -- The uses of survey research -- Survey research in social and scientific perspective