Scope and Contents

Papers connected with market research and social survey procedures, including interviewers and interview techniques.

Scope and Contents

Committee correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, memoranda, and background papers from the London School of Economics Survey Research Unit. Includes papers connected to projects on quotas and random sampling techniques; dealing with non-responses to surveys; questionnaires and interviewer bias; participant recall and memory; and statistical methods. Includes correspondence with Mark Abrams regarding the setting of LSE Economics undergraduate examination questions.

Scope and Contents Working papers on the relationship between applied social research and social change in Britain and North America, previously enclosed in files entitled 'Social Surveys and Social Action' (1957-1969) and 'Social Research and Public Policy' (1972-1984). Subjects covered include social survey sampling and interviewing techniques; statistical analysis; sociological modelling; advocacy and funding for social researchers; communication strategies and public policy impact analysis; economic...