The Impact of Time and Timing on the Survey Process and Data Quality. KU Leuven
Surveys are a tool to describe a pre-determined population in terms of socio-demographic characteristics, behaviors, attitudes, or opinions. The process of surveying a population can be decomposed into many sub-processes:
1. the preparation processes - developing a questionnaire and drawing a random sample of the population,
2. the fieldwork processes – making contacts with sample members and gaining their cooperation and ...