The Evaluation And Application Of Survey Research In The Arab World

"Mark A. Tessler teaches political science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and is faculty associate of the Universities Field Staff International. Monte Palmer teaches political science at Florida State University. Tawfic E. Farah is director of the Middle East Research Group and editor of the Journal of Arab Affairs. Barbara Lethem Ibrahim is a program officer with the Ford Foundation in Cairo."

Introduction: Survey Research in Arab Society -- The Bellagio Conference -- The Agony and the Ecstasy of Social Research in the Arab World -- The Status of Survey Research for Rural Development in the Sudan -- Issues of Sampling and Measurement in the World Bank Survey of the Saudi Labor Market -- The Question of Measurement in Survey Research in the Arab World -- Challenges and Rewards of Survey Research in the Arab World: Problems of Sensitivity in a Study of Political Socialization -- Some Political and Cultural Considerations Bearing on Survey Research in the Arab World -- Issues of Relevance, Methodology, and Cumulativeness -- The Relevance of Survey Research in Arab Society -- The Conceptualization and Design of Survey Instruments for Use in the Arab World -- Selecting a Sample and Interacting with Respondents -- Toward Scientific Cumulativeness: Operational Needs and Strategies -- Cumulativeness and the Logic of Systematic Social Inquiry -- Participants in the Bellagio Conference