Social Indicators Study of Alaskan Coastal Villages. 5. Research Methodology forthe EXXON VALDEZ Spill Area, 1988-1992

摘要

The report describes research methdology for the Exxon Valdez spill area, 1988-1992. The report includes introduction and history of villages and the methods used to achieve the results of the study. The chapters are listed as follows: (1) Chapter 1, Introduction; (2) Research Design, (3) Nonresponse, (4) Item Reliability with Theoretical Contrasts, (5) Stability and Change Over Time, (6) Testing Artifacts as a Threat to Validity, (7) Research Design, (8) KIP Nonresponse, (9) Intratopic Item Reliability with Theoretical Contrasts, (10) Reliability and Stability Over-Time, (11) KIP Testing Artifacts as a Threat to Validity and as a Measure of Change, (12) Interinstrument, Interinterviewer, and Intrainformant Reliability; References cited; Appendix: KIP, AQI, and Institutional Instruments.