"Incorporating global research from the field, this book summarizes the current best advice and points out recommended testing and monitoring methods for business surveys. Organized into two sections on Designing and Conducting, it introduces questions that address important conceptual distinctions and covers topics like systematic errors, focus groups, primary and mixed-mode data collection issues, contact strategies, web survey, development and testing methods, data collection instruments, conduct, procedures, administration, and more. It is an ideal book for researchers and data collection methodologists, as well as students"-- "This book equips readers with the tools and knowledge needed to create data collection designs for business surveys and carry out these surveys. The author team is comprised of survey researchers working at government agencies across both the United States and Europe, providing a global perspective current methods and newly emerging methodologies. Clearly organized into two sections on designing and conducting, the book treats thekey components of business surveys: sampling, design, data collection, and post-survey procedures"--