Customer surveys for agency managers : what managers need to know /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press ; Lanham, MD : Distributed in North American by University Press of America, c1998.
Description:xii, 117 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3781310
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Other authors / contributors:Hatry, Harry P.
Urban Institute.
ISBN:0877666717 (cloth : alk. paper)
0877666725 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index.
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Summary:This practical volume provides a wealth of information and advice on planning and conducting customer surveys. Topics include the types of information that should and should not be sought from surveys; categories of respondents; options for administering surveys and the advantages and disadvantages of each; conducting surveys in-house versus contracting; steps in the survey process; sampling strategy; sources of survey error and suggested remedies; and tradeoffs among timeliness, accuracy, and cost. It's a must for all agency managers, public or private, seeking to make their customer surveys more useful to their agencies and to make their agencies more responsive to customers.
Physical Description:xii, 117 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index.
ISBN:0877666717
0877666725