408 SUBJECT INDEX
Porter Novelli, 68
Postal Service, 59
PR News,5,59
Presentation
Of data, 263, 264, 266
Oral, 349, 360, 361
Of PR proposal, 349–361
Pretesting
Campaigns, 59, 309, 313, 321, 323, 328,
335, 338, 346
Focus group, 149
Instrument/questionnaire, 126,
178–181, 195, 201, 218, 226, 232,
237, 238, 247, 250, 257
Messages, 68
Probability sampling methods, 85, 87, 88,
90, 92, 98, 101, 105, 106, 109, 110,
111, 122, 181, 197, 214, 259
Cluster, 105, 109–110
Simple random, 105, 106, 107, 108
Systematic random, 105, 106, 107, 108
Stratified, 108–109, 110
Probability theory, 112
Problem solving, 21, 27, 39, 47–49, 60, 83,
102, 126, 216, 340, 353, 356
Five whys, 69–70, 71
Identification, 47–49, 60, 340, 353, 356
Problem statements, 9, 17, 20–21, 25–26,
351, 353
Proctor & Gamble, 130
Public Opinion, 58, 77, 83, 85, 86, 102, 104,
125, 128, 134, 139, 189–191, 241,
338, 343
Public Relations Society of America,
(PRSA), 6, 7, 34–39, 54–56, 61, 106,
241, 286, 302, 362–372
Publics
Active public, 66, 277–279, 283
Constraint, 277, 280
Identification of, 64–66
Latent, 66, 277–279, 283
Strategic, 277–279
Target public defined, 64
Publicis
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Dialog, 291
Q
Q methodology, 143
Imitation of, 144–145
Questionnaire Design, 170–171, 207,
217–250, 251–256
Close ended, 226
Closed-ended questions, 155
Codebook, 172, 204
Code books, 253, 254, 256
Coding 253, 254, 256
Data entry, 255–256
Directionality, 237–329, 252–253
Don’t know, 239–240, 254, 255
Frequency, 226, 227, 230, 231
Increase response rates, 243–247
Interpretation, 233
Layout, 235–239
Likert, 226, 227, 228–229, 240, 252
Open-ended questions, 206–207, 210,
226, 232, 256
Operationalization, 220, 221
Quantity/intensity scales, 227, 228, 229
Ranking scales, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227
Response set, 237–238, 247
Semantic differential, 227, 231–232
Wording, 232, 250, 257, 258, 355
R
Random digit dialing (RDD). See telephone
surveys, 202–203
Rates of response and nonresponse, 259–261
Completion, 260
Noncontact, 261
Refusal, 261
Response, 260
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature,
131
Receiver orientation, 287, 298, 300, 304, 306,
330, 358
Reliability, 90, 91, 93, 141, 142, 144, 165, 174,
193, 195, 197, 199, 204–205, 208,
209, 211, 213, 214, 216, 217,
218–222, 250, 251, 257
Intercorder, 187–189
Research
Continuum, 143, 144
Designs, 57, 73, 93–96
Formal research, 63, 79, 84, 85, 87, 92,
138, 145, 164–167, 169, 171, 173,
174, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185,
187, 189, 190, 328
Formative research, 5, 26, 50, 59, 79
Goals, 42, 62, 354
Informal research, 63, 79, 84–89, 92,
125–128, 129, 133, 135, 137,
139–141, 143, 145, 146, 209
Interpreting results, 96, 148–149, 168,
172, 175, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189,
192, 193, 198–199, 206, 209, 240,
364, 266
Making inferences from, 92, 185, 189
Measurement, 98, 112, 114–116, 174, 179,
180, 181, 186, 187
Monitoring, 167
Plans, 5, 9, 10, 62, 73, 266
Elements of, 62
Planning, 167, 168, 193
Primary research, 210
Proposals, 73