Surveys
Episode DescriptionÂ
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Pascoe Pleasence (Faculty of Laws, University College London) about using surveys in Socio-Legal research.
Readings on Surveys Recommended by Professor Pascoe Pleasence
Bryman, A. (2016) Social Research Methods, Oxford: OUP.
Groves, R.M., Fowler Jr, F.J., Couper, M.P., Lepkowski, J.M., Singer, E. and Tourangeau, R. (2011) Survey Methodology (Vol. 561). London: John Wiley & Sons.
de Leeuw, E. D., Hox, J. J., et al. (2008) International Handbook of Survey Methodology (European Association of Methodology Series) London: Routledge.
Pleasence, P. and Balmer, N.J. (2012) Ignorance in Bliss: Modeling Knowledge of Rights in Marriage and Cohabitation. Law & Society Review, 46(2), pp.297-333.
About the Speaker
Professor Pascoe Pleasence
Professor of Empirical Legal Studies, Faculty of Laws, University College London
Pascoe Pleasence is Professor of Empirical Legal Studies at University College London. He undertakes empirical research to explore issues concerning access to justice and the composition and working of the legal services sector. He has employed a wide variety of empirical research methods, but is increasingly associated with quantitative approaches – and, particularly, surveys.