2025 Special Issue on Cross-Cultural & Multilingual Research
03/20/2025
2025 special issue on cross-cultural and multilingual research
SURVEY PRACTICE is a highly-read, editor-reviewed e-journal published by the ϳԹ (ϳԹ). Presenting current and practical information, the provides an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners who are interested in or engaged in the design, conduct, or analysis of surveys and survey methods in four contexts: (1) Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); (2) U.S. Latinos/as; (3) Survey translation practices; and (4) Advancements in methods and evaluations.
To complement these open access research articles, the special issue also features a conversation between two ϳԹ superconnectors on expanding the reach of scientific communication.
To view an article, click on its title in the list below.
by Mandy Sha and Eva Aizpurua
Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC)
, by Sharan Sharma, University of Maryland, College Park, and Bijay Chouhan, O.P. Sharma, and Jaya Koti, National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, and Sonalde Desai, University of Maryland and NCAER
by Mahmoud Elkasabi, RTI International
by Charles Lau, Gallup, Jon Kumaresan and Varsha Sivaram, Fraym, and Jackline Muthoni and Brian Tabu, GeoPoll
by Meredith Massey, National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Latinos/as
by Kristen Olson, Minshuai Ding, and Amanda Ganshert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
by Martha McRoy and Juanita Vivas Bastidas, NORC at the University of Chicago
by Ángel Saavedra Cisneros, Bowdoin College
by Ilana M. Ventura, NORC at the University of Chicago
Survey translation practices
by Patricia Goerman, U.S. Census Bureau, Alisú Schoua-Glusberg, Research Support Services & Ariana Muñoz Maurás, U.S. Census Bureau
by Caitlin R. Waickman and Elyzabeth Gaumer, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development
, by Liana Manuel, Luis Miguel Contreras, Lisa Lee, Barbara M. Fernandez, Jennifer Vanicek, Meredith Gonsahn, Eduardo Salinas, and Eileen Graf, NORC at the University of Chicago
Advancements in methods and evaluations
by Mariel McKone Leonard, DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research
by Ting Yan, NORC at the University of Chicago, and Hanyu Sun and Anil Battalahalli, Westat
by Edward Rincón, Rincón & Associates, Dexter Purnell, University of North Texas, and Mandy Sha, mandysha.com
by Marcus Berger, Betsarí Otero Class, and Angie O’Brien, U.S. Census Bureau
Interview the Expert
by Mandy Sha, Research Scientist
Acknowledgements
This special issue is edited by Special Issue Editor , Survey Practice Editor-in-Chief Eva Aizpurua, and the journal’s Associate Editors: Dan Cassino, Margaret Roller, Doug Currivan, Matthew DeBell, Georg-Christoph Haas, Alice Ramos, and Jill Carle. For more Survey Practice articles, go to: