William A Belson

Biographic Data

ID313614
NAMEWilliam A Belson
GIVEN NAMESWilliam A
FAMILY NAMEBelson
SIGNATUREBELSON W A
AFFILIATIONSBioscience Research
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1955
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
H-INDEX2

  • Validity in Survey Research

    Seymour Sudman, William A Belson et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988

  • Experiments Within Surveys

    Angell G Beza, Angell Beza et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1984Cited by: 1

  • The Design and Understanding of Survey Questions

    C T Husbands, William A BelsonARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1983

  • Television Violence and the Adolescent Boy

    Michel Perrot, Michel Trouillard Perrot et al.ARTICLERevue Française de Sociologie1981

  • Causal Inference in Survey Analysis: Non-Experimental Strategies for Investigating Hypotheses About Casual Processes in the Ongoing Social Scene

    Ira H Cisin, William A BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1972

  • New Perspectives on Traditional Forms of Survey Research and Analysis

    William A Belson, W BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1971

    Journal Article NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TRADITIONAL FORMS OF SURVEY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS Get access William Belson William Belson Survey Research Center, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 3, FALL 1971, Pages 464–465, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/35.3.464 Published: 01 January 1971

  • The Impact of Television. Methods and Findings in Program Research

    Michel Souchon, William A BelsonARTICLERevue Française de Sociologie1968

  • A Reply to Parker's Note

    William A BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1963

    Journal Article A REPLY TO PARKER'S NOTE Get access WILLIAM A. BELSON WILLIAM A. BELSON * William A. Belson is Head of the Survey Research Unit of the London School of Economics and Political Science Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 2, SUMMER 1963, Pages 321–329, https://doi.org/10.1086/267177 Published: 01 January 1963

  • The Effects of Television on the Reading and the Buying of Newspapers and Magazines

    William A BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1961Cited by: 10

    Journal Article THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION ON THE READING AND THE BUYING OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES Get access WILLIAM A. BELSON WILLIAM A. BELSON Dr. Belson is Research Fellow in Survey Psychology in the Division of Research Techniques, London School of Economics. Previously, he was Senior Psychologist in the British Broadcasting Corporation. Over the past ten years he has been engaged in assessments of the effects of the mass media and in check…

  • Volunteer Bias in Test-Room Groups

    William A BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1960Cited by: 2

    Journal Article VOLUNTEER BIAS IN TEST-ROOM GROUPS Get access WILLIAM A. BELSON WILLIAM A. BELSON Dr. William A. Belson is Research Fellow in Survey Psychology in the Division of Research Techniques at the London School of Economics. He was formerly Senior Psychologist in the Audience Research Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volum…

  • Effects of Television on the Interests and Initiative of Adult Viewers in Greater London

    Open AccessWilliam A BelsonARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology1959Cited by: 1

    Aims. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of television upon the interests and the initiative of adult viewers in a specific urban area and to relate the extent of the effect to length of set ownership. Methods. The Stable Correlate design was used for the isolation of effects. There was extensive preliminary test construction, and the measurement of television's effects was made against a representative cross-section of the public's …

  • Measuring the Effects of Television: A Description of Method

    William A BelsonARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1958

    Journal Article Measuring The Effects of Television: A Description of Method Get access WILLIAM A. BELSON WILLIAM A. BELSON The author is Senior Psychologist in the Audience Research Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation in London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 1, SPRING 1958, Pages 11–18, https://doi.org/10.1086/266757 Published: 01 January 1958

  • New Developments in Audience Research Methods

    William A BelsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1958

    Two new methods of research are described. (1) Planning studies: The development of a broadcast often requires prior information about the people for whom it is being prepared. This information has to be collected quickly and inexpensively, and very frequently it requires highly controlled conditions of extraction. Group testing methods are used, but they are geared to procedures which tend to eliminate such bias as is usually associated with the…

  • Learning and Attitude Changes Resulting From Viewing a Television Series, 'Bon Voyage

    Open AccessWilliam A BelsonARTICLEBritish Journal of Educational…1956Cited by: 2

  • The Construction of an Index of Intelligence

    Open AccessWilliam A BelsonARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology1955