Here the intention is to know the survey design process in detail.
Yes, but the best for your situation will be based on the type of society in which you are working.
For larger, complex societies with consistent internet or mail service, Don Dillman's Mail and Internet Surveys and Dilman's Total Design are both authoritative books on conducting survey work that include topics on creating the surveys, recruiting participants, question and recruitment material wording, how to increase response rates etc
If smaller, or otherwise developing societies where mail and internet are not things you can rely on for research, I would consult H. Russel Bernard's "research Methods in Anthropology" 5th Edition. .
Mohd. Asif -
When I hear "survey design," I think "survey sampling methodology" which has to be considered in light of sample size needs, estimation to be done/estimators, and accuracy with regard to total survey error (bias, variance, sampling and nonsampling error, metadata). How do we plan for possible nonresponse problems? Someone else may hear "survey design" and think "questionnaire design" (cognitive testing, implications for qualitative results, quantitative, or both). Someone else may think first about budget and other resource restrictions, the need for pilot testing, logistical analyses, etc. Others think of data collection modes. The first thing I consider regarding the data would be quantitative analyses using continuous data, but others may not need that. It depends upon the needs for a given survey/study.
All of the applicable parts to planning and performing a survey, and evaluating results afterward (and maybe during?) have to be considered from the very beginning. There has to be a coordinated plan from the beginning, which is why a pilot study might be in order. For official statistics run periodically, this would not be needed once a series of cross sectional surveys has been going for a while. Oh, and are you looking at a one time survey, longitudinal, or what? Your goals have to be decided from the beginning.
I suppose then, that depending upon your needs, it may not be often that everything you want would be found in one book. I suppose you can find large books devoted entirely to questionnaire design, or data collection techniques. But if you do not know how you are going to select your sample and analyze results, you won't get anywhere either, and that involves the kinds of books I've used. Perhaps you could consider
Cochran, W.G(1977), Sampling Techniques, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons,
and
Lohr, S.L(2010), Sampling: Design and Analysis, 2nd ed., Brooks/Cole,
and maybe
Särndal, CE, Swensson, B. and Wretman, J. (1992), Model Assisted Survey Sampling, Springer-Verlang,
and others, and many papers and articles, which may be on randomization/design-based sampling and estimation, model-assisted design-based methods, or strictly regression model-based methods.
However, perhaps you would benefit from considering a book that might be a bit more general in nature, such as
Blair, E. and Blair, J(2015), Applied Survey Sampling, Sage Publications.
So, I am primarily going to suggest that book (Blair and Blair) as likely helpful in addressing a large part of your question.
Perhaps you have a different emphasis, and/or have heard all of this, but I hope at least part of the above will be useful.
Best wishes - Jim
In french we can find a lot of books :
1- G. BROSSIER et A.M. DUSSAIX, 1999: Enquêtes et Sondages : Méthode, Modèles, Applications, Nouvelles Approches; Dunod, Paris.
2- J. DESABIE, 1966: Théorie et Pratique des Sondages; Dunod,
3- Marc Deroo, Anne-Marie Dussaix, 1980, Pratique et analyse des enquêtes par sondage : études de marché, tests de produits, Puf
In Spanish:
Cochran, W. G. (1980). Técnicas de Muestreo. CECSA. México, D. F.
Kish, L. (1979). Muestreo de Encuestas. Trillas. México, D. F.
Ruiz Espejo, M. (2013). Exactitud de la Inferencia en Poblaciones Finitas. Bubok. Madrid.
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